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Amici della Val di Porter Conservare - Protezione - Ripristino Diventare socio Membro Accedi Conservazione Conservazione Restauro Wreathmaking 2024 Our popular Wreathmaking workshops are lined up for Friday 29th Nov at Forge Dam, and Wednesday 4th Dec at Fulwood Old Chapel. ​ Each evening is split into three half hour slots, with limited tickets for each half hour. ​ Grab your tickets now - see the links below. ​ For ready made wreaths and kits, as well as calendars and cards etc, The Christmas Shop is also available below. Download our interactive map and guide For more details and instructions Document To find out more about us, and the status of the valley as a Local Nature Reserve, click on the link here About Us Cosa c'è? I dettagli dei nostri eventi e attività sono forniti qui. Clicca su un evento per maggiori informazioni. ven 29 nov Forge Dam Cafe Family Christmas wreathmaking 29 nov 2024, 18:00 – 20:00 Forge Dam Cafe, Forge Dam, Sheffield S10 3TE, UK £25 per wreath and refreshments. + altri 16 Dettagli mer 04 dic Fulwood Old Chapel Family Christmas wreathmaking 04 dic 2024, 18:00 – 20:00 Fulwood Old Chapel, 8 Whiteley Ln, Sheffield S10 4GL £25 per wreath and refreshments. + altri 21 Dettagli Natale Vista rapida FoPV Calendar 2025 Prezzo £10,00 Aggiungi al carrello Vista rapida Corona di Natale Prezzo £15,00 Aggiungi al carrello Vista rapida Kit ghirlanda di Natale Prezzo £6,00 Aggiungi al carrello Pack of 10 Vista rapida x10 Shepherd Wheel Christmas Cards Prezzo £6,00 Aggiungi al carrello Pack of 10 Vista rapida x10 River Christmas Cards by Isabel Blincow Prezzo £6,00 Aggiungi al carrello Pack of 5 Vista rapida x5 Shepherd Wheel Christmas Cards Prezzo £4,00 Aggiungi al carrello Pack of 5 Vista rapida x5 River Christmas Cards Prezzo £4,00 Aggiungi al carrello Vista rapida A spasso per la Val Porter Prezzo regolare £8,99 Prezzo scontato £5,00 Aggiungi al carrello Vista rapida Memorie delle valli Porter e Mayfield, c. 1920-1960 Prezzo £6,00 Aggiungi al carrello Our latest projects The Endcliffe Park Toad The Endcliffe Park Toad has seen better days, even in its second incarnation. We are raising money to replace it in metal so that it will last longer. Please help us replace the Endcliffe Park Toad in 2024. For more information see our dedicated Toad Page or click on the Donate Button here. Donate We are currently looking at improvements to The Forge Dam Playground In the Autumn of 2022 we completed a consultation of playground users and everyone with an interest in the Forge Dam area, and were pleased to receive nearly 180 suggestions and comments. We are working with those suggestions and comments, and are implementing as many as posible as and when funds permit. Details of updates that we have made can be found on our blags about the playground. Take a look at that section for up to date information. We are of course accepting donations via our own secure donation page. Donate Passeggiate Guidate About Us About the FoPV Find out who we are and what we do Find Out More The Rivers Trust We are assisting the Rivers Trust in monitoring the sewage being put into the Porter. Nature Counts Your Sightings Contribute to the Nature Counts initiative with your sightings in the Porter Valley Donate Make a Donation Click on the this link for a list of our current projects, or sign up to easyfundraising below to get online shops to donate to us. Help Raise Money for FoPV with..... If you shop online you can get the shops you use to make a small donation to us without any cost to you. By signing up to easyfundraising using the link below, you can download a reminder onto your computer which identifies shops you are about to shop with as ones that will make a donation to FoPV after you place your order. There is also an App for your phone if you prefer. ​ Thank you And, if you shop at the CoOp, you can select FoPV as your chosen charity this year. A percentage of your shop will be donated to the Playground appeal in 2024. To download their app, click on the logo here.

Ruota del pastore To get the map on your phone click this icon We have developed an interactive map to help you discover the numerous points of interest along the valley. Some well known, others not so well known. ​ It's designed to be used on your smartphone as you walk through the valley, helping you to discover features such as; Architecture & Industry, Landscape & Geology, Birds, Trees & Flora, Viewpoints & Historic Photos, River & Water Sites, Memorial Plaques & Seats, and Maps & Paintings For Android phones, click on the link above and it will open in either Google Maps or the Chrome browser. Google Maps You will have the blue location spot to identify your location and all the interactive links will work. ​ Chrome Browser You can go to “Google Maps ”, click “you ”, click “maps ”, click “Friends of Porter Valley guide ”.​ For Apple devices, it will help to have “Google Chrome” installed from the App store. ​ Click on the link above and the map will open in “Google Chrome” and all the interactive links will work. ​ If it opens into “Google Maps” (with blue location spot) unfortunately many of the links won’t work. If this is the case follow the Important Information instructions on the screen. Photos Many of the links contain photographs from that spot, both past and present, as well as some videos. To view these, click on the image to open the photo in the photo viewer, and where there are more than one image you can swipe left or right to scroll through them.

Porter Clough ​ Crossing Woodcliffe at Carr Bridge, close to the confluence of the river Porter and the May Brook, a path enters the Porter Clough section of the Porter Valley. A stone near the entrance records the gift of the land to the city by the J G Graves Trust in 1938. ​ To the right is a small hamlet, Carr Houses, typical of the settlements in this part of the valley. The original, left-hand end of the terrace dates back to 1675 and in 1707 was a small public house. As you walk up the path, across the fields to the right are a cluster of buildings on the site of the former Fulwood Corn Mills, the highest water mills in the valley. The lower mill was demolished around 1950 and both the dams filled in. However, the main buildings of the upper mill are still occupied. It was at this mill that buttons and snuff boxes, produced lower down the valley at the works of Thomas Boulsover, were given their final buffing and polishing. After crossing Mark Lane, the main path continues uphill and is easy to miss as it runs parallel to Clough Lane. It closely follows the course of the Porter Brook as it crosses to either side a couple of times, as the gradient begins to increase. The Waterfall ​ Known affectionately as The Porter Falls, this is the only natural waterfall on the river. At only four metres high they can be a spectacular sight after heavy rain. A small bridge across the brook bears a plaque in memory of Oliver Gilbert, a renowned ecologist and Friend of the Porter Valley who inspired the restoration of the bridge. Jacobs Ladder ​ Not far above the Falls, and to the left of Clough Lane, is a very steep path straight up the hillside known as Jacob’s Ladder. This was once the site of a ski lift operated by the Sheffield Ski Club and the slope is still a popular place for winter sports. From here, the main walk leaves Clough Lane and enters a deep wooded ravine containing many beech trees. The path becomes narrow with very steep, dramatic sides as it reaches its steepest gradient. ​ The surrounding landscape is rural in character and the clough itself is informal, with natural woodland along what is the narrowest section of the valley. ​ Hares can be seen throughout the clough, and birds of prey such as kestrel, buzzards and sparrow hawk are regularly spotted as are crows, rooks and ravens. Source of the Porter ​ At the top, on Fulwood Lane there is a Toposcope, or orientation cairn, as shown at the top of this page. Built in 2005 and funded by local Rotary Clubs, it indicates the direction and distance to notable features which can be seen on a clear day. ​ Across the road the path continues through the open fields to the old Brown Edge Quarries which were well known for producing high quality sandstone roofing slates. ​ The source of the Porter is beyond the quarry where a boundary fence marks the start of Hallam Moors, a sphagnum bog on the watershed above Ringinglow. ​ A wooden footbridge gives access to a gate that leads you onto Rud Hill where you can enjoy panoramic views back down the valley.