Sister villages, situated amid the city of Sheffield

Chapeltown is a large town-sized village with High Green adjacent.

Chapeltown is known affectionately by the locals as “the Village” and has all it needs to be completely self-reliant without the need of venturing into the city centre daily. Chapeltown has its train station, butchers, various clothes shops, pubs, bars, along with a major supermarket.

The town owes its success to two entrepreneurs from the 18th century who established Thorncliffe business park which is still in operation to this day and was once one of Britain’s largest business parks. Chapeltown was instrumental to the second world war effort and helped produce Churchill tanks, and today the business park is home to more than 70 modern businesses.

Memorial unveiling Chapeltown Park

Remembrance Sunday in Chapeltown

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High Green Villa football team from yester ear

High Green in Bloom

Chapeltown RBL celebrates a title winning season

Rainbow in High Green

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Chapeltown is surrounded by marvellous woodland and scenic views with plenty of lovely old traditional pubs that all serve food, a perfect place for a walk through the country or woodland and then stop off for a pub lunch.

The town used to boast of having a swimming pool of its own but as time went on, the building eventually would be moved to High Green to make way for more affordable housing.

High Green isn’t as big as Chapeltown and sits just at the edge of the village, but being at the edge of a larger village in no way means they are inferior to Chapeltown. High Green is the gateway to the Wharncliffe woods also nicknamed the crags.

The most recent claim to fame for High Green was the fact that the famous indie band Arctic Monkeys came from High Green, and their debut album, High Green featured in their song ‘red light indicates doors are secure.’

During the Easter holidays, High Green is set to host numerous events to keep the little ones entertained, for starters Sheffield Wednesday will be back for free fun holidays sports and games for all ages. And High Green youth club also have something similar in terms of entertainment with a multitude of sports, games, arts and crafts, Nintendo Switch, and a tuck shop, providing drinks and snacks.

There is not much else you can say about these two villages in terms of historical significance, but what these two quaint little villages do have is a safe and welcoming vibe surrounded by more trees than human beings. A great place for any young family or for a couple hoping to retire near to the countryside, these two villages are the perfect place to do so. And even though Chapeltown will always be the centre of the two in terms of conversation, that doesn’t mean High Green hasn’t got its own claim to fame.