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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, turn w o o right and follow the bridleway. Take the left fork uphill at the next d R o junction. Turn left when you reach a fork in the path and continue a d uphill. Follow the path as it rounds to the left and begins to go downhill. Just before the next path on your right, look left to see the heron nests high up in the larch trees. Continue past the small path on your right. At the next fork, bear right. Go straight on at the next Road wdale Whhiirloowdal crossroads, signed to Abbeydale Road South. At the next junction Whhirlirlowdalele Roao ad bear left At the gate turn left. Walk all along the bottom path until you get to a crossroads, go over the small, planked bridge. Continue AbA b b eye over a crossroads, past a path on your right, and at the next junction Whirlow Wheel y L a take the second exit leading uphill towards the Woodland Discovery n e Woodland Centre, through the gate on your right. Discovery Wood Collier’s Centre Monument ad Ro e R 2-hour explore: ag rs hhee t at n Wood 2 Leave the Woodland Discovery Centre through the gate to the left HaH e 5 c 225 s of the car park and take the path to the right over the little bridge. 6 e

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left again following the sign to Abbeydale Road South. At the corner with three gates turn left. Continue, cross the stream, and reach a th u oou gate. Turn left, cross a stream and turn immediately right, following the S d bridleway to Abbeydale Road South. Continue along this wiggly path e a n ooa a R LLa Bird Sanctuary past a double trunked oak tree on the left. At the next fork, bear right. le a b d m y i e Continue at the next crossroads to a gate. Abbeydale Road will LimbL b bbbeydal A be in front of you, turn left. Continue along this bottom path until you 1 A 2 6 meet a major crossroads. Turn right and cross Abbey Lane. Enter the A woods and follow the bridleway through wood 2 and cross Whirlowdale Ryecroft Road. In Wood 1 follow the bridleway to the Dobcroft Road entrance. Mill Abbeydale At the noticeboard crossroads go straight on, on the footpath signed Industrial Hamlet to Abbey Lane. Climb towards the top corner of Wood 1 and turn Picnic Area left on the footpath signed to Whirlowdale Road. Continue at the two 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. Heron nesting area

Beauchief Gardens Enjoyed these walks? Look out for other leaflets in the Wood 3 Woodland Discovery Centre – try the archaeology trail or Abbeydale an audio trail through the woods. Miniature Railway There are lots of other ancient woodlands in Sheffield – why not try and visit three other ancient woodlands this summer? For more information about the woods, events and workshops visit www.sheffield.gov.uk/discoverycentre 0 250 500 Car Park Dore Railway Station Don’t forget to share what you discover using Metres #ecclesallwoods