The town is located in the steep-sided valley of the Little Don River. The valley bottom is almost entirely occupied by steel works, which have been the main spur for the growth of the settlement, which didn't exist until the early nineteenth century. Although at one time, workers were bussed in from miles around, the steel works now employ few, and steel manufacture is due to cease in the town.
Samuel Fox was the owner of the steel works from the 1850s, and built most of the infrastructure of Stocksbridge.
Stocksbridge is a small town situated approximately 10 miles north of the City of Sheffield, nestling at the edge of the Pennines and the Peak District National Park and is the home of Corus Engineering Steels, the British manufacturer for Aerospace Steels products.
StocksbridgeTown Council work in partnership with larger authorities, organisations and community groups to improve the area and to increase the amount of work that is done locally to regenerate the whole area.
Stocksbridge is currently part of a regeneration programme proposed for the town centre.
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