FLOODGATE NETHERMOOR BRIDGE 27B

The Chesterfield in The Norwood collapsed in 1907 and was never repaired 266 ROAD Background map is © County Council, so the Derbyshire section of 37.20 the canal was cut off. BUILDING PLOT drawing no. 9213A.431.018A

41.00 37.20 41.00 In the 1970s and 1980s, British 41.30 Waterways, which owned the canal, sold off the Derbyshire SHEFFIELD ROAD section. Much of the original SHEFFIELD ROAD BRIDGE 27A

route in Killamarsh is now Operating top water level = 36.90m AOD (level in Nethermoor Lake) Killamarsh Greenway. 41.30 SHEFFIELD ROAD

37.20 30 houses were built on the 37.20 line of the canal to the east of Orange - New Route Cenral Line West the Leisure Centre.

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39.60 When the idea of restoring the Blue Route KILLAMARSH BOTTOM LOCKS 39.60 canal was suggested, there Central Line East was a need to find a new route, so Jacobs Babtie was Top water level = 39.30m AOD contracted to find possible 39.60 39.60 routes and to consult the 42.00 42.00

townsfolk. The route chosen QUARRY ROAD was down past the Leisure Centre, called Central Line East.

WALFORD ROAD BRIDGE STREET

Towpath (2m wide)

In 2012, work started on 42.00 42.00 knocking down and rebuilding the Tarran Bungalows site on Option 6 - Central Line West

the alternative Central Line West GL 43.45 route, leaving a wide track that LIPP AVENUE

the canal could use. GL 43.45

42.00 TARREN BUNGALOW SW DISCHARGE AL In 2016, engineers checked the IL41.700 = CANAL TWL levels and found that the chosen 42.00 route by the Leisure Centre would BOTTOM POUND be about 5 metres deep in a The new route from the north with Nethermoor Lake in Empty plot next to 266 Sheffield Road, 241/243 Sheffield GL 44.25 42.00 cutting, however the Bungalows the foreground road in the background Operating water level = 41.70m AOD Footbridge route (Central Line West) could be Canal bed level = 39.90m AOD 44.28 42.00 GL 44.75

Route 6 enters Killamarsh at Old Hall Farm, travels through a residential area before heading northwards along Quarry Road and under Sheffield Road to Rother Underside of canal lining = 39.50m AOD Valley Country Park. The route then runs south of the existing flood embankment in Rother Valley Country Park, passes along the edge of Moorhouse Farm and at surface level. locks up to join the original alignment at Norwood. 44.28 © Crown copyright and database rights 2015. Ordnance Survey 100023251.You are not Key Issues permitted to copy, sub-licence, distribute or sell any of this data to third parties in any form. - This route runs through the site of Nethermoor House - Future redevelopment opportunities could bring this In 2017, this new information where archaeological remains could be present. route closer to Bridge Street rather than use Quarry Road. - Mature trees potentially used as Bat roosts are located 44.28 was put to another consultation south of Metcalf Avenue, some of which could be lost. - This route needs to pass under Sheffield Road, Walford 44.28 TARREN BUNGALOW SITE Bats are a statutorily protected species. Road and Station Road - this could cause disruption to 46.55 traffic during construction. Tarran Bungalow Site and the townsfolk chose the - This route would interupt Barbers Lane footpath. A footbridge could carry pedestrians and cyclists over the - This route would bring a large number of visitors into ASHTON CLOSE 46.55 canal. Killamarsh which has advantages and disadvantages.

- These are several plots of land along this route which - There is an opportunity to provide a spur up to Bridge Bungalows route - Central Line GL 45.45 could be used for canal related development and hence Street off this route. bring additional jobs and facilities to Killamarsh. West. - This route runs through both Rother Valley Country Park and close to Killamarsh Town Centre providing the opportunity to link the two and bring benefits to both. KILLAMARSH MIDDLE LOCKS GL 46.15 This will be in the new Local Plan QUARRY RD

Towpath (2m wide) for District 46.55 The new route from the North West; Sheffield Road 241/243 Sheffield Road 46.55 BUTLER WAY Council. bottom left 46.55

(Track)

The new route has two locks 46.55 before going under Walford Road. GL 46.85 It follows Killamarsh Greenway

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before turning left downhill past GL 47.35 the swing park. It then runs west METCALFE AVENUE of the old Bungalows site, next Operating water level = 46.25m AOD Canal bed level = 44.45m AOD to Quarry Lane, under Sheffield Underside of canal lining = 44.05m AOD 46.55 PEACOCK CLOSE Road, past Killamarsh Juniors and

then into Nethermoor Lake. MIDDLE POUND Mike Ashworth Trust is Strategic Director - Economy, Transport and Communities. purchasing 241 and 243 Sheffield Road, whilst the vacant Boat lift ideas WALFORD ROAD Land Reclamation Section plot adjacent to 266 Sheffield Top water level = 48.53m AOD 46.55

Road has been secured against 46.55 Highways 2m wide towpath 48.83 development. Division TWL 50.800 48.83 GL 56.100 weir GL 54.400 KILLAMARSH TOP DOUBLE LOCKS spillway 48.83 Footbridge 51.10 Some students on the Masters 48.83 Engineering course at GL 53.600 51.10 Nottingham Trent University Wetland Pond GL 56.100 51.10 steps WALFORD ROAD 55.35 PEACOCK CLOSE were asked to come up with TWL 55.000 WALFORD ROAD 51.10 BRIDGE 26A 51.10 TWL 53.300 6B Towpath (2m wide) suggestions for a Boat Lift Footbridge

55.35 instead of having a flight of 6 GL 53.600 51.10 55.50 locks going up from Nethermoor TOP POUND Operating water level = 50.80m AOD Lake to the original canal line steps Canal bed level = 49.00m AOD Leisure Centre Underside of canal lining = 48.60m AOD at the back of Primrose Lane. COURT This could be a huge tourism GL 56.100 GL 56.100 DRIVE BRINDLEY 55.50 opportunity for Killamarsh. POWELL Killamarsh Greenway OLD HALL FARM LOCK 6A