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Sheffield to Tinsley Canal
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Working with Attercliffe Darnall Community Enterprise and British Waterways we are carrying out a project to upgrade a short section of the canal towpath at the City Centre end. Where possible we are increasing the width available for walking and providing a tarmac surface which will be much more durable than the existing surface as well as giving better access for disable people. Unfortunately some of the canal bank is in poor condition and so it will not be possible to use tarmac all the way along the upgraded section.
Works will be finished in Spring 2005 and will cost £60,000 which is being provided by Section 106 (planning obligation) funding.
We have a further project on the canal which we will be carrying out towards the end of 2005. This will be part of a European project called “Creating a Setting for Investment” aimed at demonstrating the link between landscape improvements and investment decisions. South Yorkshire Forest are our partners for this project.
The 4 mile long Sheffield to Tinsley Canal was opened in 1814 to carry boats between the navigable River Don at Tinsley and a new basin (Victoria Quays) close to the heart of Sheffield. It is part of the Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation which runs for 40 miles between Sheffield and the River Trent, eventually leading to the Humber and the sea. Built to take Yorkshire Keels, which were barges powered by sail, the navigation has been upgraded in this century to take 700 tonne Euro Barges although none visit the Sheffield end of the canal.
The canal makes a good walking route from the city centre to Meadowhall and you can return on the Five Weirs Walk along the River Don. Look out for fresh water jellyfishes - Craspedacusta sowerbii (you’ll have to look carefully, they are only 2 centimetres across).
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