Bingham Park is one of the chain of
Porter Valley Parks
The Porter Valley Parks are a series of public parks and green spaces in Sheffield, England. Lying along the valley of Porter Brook, they run radially out from the city centre, providing a direct green-space connection to the Peak District nati ...
in
Sheffield,
South Yorkshire,
England.
Location
Bingham Park is a
park
A park is an area of natural, semi-natural or planted space set aside for human enjoyment and recreation or for the protection of wildlife or natural habitats. Urban parks are urban green space, green spaces set aside for recreation inside t ...
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
The Porter Valley Parks are a series of public parks and green spaces in Sheffield, England. Lying along the valley of Porter Brook, they run radially out from the city centre, providing a direct green-space connection to the Peak District nati ...
. 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
The Porter Valley Parks are a series of public parks and green spaces in Sheffield, England. Lying along the valley of Porter Brook, they run radially out from the city centre, providing a direct green-space connection to the Peak District nati ...
by Highcliffe Road.
passes through the park, utilising the Peak Park Anniversary cycle route.
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
Forge Dam Park is a park in Fulwood, in the city of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. Forge Dam Park is the fourth of the Grade II listed Porter Valley Parks, a connected series of parks (when travelling west from Sheffield city centre) al ...
, passing several dams of the Porter Brook, including
Shepherd Wheel. The park possesses tennis courts, 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 of land which now forms Bingham Park was presented to Sheffield Corporation on 11 September 1911 by Sir John E. Bingham.
In 1927 the land around an early water-powered scythe works and its dam were incorporated into the park.
References
External links
Bingham Park Friends of the Porter Valley
Parks in Sheffield
Forests and woodlands of South Yorkshire
Porter Brook
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