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blackberries. In the winter, winter, the In blackberries. earwigs, millipedes, and and millipedes, earwigs,
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Walks & activities Minibeasts Ancient woodlands. Enormous sweet chestnut Ecclesall Woods trees. Q-pits. A rustic coffee stop. Birdsong.
D obcrob Whichever path you take through Ecclesall cr oft Ro Parkhead Ro Cricket Ground ad Woods, you’ll discover something delightful. Wood 1 Use this map to help you find a route that suits you. 30-minute stroll (suitable for pushchairs): Leave the Woodland Discovery Centre through the gate to the left of the car park and turn left. Continue down the slope until
A you reach a wonky crossroads, take the second path and pass the b b e y fallen tree on your left. Continue on this path, past the beech tree L a n covered in fungi on your left. At the crossroads continue straight on. e When you cross a small, planked bridge, turn right. Continue to a crossroads with a beech tree and go straight on. At the next fork, take the right path. At the next junction take a sharp right, down the hill. Continue to the crossroads, turn left and walk back up to the Woodland Discovery Centre, through the gate on your right.
th u ouo S 1-hour wander: d a oao R ll Leave the Woodland Discovery Centre through the gate to the left sa e cl of the car park and take the path to the right over the little bridge. c EnE EcclesalE n d o Turn left and bear left downhill to a bridge. Walk up the steps, w o o turn right and follow the bridleway. Take the left fork uphill at the d R o next junction. Turn left when you reach a fork in the path and a d continue uphill. Follow the path as it rounds to the left and begins to go downhill. Continue past a small path on your right. At the next fork, bear right. Go straight on at the next crossroads, signed to Abbeydale Road South. At the next junction bear left At the Road wdale Whhiirloowdal gate turn left. Walk all along the bottom path until you get to a Whhirlirlowdalele Roao ad crossroads, go over the small, planked bridge. Continue over a crossroads, past a path on your right, and at the next junction take the AbA b b eye second exit leading uphill towards the Woodland Discovery Centre, Whirlow Wheel y L a through the gate on your right. n e Woodland Discovery Wood Collier’s Centre Monument 2-hour explore: ad Ro e R Leave the Woodland Discovery Centre through the gate to the left ag rs hhee t at n Wood 2 of the car park and take the path to the right over the little bridge. HaH e 5 c 225 s Turn left and bear left downhill to a bridge. Walk up the steps, turn 6 e
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with three gates turn left. Continue, cross the stream, and reach a gate. Turn left, cross a stream and turn immediately right, following the th u oou bridleway to Abbeydale Road South. Continue along this wiggly path S d past a double trunked oak tree on the left. At the next fork, bear right. e a n ooa a R LLa Bird Sanctuary Continue at the next crossroads to a gate. Abbeydale Road will le a b d m y i e be in front of you, turn left. Continue along this bottom path until you LimbL b bbbeydal A meet a major crossroads. Turn right and cross Abbey Lane. Enter the 1 A 2 6 woods and follow the bridleway through wood 2 and cross Whirlowdale A Road. In wood 1 follow the bridleway to the Dobcroft Road entrance. Ryecroft At the noticeboard crossroads go straight on, on the footpath signed Mill Abbeydale to Abbey Lane. Climb towards the top corner of wood 1 and turn left Industrial Hamlet on the footpath signed to Whirlowdale Road. Continue at the two Picnic Area crossroads to the road and cross over Abbey Lane. Re-enter wood 3 slightly to the right. Walk down the path and bear left to return to the Woodland Discovery Centre.
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Abbeydale Miniature Railway Enjoyed these walks? Look out for other leaflets in the Woodland Discovery Centre – try the archaeology trail or an audio trail through the woods. For more information about the woods, events and 0 250 500 Car Park Dore Railway workshops visit www.sheffield.gov.uk/discoverycentre Station Metres Don’t forget to share what you discover using #ecclesallwoods