Advantages: Easy To Get To, A Haven For Wildlife Disadvantages: Not In A Very Picturesque Setting
...The Dearne Valley covers a vast area of land that follows the course of the River Dearne in South Yorkshire to the South East of Barnsley, to the East of Rotherham and to the West of Doncaster. It is therefore very easily accessible for the visitor.
Historically, throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries the Dearne Valley was heavily Mined for its Coal deposits and these Coal Seams were not only amongst the most productive in Britain but also the whole of the World. Such was the demand for Coal that during its prime, in an area of just ten square miles there were over 30 different Collieries.
The subsidence caused by the Mining combined with the naturally low lying land created a Valley that became liable to flooding and in the years that followed the Second World War many areas of floodwater became established. Some...
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Advantages: A Haven For Wildlife, Educational For Local Schoolchildren Disadvantages: Industrial Location, Some Vandalism
...Water, Sheffield City Council, Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council, South Yorkshire Forest Partnership, the Countryside Agency and Magna Science Adventure Centre.
Once the area had been designated a NatureReserve the consortium acted quickly to save some of the lagoons that were beginning to dry up and some of the pathways were cleared to make the area more attractive to visitors. Today Blackburn Meadows is a popular attraction for families picnicking during the summer as well as an all year round haunt for birdwatchers.
There are wooden hides that overlook the various lagoons and these are full of nesting birds during the Summer and wintering wildfowl during the Winter. The areas between these consist of shrub and grassland and during the Summer these fields are full of Butterflies, Dragonflies, Damselflies and other Insects...
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Advantages: Plenty Of Wildlife Disadvantages: Footpaths Can Get Muddy In Bad Weather
...The Shire Brook Valley in Sheffield is an area of 250 acres designated as a Local NatureReserve (LNR). It is a place where I used to play when I was a Child, and as an Adult it is a place that I still try to visit at least once a Month.
It gained full LNR status in 1999 under five separate distinctive sites:
The Shire Brook Valley - This is an area which contains the Brook (River) and also ancient Woodlands, Lowland Heath, and Marshlands. There are five separate Ponds, the largest of these being Carr Forge Dam. The Centenary Ponds were created as recently as 1999 and opened for the Millennium. The Shire Brook Valley Conservation Group, with help from funding by English Nature have undertook an extensive programme of Tree Planting in the Valley which began in 1975 and continues today.
Beighton Marsh - This is an area of ancient...
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11.02.2007
