page_title: Crookes
section_title: Crookes today
hierarchical_section_title: Crookes / Crookes today
context_page_description: Crookes is a suburb of the City of Sheffield, England, about 1.5 miles west of the city centre. It borders Broomhill to the south, Walkley and Crookesmoor to the east and open countryside around the River Rivelin to the north. The population of the ward of the same name was 17,700 at the 2011 Census.
context_section_description: The centre of Crookes is focused on the main road, also named Crookes, which runs through the suburb before becoming Northfield Road at its north end. Crookes features the majority of the shops and businesses, which include a Cooperative, a Sainsbury's and numerous small local stores.  Crookes becomes Crookes Road at its southern end to connect with Broomhill. Popular institutions include St. Thomas' church on Nairn Street and Crookes Working Men's Club, on Mulehouse Road. Crookes Working Men's Club was established in 1926 and was a venue of Def Leppard who played there in 1979. Notable pubs in Crookes include The Old Grindstone (which dates from 1828), The Princess Royal, Masons Arms, The Cobden View Hotel, The Punchbowl, The Ball Inn and Noah's Ark. 
  A large number of students from the University of Sheffield live in the area. Indie pop band The Crookes are University of Sheffield alumni and named themselves after the suburb, their founding members Daniel Hopewell and Alex Saunders having lived in the area during their time as students there although ironically their members were later "priced out" of living in Crookes and relocated to the less expensive London Road area. One of the band's songs, 'The Crookes Laundry Murder 1922' is named after one of Crookes' most famous crimes.
  The instrumental track "The Bus To Crookes" by The Human League was inspired by a bus journey to the area; in 2017 the song was voted the ninth best song about Sheffield by readers of the Sheffield Star.
  At present, Crookes is served by the 52 bus, which runs from the city centre through Broomhill to Crookes and Hillsborough.
caption: Mulehouse Road, Crookes, Sheffield
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