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Cadman BernardRoad Shepcote Li ord Bawtry Starting Street Lane Point Road BLUE LOOP Burngreave Loop Darnall Loop Cycle Loop Tinsley Loop WILDLIFE She eld’s industrial past led to badly polluted Start Point: Spital Hill Start Point: Darnall Community Park Start Point: Meadowhall Interchange Start Point: Tinsley Green waterways unable to provide homes for wildlife. Today, water quality in She eld is • Walk down Spital Hill • Turn left and walk along Darnall Road • Leave the interchange and head right • Walk along Lifford Street much improved and the Blue Loop has • Join the Wicker • Climb the steps to the left of aqueduct • Cross the road at the traffic lights • Turn right onto Dundas Road become a wildlife haven. Plants, trees and • Under Wicker Arches • Join the Canal • Head left over the bridge to Meadowhall • Turn left onto Raby Street healthy sh populations are vital, and require • Under Five Weirs Walk metal archway • Head left along the Canal • Turn left and join the Five Weirs Walk • Cross Sheffield Road careful management to ourish. Butter ies • Follow Five Weirs Walk along the River • Walk up the ramp to Bacon Lane • Follow until it meets the Canal • Turn left on Sheffield Road This is some of the wildlife you might see: Plants such as buddleia and nettles are • Turn right onto Attercliffe Road • Turn right and cross the bridge • Cross the footbridge at the tram stop • Turn right and follow footpath to Canal common, particularly along the Canal, • Turn right down the footpath • Cross over Effingham Road • Head right along the Canal • Turn right at Canal and provide food and egg laying sites for • Turn right onto Stoke Street • Walk along Stoke Street • Follow the Canal • Walk along past the locks a range of butter ies. • Cross Effingham Road • Turn left down the footpath • Go past Tinsley Marina and the lock ponds • Go over the footbridge • Go straight over onto Bacon Lane • Turn left onto Attercliffe Road • Follow city centre sign post up the bridge • Turn back when you reach the Weir • Left off the bridge and join the Canal • Turn left onto the Five Weirs Walk • Turn right into Centertainment complex just after Jordan Bridge • Head left along the Canal • Head left and follow the Five Weirs Walk • Follow cycle lane route out of complex • Walk all the way back along Canal • Follow the Canal until Victoria Quays • Cross over East Coast Road • Turn left onto Attercliffe Common • Pass under the motorway • Leave the Quays and cross the road • Cross Stevenson Road • Turn right onto Carbrook Street • Continue along the Canal Otters Otters have returned to She eld’s • Head back to the Wicker Arches • Walk through Attercliffe Cemetery • Turn left again at Weir Head • Pass under the Sheffield Road bridge rivers. They need sh to eat, and quiet • Cross Attercliffe Road • Pass through Five Weirs Walk archway • Cross lock immediately after bridge Burngreave loop takes approx 1 hour riverbanks covered in plants where • Walk down Worksop Road • Head right along the river • Walk up steps to Shepcote Lane they can hide and rest up. You are • Reach the aqueduct • Turn right along Weedon Street • Look out for underpass on the left unlikely to see them as they are very King shers These beautiful birds move fast up and down Burngreave and Darnall Loops • Cross over and follow the path • Head under underpass back into Tinsley secretive, but you may spot their Darnall loop takes approx 1 hour the river and sometimes all you will see of can be combined to make • Pass Hadfield’s Weir footprints in the mud. Tinsley loop takes approx 45 minutes them is a ash of blue. They eat sh too, but a 2 hour walk • Turn left and cross bridge unlike the statue-like heron, they catch their • Head towards Meadowhall Interchange prey by diving dramatically into the water. Starting Cycle loop takes approx 40 minutes Point Herons Can be walked in approx 1.5 hours The thriving sh population 5 provides food for herons. Look out for them near weirs where 3 they stand completely still 5 Weirs Walk Attercli e watching for passing sh. East Road Cemerery Coast Weedon Meadowhall Road Stevenson Worksop Road Street Shopping Centre
Tinsley Road Attercli e Attercli e Tram Japanese Attercli eRoad Dragon ies Stoke Street Tram Darnall Road Dragon ies must lay their Knotweed eggs in water. Many species This plant was brought to England from Japan in Weir Carbrook Head Street inhabit She eld’s waterways, Victorian times. Unfortunately it outcompetes other plants and has spread along most of Staniforth Starting particularly around the Road Britain’s waterways. This leads to less of a variety E ngham Foot Shirland Point Meadowhall area and the Road Lane of plants to support insects, birds and mammals. Bridge ponds at Tinsley Marina. Japanese Knotweed is therefore removed by Bacon Lane cutting, burning and spraying. Attercli e Common
She eld Centertainment Arena Tram Water fowl Find lots more information about Ducks, geese, moorhens and coots all live on the walks and wildlife, please visit: Blue Loop. Moorhens and coots both have black Fish Greenland Road feathers on their bodies; coots have a ash of The Blue Loop is clean enough to support a Facebook: white on their faces while moorhens have a thriving population of sh including Brown ash of red. Trout, Pike, Grayling and Bream. theblueloop