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Bingham Park, Whiteley Woods, Shepherd Wheel. Hanging Water Road, S11 2YE.

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footpath, starts at Rustlings Road goes along the valley bottom towards Whiteley Woods'. It ends at Forge Dam Park, passing several dams of the Porter Brook, including Shepherd Wheel. http://www.fopv.org.uk/

Botanical Gardens, Clarkehouse Rd, Sheffield, South Yorkshire S10 2LN was opened in 1836 as
a botanical and zoological gardens. Due to financial problems ownership passed eventually in 1951 to the Council. http://www.sbg.org.uk/index.asp

Carl Wark Hill Fort, Hathersage Moor Sheffield (within the Peak District National Park. O/S 1:50,000 map 110 ref. 258815. Escarpment Hill Fort probably Iron age.

Concord Park, Shiregreen Lane, Sheffield, South Yorkshire S5, consists of Concord Park Golf
Course, a country park and Woolley Woods, bordered by Ecclesfield Road. A historic cruck barn lies at the entrance to the park, the last remnant of the Mediaeval hamlet of Oaksfold http://www.getwalking.org/walking-routes/concord-park/ http://www.concordpark.btck.co.uk/

Endcliffe Park, S11 7AA, opened in 1887 to commemorate the Jubilee of Queen Victoria. Endcliffe Park
comprises parkland as well as woodland. http://www.parkrun.org.uk/sheffieldhallam/ http://www.fopv.org.uk/

Firth Park, Firth Park Road, S5 6QQ, given to the city by Mark Firth in 1875 opened by the Prince of
Wales, HRH Prince Albert Edward, later Edward VII.

http://northeastsheffield.wordpress.com/2013/10/11/friends-of-firth-park-newsletter/

General Cemetery, Cemetery Ave, S11 8NT, 1836 grade 2 listed Built by private company. 87'000 people buried there. Now public space. http://www.gencem.org/

Graves Park Hemsworth Rd, S8 8LL, Sheffields largest park, originally Norton Manor estates from
Anglo Saxon times, it was gifted by J G Greaves in 1835 to the City. It has a wide range of facilities but unique to Graves is the rare breeds farm which is open to the public daily http://www.gravesparksheffield.info/v2/

Hillsborough Park, Middlewood Road S6 4HD originally owned in 1779 by Thomas Stead the Park . http://www.gravesparksheffield.info/v2/
and House was named after estate in Ireland. Bought by Sheffield Corporation in 1897. http://www.fohp.btik.com/ Http://www.hillsboroughowlertonlocalhistory.co.uk/history_hillsborough/

High Hazels Park Darnall, S9 4PE landscaped as part of High Hazels estate by Robert Marnock who
also designed Botanical gardens and Weston Park. https://www.sheffield.gov.uk/out--about/parkswoodlands--countryside.html

Meersbrook Park, S8 9FL. Originally part of Meersbrook estate including land farmed by the Blythes
who occupied the house called Bishops House. The Park was opened by Sheffield Corporation in 1886 http://meersbrookpark.org.uk/

Millhouses Park, 9 Abbeydale Road South, S7 2QQ, Part of the park was gifted by Earl
Fitzwilliam & Marquis of Zetland in 1909 and the rest purchased by Sheffield Council includes the old mill that gives the park and area its name. http://friendsofmillhousespark.org/

Norfolk Park, Guildford Ave, Sheffield S2 2PL Although cited as the oldest public park in
Sheffield it is not strictly true as was not in public ownership till 1910. The public had some access earlier but it was still in control of the Duke of Norfolk & the corporation had problems using the park for sports event http://www.norfolk-park.com/

Weston Park, Western Bank, Broomhill, S10 2TP the Park was opened in 1875.The park has several grade 2 listed structures & also has the Weston Park Museum.

Wincobank Hill 73-75 Shiregreen Lane, S5 6AD is home to a prehistoric Hill fort which is a scheduled monument. http://wincobankhill.btck.co.uk/

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