Environment

Story and photo by Elissa Thompson. Behind the allotments at the end of Ellesmere Road North there is a piece of land owned by Sheffield Homes. Those of you who live nearby, will know this [Read more]

Story by Graham Jones. Photo by Polly Perkins. Nobody can deny that our bus services are in a mess. They are infrequent, expensive and unreliable. Less polluting buses are needed to tackle environmental and public [Read more]

In year 4, Falconry UK came to visit our school and showed us lots of different birds like owls, hummingbirds and other various birds. When they came, they told us why the birds looked the [Read more]

Story by Vanesa Dunkova. Unfortunately, the world is being destroyed by deforestation, urbanisation and air pollution. Changes like these have caused climate change, poor air quality and undrinkable water. The first negative impact humans have [Read more]

Story by Y6 USA. Innocent sea animals are being killed. Plastic pollution travels all the way through lakes, streams and rivers demolishing their beautiful habitat. This needs to stop immediately! Almost all the rubbish on [Read more]

Story by Year 3 Denmark On the 23rd of April 2021 Year 3 Denmark had a visit from a real farm! They made a farm in our playground with sheep, alpacas, goats, ducks, and lots [Read more]

Story and photos by Mariam Pasha Walking along Herries Road on the wayside plot of Norwood Allotments you may smell wafts of enticing aromas drifting over from an outdoor pizza oven. Close by are a [Read more]

Story and photos by Clare Burnell, volunteer gardener This summer the Abbeyfield Park volunteer gardeners were invited to visit Brodsworth Hall, near Doncaster where they met the head gardener Dan and had a really interesting [Read more]

Story by Graham Jones. Photos by Polly Perkins. Let’s continue our walk up Spital Hill. On the left hand side, you can see that some of these shops here were originally houses but shop premises [Read more]

To add to our community listings calendar, send your event info (30 words or less) to listings@burngreavemessenger.org Anything we’ve missed can go on our online calendar. Friends of Burngreave Cemetery Sunday 19th September Apple day [Read more]

Local Burngreave resident and Pitsmoor litter picker Karen Malone was moved recently by the work of the Roma community after they cleared streets of litter in their area. Writing on Facebook, Karen said on the [Read more]

To add to our community listings calendar, send your event info (30 words or less) to listings@burngreavemessenger.org Anything we’ve missed can go on our online calendar: Saturday 5th June: Annual Well Dressing and Big Lunch [Read more]

Out and about in Burngreave Local performance outerwear designers Dark Peak have donated two of their lightweight NESSH down jackets for an Out and About in Burngreave competition. For a chance to win one, send [Read more]

Story by Lyn Brandon. The long year of Covid-19 has impacted on many community activities across Burngreave. Our parks and open green spaces have been a lifeline for so many. Abbeyfield Park provides an outdoor [Read more]