Parson Cross is a large Council housing estate situated 6 km north of Sheffield City Centre. Most of the housing was built pre-war in 1938 and post-war in 1947. The estate borders the other Sheffield estates of Shiregreen, Ecclesfield, Longley, Southey, Owlerton, Wadsley Bridge, and Foxhill. Parson Cross was extensive farmland before the pressing need for new housing stock in the late 1930s. The main thoroughfares of Wordsworth Avenue, Chaucer Road, Yew Lane, Southey Green Road, Deerlands Avenue, Buchanan Road, Lindsay Avenue and Colley Road cross the estate. The A61 Halifax Road runs to the West and the A6135 Barnsley Road runs to the East of the estate. Public Houses include The Wordsworth Tavern, The Parson Cross Hotel and The Beagle Hotel. Schools include Meynell, Mansel, Monteney, Parson Cross and St Thomas More Primary Schools with Yewlands and Chaucer Secondary Schools. Shopping centres are located on Margetson Crescent, Wordsworth Drive, Buchanan Road, Lindsay Avenue and Chaucer Road. Playing fields are situated at Colley Recreation Ground and Parson Cross Park. A library is located on Margetson Crescent.