I read somewhere (cant' remember where) that 45% of people in Sheffield live within a 10 minute walk of woods, so i just wondered who loves the woods and which you like best.

I live just a few minutes walk from Cat lane and Lees Hall woods and walk there regularly. I love the contrast with being one minute in the city then the next minute you could imagine you were in the countryside.One of my favourite walks is up through the various Gleadless Valley woods up to Heardings where there's a great view back into the city, about 4 miles round walk without crossing a road, through 'hidden' valleys in the middle of a housing estate! Well that's what I love about Sheffield!

We've had threads before about people's favourite parks and woods in and around Sheffield but I can't be bothered searching for them.

My favourites are Rivelin Valley, up to Whyming Brook, and Glen Howe Park in Wharncliffe side.

I think we are lucky to be surrounded by such great countryside.

Greno woods, the Wharncliffe plantation, lovely places where I used to play all through the summer as a kid, often not getting home until long after 10 at night.

My favourites are Rivelin Valley, up to Whyming Brook, and Glen Howe Park in Wharncliffe side.
I've not tried that walk, I've been in Rivelin valley but not walked futher up, have to go some time.

Aren't our great Sheffield woodlands still surviving because of some sort of historic charter that decrees they cannot be cut down/built on?

I'm sure I read this somewhere.......?

Greno woods, the Wharncliffe plantation, lovely places where I used to play all through the summer as a kid, often not getting home until long after 10 at night.
Sounds idyllic!
Wish kids could still play safely in the woods.Probably still can most of the time but i wouldn't want to risk it.Though i let them walk back from school through Lees Hall woods if theres a few of them together.Fantastic in spring when the bluebells are out but shame about all the rubbish the schoolkids drop

Sounds idyllic!
Wish kids could still play safely in the woods.Probably still can most of the time but i wouldn't want to risk it.Though i let them walk back from school through Lees Hall woods if theres a few of them together.Fantastic in spring when the bluebells are out but shame about all the rubbish the schoolkids drop
Where I live at the moment is beautiful, woodland and crags right outside my front door and there are some lovely walks here that go on for miles if you want them to. The trouble is litter here too, theres a new school and the kids roam all over the place and you can tell exactly where theyve been by the crisp packs and sweet wrappers.
Its sad that they dont appreciate the area where they live, they ought to be made to live in Parsons cross in the 60s, 70s,80s and 90s for a while. Thatd teach them.

Aren't our great Sheffield woodlands still surviving because of some sort of historic charter that decrees they cannot be cut down/built on?

I hope you're right, as it would be reassuring to know that the woods are protected.
Does anyone else know any more about this?

Rivelin Valley and the woods near ASDA at Handsworth, I spent most of my childhood in one or the other.

i regularly go through greno woods with a few mates on push bikes and go on to wharncliffe craggs, some great views to be seen around there

Buck Wood, between Arbourthorne and Gleadless is well worth a visit, especially when the bluebells are in flower.

..... and mentioning bluebells - you can't beat Ecclesall Woods in the Spring for a fantastic display of these lovely flowers. :thumbsup:

Buck Wood, between Arbourthorne and Gleadless is well worth a visit, especially when the bluebells are in flower.

Is Buck wood one of the woods in gleadless Valley which are all linked together or is it separate? i m not sure exactly where it is.

Is Buck wood one of the woods in gleadless Valley which are all linked together or is it separate? i m not sure exactly where it is.

It's the one behind Newfield Green shops.

I live on Overend so just a few seconds walk from the woods. I have lived round this area all my life and really really love the woods.

Thanks Littleboo! I've never been behind the shops but I'll definately take a look next time we go for a walk in the woods. I know where the shops are but I'll have to look on the A to Z to work out how to get behind them!

Thanks Littleboo! I've never been behind the shops but I'll definately take a look next time we go for a walk in the woods. I know where the shops are but I'll have to look on the A to Z to work out how to get behind them!


It's quite easy to get behind them just walk to the end near the Library.
I've never used these woods so can't tell you what they are like though

Falconer Wood & Hail Mary Hill Wood near Treeton Dyke - it had everything a growing boy wanted - stream, swamp, lake, hill with outstanding views and loads of places for tarzan swings.

I hope you're right, as it would be reassuring to know that the woods are protected.
Does anyone else know any more about this?

Found this in wikipedia:
The present (Sheffield) city boundaries were set in 1974, when the former county borough of Sheffield merged with Stocksbridge Urban District and two parishes from the Wortley Rural District. This area includes a significant part of the countryside surrounding the main urban region. Roughly a third of Sheffield lies in the Peak District National Park (no other English city has a national park within its boundary), and Sheffield is officially Europe's greenest city, having won the 2005 Entente Florale competition. This was helped by the fact that Sheffield contains over 150 woodland spaces and 50 public parks.[2].
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheffield
Can't find anything about the alleged historic charter though. I think I may have seen it on TV rather than read it....

Have a pike at this site:
http://www.heritagewoodsonline.co.uk/

Grew up on Gleadless Valley and spent a good chunk of my childhood in the woods - lived about 20 secs walk from them :)

I remember spending lots of time playing in and around the woods in Rivelin. The river and the shade was particularly welcoming at this time of year, as I recall.

I remember spending lots of time playing in and around the woods in Rivelin. The river and the shade was particularly welcoming at this time of year, as I recall.
As a kid I used to swim in the pond at rivelin, I used to love it there.

Grew up on Gleadless Valley and spent a good chunk of my childhood in the woods - lived about 20 secs walk from them :)

Same here.

Disappeared into the woods - Rollestone and Lees Hall - and that was the last anyone saw of me until tea time.

Definitely carved my initials into a few trees, but can't find those trees now, 40-odd years later.

Dammed a few streams, built a few dens, hunted insects, climbed trees, and played all sorts of 'kiddie' games.

Home for tea, then back to the woods for more fun until after dark - or my mum's voice called me in.

Secret was to pretend I hadn't heard her......... until that fateful day when she played hell with me for not responding after being shouted four times ...... and I corrected her by pointing out that it was only three times. Ooops!!!

When they pulled down the barn at Lees Hall farm, and sealed off the underground shelter across from it, they took away my secret kingdom. :sad::cry:

The woods were good in those days. Clean, safe, fun, and welcoming. Rain or shine, me and my mates were in there. We went home only for food and to sleep, and school was a damn inconvenience when we had dragons to fight, spooks to hunt [Rollestone Woods was supposedly haunted], villages to flood with our dams, and the nastiest insects to collect as presents for our horrible sisters.

Long live Sheffield's woodlands, so that other kids can enjoy them for what they are. Living, breathing nature study laboratories that let you play as you are meant to. Learning what's safe and what isn't. Finding out your own limits with regards nerve and strength. Respecting them, and being prepared to share them with others of all ages - and species.

wooley woods plenty of tarzans swings n massive hilly things too slide on ur back side down hehehee :D

Rivelin is nice, particularly on a hot day, but Eccleshall woods are lovely too and I think are classified as ancient woodland

I have spent so many days in Ecclesall woods,as I grew up just round the corner,and Mum And Dad still live there.One of my most favourite places in the world,appart from th ridiculous amount of dog poo,have they put any poo bins at the exit/entry to woods yet,not been for a while!! people seem to think they dont have to be responsible for there dogs,once off the lead and in the discreet of the trees,dont they realise how they spoil the enjoyment of the woods for inquisitive expolring toddlers,children ,parents and everyone else for that matter?

I'm a dog owner and so think I have walked in all the woods mentioned so far and I don't think we realise how lucky we are having such beautiful area's to wander in.
Once or twice though I have come across burnt out cars and have had to stand scratching my head trying to figure out how anyone managed to get the vehicle to it's final resting place.

We back onto the woods near Newfield school (carr Woods?) and I regularly go out there to collect wood, wild fruits (or formerly cultivated ones from what was the garden of lees Hall), mushrooms, herbs or horseradish roots. It's fantastic to lie in bed on a morning and out the window all I can see are trees!

I also ride my bike through the woods on my way to work. It's so much nicer than competing with cars on Lees Hall and Albert Roads; I get to see wildlife, smell the trees and the damp earth, and say hello to the dog walkers. Only thing that spoils it are the people who seem to think it's funny to leave logs across the path (I jump over them but they oughtn't to do it), and the motor bikers who are noisy, smelly and seem to like digging ruts in the paths and riding off the path, churning up the vegetation.

Oh, and can I add litter dropped especially by newfield School pupils, burnt out cars and also Japanese Knotweed? Other than that, I love the woods. Wish they'd preserved Lees Hall and Cockshutt Farm....

I've done the Sheffield Round Walk recently (twice) and there are some great woods on the route. My favourite was Ecclesall Woods, but I also enjoyed the Limb Valley and Ladies Spring Wood. We're lucky to have so many woods and parks close to Sheffield.

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in answer to the question....meeeeeee.....!!!!

endcliffe's my favourite
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I've done the Sheffield Round Walk recently (twice) and there are some great woods on the route. My favourite was Ecclesall Woods, but I also enjoyed the Limb Valley and Ladies Spring Wood. We're lucky to have so many woods and parks close to Sheffield.

:)

Ladies Spring is good - I helped put in the steep flight of steps along with Beauchief conservation volunteers

Aren't our great Sheffield woodlands still surviving because of some sort of historic charter that decrees they cannot be cut down/built on?

I'm sure I read this somewhere.......?

I don't think there is any blanket charter, but some of them may be covered by deeds of covenant etc. The main reason that most of them have survived this far is topography - even Sheffield has limits on the steepness of slope worth building on. Nowadays the planning system and the appreciation of the woodlands by the politicians and general public should keep them save...

Thanks Littleboo! I've never been behind the shops but I'll definately take a look next time we go for a walk in the woods. I know where the shops are but I'll have to look on the A to Z to work out how to get behind them!
:hihi: :hihi: :hihi: sorry not meaning to sound rude,but the way you wrote this made me laugh,it sounds as if your looking behind the shops and using an a to z to work your way around the back..:thumbsup:

Greno woods:thumbsup: Back edge, (foxhill) Rivelin, ive 4 dogs and think we are very lucky to have all these woodland walks etc on our door step!!

I love Sheffield woods.
Ive loved IN Sheffield woods too! I had a condom tree in Greno woods.

I love Sheffield woods.
Ive loved IN Sheffield woods too! I had a condom tree in Greno woods.
was it a RUBBER tree ?:hihi: :hihi:

was it a RUBBER tree ?:hihi: :hihi:
It was by the time Id finished with it!

I was a great loverrrrrrrrrrrrr.



Yeah.

Anston Stones Wood is great!

It has a river, sheer rock faces, a railway, paths that allow disabled/ push-chair access, and at this time of year that wonderfull smell of wild garlic :thumbsup:


It also has a spooky cave :nod: :nod: :nod:

Aren't our great Sheffield woodlands still surviving because of some sort of historic charter that decrees they cannot be cut down/built on?

I'm sure I read this somewhere.......?
When the corporation set about building all of those nice victorian terraces that sheffield is full of, there were green areas designated such that 'no person should be further than 5 minutes from a green space'. This was (I think) to do with the cleanliness of the air that the victorians had a fixation about (not enough to stop polluting, but enough begin the seaside and coutryside craze ;) )

If you see some of the pictures on www.picturesheffield.com of our parks and green spaces, you'd think we are currently suffering from a population slump!!

The photos of Shirebrook valley and Birley Spa are a real eye opener!

Greno and warncliffe woods, I find them so calming. I can spend hours just wandering around the various paths.:thumbsup:

Of course you can help protect Sheffield inspiring woodlands, you can volunteer with local groups such as BTCV just contact j.lewney@btcv.org.uk
Or work with the local friends of groups, woodlands need constant maintenance and you can be a key part of that.

Wyming Brook is my favourite haunt, but the sun has to be right overhead, streaming through the overhanging treetops. It's really magical. I'm sure there are fairies and pixies living there.

Another vote for Wyming Brook. It's still magical but unfortunately it's lost a lot of it's bird life in the last few years. I don't know why. It used to be one of the few places in Britain to see both species of Flycatcher but I've not seen either for ages.

Rivelin and Ladies Spring Wood both hold lots of treasured childhood memories for me; I love them both (amongst others).

We're very lucky to have so many woodlands and green spaces throughout the city.