Author: UpperDonTrailTrust
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New information board at Toad Hole Dyke
Ever noticed that little public right of way that drops down a flight of steps off Herries Road just below the famous Five Arches railway viaduct? It forms part of the proposed Upper Don Trail route, and is currently a walking route in need of some upgrading running alongside Toad Hole Dyke and through Rawson…
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Upper Don Trail Trust statement on Stocksbridge consultation event
The Upper Don Trail Trust (UDTT) has become aware that Stocksbridge Town Deal is holding a drop-in consultation event next week to seek people’s views on its much-reduced trails project. The consultation about “proposed investment at Underbank reservoir” follows the Town Deal board’s decision to abandon the much more ambitious trails project that was…
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Upper Don Trail Trust meets Stocksbridge Towns Fund board members following cuts to trails project
The Upper Don Trails Trust has met Stocksbridge Towns Fund board members to discuss their disappointing decision to cut back investment in local trails.
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Club Mill clean-up – Upper Don Trail Trust and local community tidy up inner city stretch of the River Don
The Upper Don Trail Trust (UDTT) has worked with an enthusiastic team of community volunteers and residents to clean up the stretch of trail alongside the River Don between Wardsend Cemetery and Neepsend. The team of over 20, including several families, spent a Saturday morning tidying up the riverside path along the old Club Mill…
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Upper Don Trail receives strong support in Parliament
The Upper Don Trail Trust received strong support from a local Labour MP and a Government minister in a Parliamentary debate today. The Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough MP Gill Furniss secured a Westminster Hall debate about the Trail and how it and other similar trails could be funded. She told the Nature Recovery Minister Rebecca…
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Penistone Road retail centre – a failure of planning policy
Joint statement from the Upper Don Trail Trust and Cycle Sheffield This week, Sheffield City Council’s Planning and Highways Committee approved a new retail centre opposite the Hillsborough football ground on Penistone Road. Developers now have planning permission for retail outlets including a supermarket, gym, drive-thru restaurants and a builders merchants. They will build them…
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Volunteers clean up River Don grot spot on Club Mill Road
Community volunteers have blitzed part of the Upper Don Trail that was blighted by fly-tipping and litter. Around 25 people gave up their time to clean up the riverside along Club Mill Road at Neepsend. They recovered a huge pile of litter and fly-tipped rubbish between Hillfoot bridge and the Old Park silver mill. Their…
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See our new Upper Don Trail video to learn about the progress we’ve made in the last year
Thanks to everyone who “came along” to our 2021 AGM on Zoom this week. We had a fascinating evening, featuring really interesting talks about the history of the River Don between Club Mill Road and Wardsend Cemetery. Our Trust chairman Simon Ogden, and Howard Bayley from Wardsend Cemetery, showed slides of how much the riverside…
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Upper Don Trail Trust and Cycle Sheffield press for improved active travel routes near Hillsborough
The Upper Don Trail Trust and Cycle Sheffield have joined forces to press for radically improved active travel routes near Hillsborough football ground. We’re urging Sheffield City Council planners to insist on segregated cycleways and safer road crossings as part of a new retail development. Developers Jaguar Estates have submitted revised plans for a retail…
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Trust warns that Upper Don Trail may be at risk as house builders seek to cut costs in Deepcar
The Upper Don Trail Trust has objected strongly to proposals by a national house builder to scale down plans for the new riverside active travel route at Deepcar. House building giant Bloor Homes is building over 420 new homes on the previously derelict old Steins brickworks site alongside the River Don. Bloor have so far…