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Join Sheffield rambler Graham Jones for a six mile history walk

2nd September 2022

Please register if you would like to join Sheffield rambler Graham Jones on a six mile history walk around Burngreave on Sunday 11th September as part of the Sheffield Walking Festival. Register to join at https://tinyurl.com/2upbsv57 [Read more]

Apple Day 19th September

15th September 2021

It’s APPLE DAY this SUNDAY 19th September from 12 noon at Burngreave Cemetery North Chapel, Melrose Road, S3 9DN. Take along your own apples for juicing! Also features: Drawing and painting of starlings with Patrick [Read more]

Mammal survey at Parkwood Springs

18th October 2018

Curious about what little furry creatures live on Parkwood Springs? Val Clinging, from Sorby Natural History Society, will be carrying out another small mammal survey. Come to the Cooks Wood Road car park at 8.30am [Read more]

Walking Burngreave in the footsteps of refugees

18th June 2018

Story by Andrew Crowley | Photos by Graham Jones As my neighbour always says whenever we go walking with him “It is downhill all the way.” Well it nearly was as we walked from the [Read more]

Strolling through Victorian Pitsmoor

18th June 2018

Story by Graham Jones | Photo by Hayden Senior The Sheffield Victorian Society organised a walk round Pitsmoor to look at historical buildings. Unfortunately the original leader, Graham Hague met with a nasty accident a [Read more]

Parkwood Springs eternal trees

18th June 2018

Story and photo by Graham Jones On a beautiful Spring day, 19th May, there was a guided tree walk on Parkwood Springs. The friends of Parkwood Springs hosted the event and their chair, Neil Schofield, [Read more]

Over twenty people listen to birds on Parkwood Springs

Early birds catch the early birds

18th June 2018

Story by Graham Jones | Photo by Hayden Senior On 5th May, for the fifth year running a group of over twenty people set off at 5.00am to listen to the birds on Parkwood Springs. [Read more]

Black Men Walking group remembered

30th April 2018

Story by Maxwell A. Ayamba Last issue, we featured a review of the play ‘Black Men Walking’. Maxwell Ayamba was a member of the group the play was based upon. He tells us about it [Read more]

Welcome to Burngreave walk

14th September 2017

Story by Graham Jones | Photo by Amy Palmer On 8th September, as part of Sheffield Walking Festival, I led a walk of around twenty people to celebrate our welcoming community in Burngreave. We took [Read more]