Editing Crosspool (section)

==Buildings and landmarks==
Present day Crosspool is centred on the area around the junction of Manchester Road, Sandygate Road and Lydgate Lane ({{IPAc-en|local|ˈ|l|ɪ|dʒ|ɪ|t}} {{Respell|Li|JIT}}) where there is a selection of shops, food takeaways and a [[post office]] which since 2004 has been located inside a [[SPAR]] store. The Crosspool Tavern, a [[public house]], is also in this area. Other public houses in Crosspool are “The Sportsman” at Stephen Hill and “The Plough” at Sandygate. Another pub, the "Hallamshire Hotel" on Lydgate Lane was demolished in the summer of 2011 and has been replaced by four houses, two apartments and a detached garage block.<ref name="crosspool info">[http://crosspool.info/tag/hallamshire-hotel/. Crosspool.info] Gives details of demolition of Hallamshire Hotel.</ref> There are four schools in Crosspool for different age groups. [[Tapton School]] on Darwin Lane has over 1600 pupils between 11 and 18 years old and is a specialist college for science and the arts.<ref name="tapton">[http://www.taptonschool.co.uk/ Tapton School Website.] Gives details of Tapton School.</ref> The Lower School of [[King Edward VII School, Sheffield|King Edward VII School]] is also located on Darwin Lane and was known as Crosspool Secondary Modern School until 1969. [http://www.lydgatejunior.co.uk Lydgate Junior School] is situated on Manchester Road and has around 480 pupils between the ages of 7 and 11. While Lydgate Infant School on Lydgate Lane has just over 300 pupils, it is housed in a Grade II listed building dating from 1896, built by [[William John Hale]].

[[Tapton Hall]], a Grade II listed building is situated on Shore Lane, it was built in 1855 and has been the home of the industrialist [[Edward Vickers]] and the snuff mill owner George Wilson; today it is a conference and banqueting centre which is licensed to conduct weddings.<ref name="Redfern">''"Sheffield‘s Remarkable Houses"'', Roger Redfern, {{ISBN|0-9519148-3-9}}, page 20, Gives details of Tapton Hall.</ref> Another Grade II listed structure is [[The Towers (Sheffield)|The Towers]], a [[Scottish Baronial architecture|Scottish Baronial]] fantasy on Sandygate Road.

The main churches in Crosspool are the Church of St. Columba and Stephen Hill Methodist Church, both of which are located on Manchester Road near the centre of the suburb. Because of the pressure from housing developers present day Crosspool has been left with very few open spaces for recreation with the small park/play area on the north side of Lydgate Lane being created on re-claimed land when an extensive quarry was filled in the first half of the 20th century. A prominent landmark, also on Lydgate Lane, is the Crosspool transmitter, officially known as the [[Tapton Hill transmitting station]], which stands on the site of a covered reservoir and is well seen from many parts of Sheffield. The 57-metre-high mast takes advantage of Crosspool's elevated position to provide TV pictures and radio signals for Sheffield by the “line of sight” method.<ref name="transmitter">[http://www.aerialsandtv.com/sheffieldtx.html www.aerialsandtv.com.] Gives details of Crosspool transmitter.</ref> The privately run [[Claremont Hospital]] is situated at 401 Sandygate Road.