Meet: Thursday afternoons outside Forge Dam Café, Brookhouse Hill, Fulwood, in time to register and begin walking at 2pm.

Day: Thursdays 

Time: 1.50 in time to start walking at 2pm

Meet: outside Forge Dam Cafe, Brookhouse Hill, Fulwood  S10 3TE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Forge Dam Café is in the Porter Valley on the border of the Peak District & is just 10-15 minutes’ drive from Sheffield City Centre. From the café, you can easily access several footpaths and bridleways, some of which link together as part of the Sheffield Round Walk.

This walk began in 2007 and since then walkers have gathered in front of Forge Dam cafe every Thursday afternoon to enjoy a walk either up or down the beautiful Porter Valley. 

Walkers start arriving from about 1.45pm in time to register and set of promptly at 2pm. Deopending upon the number of walkers and the number of volunteers a choice of walks may be offered and occasionally one group will walk up the valley whilst another group walks down. We take regular pauses during the walk and anyone wishing to walk a little more slowly or for a shorter distance will be accompanied ‘back to base’ by one of our trained volunteer leaders.  

After each walk, most walkers stay to enjoy a cuppa or an ice-cream at the café. Some of our regular walkers have said the following about this RWW Step Out Sheffield walk:

 “…Thursday is now the best day of my week & I really look forward to the walk…”

 “…I feel so much better now after joining you & walking regularly…”

 “…if it weren’t for the health walks, I’d just sit around at home…”

Buses:    Various. Visit the Travel S Yorkshire website and use the Journey Planner and Timetable Finder Apps for up-to-date information. Alternatively, phone the Traveline on 08009520002.

Parking: park at the end of Brookhouse Hill opposite the old chapel and walk across the field to reach the woods beyond. Turn left at the junction and the right above the childrens playground for the safest route down to the cafe. 

Toilets:   There are public toilets next to the cafe.

The dam at Forge was last dredged approximately just after the turn of the century but quickly silted up again despite a 'silt trap' further up the river Porter. Work to drain, dredge and remove the accumulated silt began in late autumn 2021. The pictures above were taken on 20th January 2022 when 5 diggers were working in sequence to dig out and then remove the silt.