Caring for a special place
Whirlow Brook Park is a district park in the south-west of Sheffield. Those who visit it often comment on its special air of tranquillity and scenic setting. The Park is in need of some tender loving care and a Friends group has now been set up. The group became a Registered Charity in July 2023.
The Park is open to the public 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. It is accessible by car from the crescent on the A625 in Sheffield where Ecclesall Road South becomes Hathersage Road. There are two car parks and a few clicks on the + sign on the map below should mark them with a P and indicate the Shelter Café, close to the lower car park, where there are toilets available during the Café opening hours, currently 9:00am to 4:00pm. There are blue badge spaces available at the upper car park behind Whirlow Brook Hall. There is no parking or drop-off facility for coaches but parking for coaches is available at nearby Whirlow Fields (marked with a P on the map at the end of the track that is the first left turn on Limb Lane heading away from the Park).
There is an accessible path between the two car parks and also by the formal borders next to the upper car park. The lawns can be accessed in dry weather. However the uneven surfaces and steps in the heritage rock garden make it difficult to access.
Whirlow Brook Hall and the Shelter Café are independent of the Friends group and more information, including contact details, can be found here.
A few clicks on the + sign on the map should reveal the bus stops next to the Park. From Sheffield, these are served by routes 65, 81, 271 and 272. From Hathersage and the Hope Valley use the 271/272 and from Tideswell or Buxton use the 65. See SYPTE timetables for details of the routes and timetables of these services.
To reach the Park by train, use Dore and Totley station and enjoy a walk of about a mile and a half through Ecclesall Woods.
Archaeological Report
Click here for an archaeological report on the Park that contains a wealth of information and will significantly influence our priorities in the years ahead.
Gallery
From time to time we post new photographs at the Gallery page. Those most recently uploaded include photos of the new frog and toad sculptures on our Blue Trail, some of birds on the recently installed bird feeders, some from the family guided tree walk in December 2023 and some of the trees in our Tree Trail in Autumn. The Gallery also has links to an assortment of videos related to the Park.