Gleadless Townend is an outer city district of Sheffield

Sheffield

Sheffield is a city and metropolitan borough of South Yorkshire, England. Its name derives from the River Sheaf, which runs through the city. Historically a part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, and with some of its southern suburbs annexed from Derbyshire, the city has grown from its largely...

 centred on the junction of the ring road

Sheffield Outer Ring Road

Sheffield Outer Ring Road is one of two main routes circumventing Sheffield, a partial ring around Sheffield City Centre and its suburbs.It begins in Bradway as the B6054 Bradway Road, progressing anticlockwise as Greenhill Parkway, crossing the A61 Meadowhead/Chesterfield Road South into the A6102...

, White Lane (B6054) and Gleadless Road (B6388).

Transport

Gleadless Townend is served by bus by First

First South Yorkshire

First South Yorkshire is the largest bus operator in South Yorkshire, England. As a division of FirstGroup the company's legal name was, for a time, Mainline which operated it between 1993 and 1998, following the sale South Yorkshire Transport to its employees.-History:SYT was eventually sold to...

 and TM Travel

TM Travel

TM Travel is a bus operator based in Halfway, Sheffield which operates passenger bus services in South Yorkshire and Derbyshire. Founded in 1995 as a family-owned operation with one bus, by March 2008 it had expanded to become the largest independent operator in Derbyshire...

, and the Sheffield Supertram.

Buses

First South Yorkshire

First South Yorkshire

First South Yorkshire is the largest bus operator in South Yorkshire, England. As a division of FirstGroup the company's legal name was, for a time, Mainline which operated it between 1993 and 1998, following the sale South Yorkshire Transport to its employees.-History:SYT was eventually sold to...

 operate the busy 51 bus service from Charnock to Lodge Moor via the city centre

Sheffield City Centre

Sheffield City Centre—often just referred to as town—is a district of the City of Sheffield, and part of the Sheffield Central ward. It includes the area that is within a radius of roughly of Sheffield Cathedral, and is encircled by the Inner Ring Road—a circular route started in the late 1960s...

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First South Yorkshire also operate the 701 school bus service to High Storrs School and the 1 bus service to Jordanthorpe.

TM Travel

TM Travel

TM Travel is a bus operator based in Halfway, Sheffield which operates passenger bus services in South Yorkshire and Derbyshire. Founded in 1995 as a family-owned operation with one bus, by March 2008 it had expanded to become the largest independent operator in Derbyshire...

 operate the 252 bus service from the city centre to Crystal Peaks

Crystal Peaks

Crystal Peaks is a shopping centre and retail park near Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. Located seven miles from Sheffield city centre Crystal Peaks is accessible from Junction 30 and 31 off the M1 motorway.-Shopping centre and retail park:...

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In the event of a closure of part of the Supertram network in the area, Stagecoach will operate its "Tram Replacement Buses".

Sheffield Supertram

Gleadless Townend tram stop is a Supertram

Sheffield Supertram

The Supertram, officially called the Stagecoach Supertram, is a light rail tram system in the City of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England...

 stop on both the Blue and Purple Routes.

It is served by the Purple Route from Herdings Park to Meadowhall

Meadowhall Interchange

Meadowhall Interchange to the north of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England is a railway station on the Midland Main Line, a Sheffield Supertram stop, and bus station. It is close to junction 34 on the M1, and serves Meadowhall Shopping Centre...

 via Cathedral

Sheffield Cathedral

Sheffield Cathedral is the cathedral church for the Church of England diocese of Sheffield, England. Originally a parish church, it was elevated to cathedral status when the diocese was created in 1914...

 during peak hours) and the Blue Route from Halfway to Malin Bridge.