Pitsmoor

Pitsmoor
Pitsmoor Location within Sheffield
OS grid reference	SK362893
Metropolitan borough	City of Sheffield
Metropolitan county	South Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	SHEFFIELD
Postcode district	S3–S4
Dialling code	0114
Police	South Yorkshire
Fire	South Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
UK Parliament	Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough
List of places UK England Yorkshire 53°24′00″N 1°27′22″W / 53.400°N 1.456°W / 53.400; -1.456

Pitsmoor is a former village, now a suburb of Sheffield, England. The name derives from Or-pits as, anciently, the main local industry was the mining of ore.^[1] The village falls within the Burngreave ward of the City.