Longley Park

Longley Park was officially opened in 1929, it was created by Sheffield City Council to serve the newly built Longley housing estate. The park was established on mostly undeveloped farming land and signs of the hedge boundaries of the ancient field system can still be seen. Crowder House, a large country house which dated back to the 14th century, was the only dwelling on the land which was to become the park and this was demolished to make way for the new estate and park. The early 1930s saw the park undergo development of its facilities, with a sports pavilion, two football pitches, bowling green, six tennis courts and toilets being built . Much of the labour for this work was provided by…

In the 1980s the park suffered from vandalism with many of the facilities suffering damage and becoming rundown, the open air swimming pool was closed in 1987 and eventually filled in by the council after being extensively damaged by stolen cars being crashed into it. The golf course closed in the 1980s along with the putting green.