Bingham Park
Park and woods in South Yorkshire, England
53°21′56″N 1°31′14″W / 53.36556°N 1.52056°W / 53.36556; -1.52056
Bingham Park is one of the chain of Porter Valley Parks in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England.
Location
Bingham Park is a park near Ecclesall and Ranmoor, Sheffield. It is the second (when travelling west from the city centre) of a line of parks and public open spaces along the Porter Brook, known as the Porter Valley Parks. To the north-east it is separated from the first in the chain, Endcliffe Park, by Rustlings Road, and to the west from Whiteley Woods by Highcliffe Road.[1][2] National Cycle Route 6 passes through the park, utilising the Peak Park Anniversary cycle route.[citation needed]
Description
Bingham Park is a grassy area high on a hillside with views across the valley, to Ranmoor. A footpath, leaving Rustlings Road serpents the valley bottom towards Whiteley Woods'. The footpath ends at Forge Dam Park, passing several dams of the Porter Brook, including Shepherd Wheel.[3] The park possesses tennis courts,[4] a mini golf course and a bowling green, an astroturf and has much woodland. The AstroTurf is commonly used by local footballers.
History
The first 11 acres (4.5 ha) of land which now forms Bingham Park was presented to Sheffield Corporation on 11 September 1911 by Sir John E. Bingham.[5] In 1927 the land around an early water-powered scythe works and its dam were incorporated into the park.[1]
References
- ^ a b Historic England (30 March 2001). "PORTER VALLEY PARKS, Non Civil Parish (1001502)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
- ^ "Porter Valley Parks". Parks&Gardens. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
- ^ Historic England (12 December 1995). "SHEPHERD WHEEL AND ATTACHED DAM GOIT AND WEIR, Sheffield (1255068)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
- ^ "Let's Get Sheffield on Court! | Parks Tennis". parkstennis.co.uk. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
- ^ "Donation that left Sheffield with a jewel of a park". Sheffield Telegraph. 30 September 2011. Archived from the original on 11 October 2015. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bingham Park and Whiteley Woods.
- Bingham Park, Friends of the Porter Valley
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Parks and woodlands in Sheffield
- Abbeyfield
- Beauchief Gardens
- Beauchief Park
- Beeley Wood
- Bingham Park
- Bole Hills
- Botanical Gardens
- Bowden Housteads Woods
- Concord Park
- Chapeltown Park
- Chelsea Park
- Cholera Monument and Clay Wood
- Crookes Valley Park
- Devonshire Green
- Ecclesall Woods
- Endcliffe Park
- Firth Park
- Glen Howe Park
- Graves Park
- High Hazels Park
- Hillsborough Park and Garden
- Hutcliffe Wood
- Longley Park
- Lynwood Gardens
- Meersbrook Park
- Millhouses Park
- Norfolk Park
- Parson Cross Park
- Ponderosa
- Porter Valley Parks
- Rivelin Valley Park
- Sunnybank Nature Reserve
- Shirebrook Valley
- Storrs Park
- Weston Park
- Wharncliffe Crags
- Whiteley Woods
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