Beauchief and Greenhill ward—which includes the districts of Batemoor, Beauchief, Chancet Wood, Greenhill, Jordanthorpe, Lowedges and Meadowhead—is one of the 28 electoral wards in the City of Sheffield, England. It is in the southern part of the city and covers an area of . The population of the ward in 2016 was estimated to be 19,669 people in 9,209 houses. It is one of the five wards that form the Sheffield Heeley parliamentary constituency. The districts of this ward were in the historic county of Derbyshire, but they were annexed into the county borough of Sheffield in 1934, associated with the West Riding of Yorkshire, and were therefore included in the metropolitan county of South Yorkshire in 1974. Parks and recreation About a third of the area of the ward is taken up by the grounds of Beauchief Abbey and Beauchief Hall. These include Ladies' Spring Wood, Parkbank Wood, Beauchief Park, and two golf courses. Also within the ward are Hutcliffe Wood and Chancet Wood. Schools Schools in this ward include Meadowhead School, Abbey Lane Primary School, Greenhill Primary School, Beauchief Independent Grammar School, Greenhill Primary School, Lower Meadow Primary Academy and Lowedges Junior Academy. Districts in Beauchief and Greenhill ward Beauchief Beauchief ( ) is a former village that has become a suburb of Sheffield. It lies on a hill above the River Sheaf and the Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet. Beauchief () is notable for two buildings, still surrounded by parkland: Beauchief Abbey and Beauchief Hall. Beauchief Abbey Beauchief Abbey was built in 1183 by the canons who had mills on the River Sheaf and a sheep grange on Strawberry Lee. It was named Beau meaning beautiful and chief meaning headland. The abbey was founded in 1175, Beauchief Abbey was the only Premonstratensian abbey in the West Riding of Yorkshire. In the Chaworth family donated the whole village of Greenhill to the monastery at Beauchief. The ruined abbey buildings were dismantled to provide stone for the construction of Beauchief Hall in 1671 with the exception of the bell tower. The tower area was converted into the Pegge family chapel, the interior displays several armorial plaques of Pegge family members. The carp pond is well known spot for local anglers. The ponds are also frequented by heron and other waterfowl. Beauchief abbey farm was built around 1700. The farm, as well as its pond, fed the monks. The path up to