Sheffield Walking Festival 2021
 

10 day. 27 walks. 1 amazing city.
Strap on your boots and take in Sheffield on foot as Sheffield Walking Festival returns 10 - 19 September 2021. Over ten days, the festival presents a host of enjoyable walks for a range of abilities, with plenty to see and discover along the way.

The festival celebrates all sides of Sheffield with over 30 routes of varying lengths and themes. Explore the city’s varied heritage and fascinating suburbs on urban strolls or venture out to Sheffield's dramatic borders that overlap with the stunning Peak District National Park for something more challenging.

The full festival programme of walks for 2021 is now online- scroll below to see the walks listed by each day of the festival.

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Sheffield Walking Festival is organised by Sheffield Walking Forum in conjunction with The Outdoor City and brings together a host of local outdoor communities and national organisations, such as The Wildlife Trust, Peak National Park Authority, Ramblers Association, Heritage Open Days and Walkers Are Welcome.

All the walks are led by knowledgeable and experienced walk leaders. All walks are FREE to attend, but you must be registered via Eventbrite- see the 2021 walks listed below and click on the links for more information and to register.
 

2021 Walks Programme 

Friday 10 September  
                 

No Buses to North America  
Length: 5.3 miles (8.5km)
Start/Finish: Langsett Barn Information Centre
Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/158284666699

Sheffield Old Town: Echoes of the Past
Length: 2 miles (3.2km)
Start/Finish: Sheffield Cathedral Forecourt.
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/158291852191

Try a Change of Air to Ease Thy Gout
Length: 5.5 miles (9 km)
Start/Finish: Unsliven Road bus terminus, near Underbank Reservoir, Stocksbridge.
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/158283774029

Saturday 11 September
 

Gimme Gimme Moors
Length: 10.5 miles (17km)
Start/Finish: Entrance to Bingham Park on Rustlings Road
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/158285774011

Sheffield: A Civilised Place
Length: 2.75 miles (4.4km)
Start/Finish: Sheffield Cathedral forecourt
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/158286006707

Sunday 12 September
 

Sheffield's Lakeland - More Hall & Broomhead
Length: 7.5 miles (11.5 km)
Start/Finish: Dam wall of More Hall Reservoir
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/158287780011

Wonderful Wharncliffe Heath
Length: 3 miles (4.8km)
Start/Finish: Don Bridge, Station Rd, Deepcar
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/158288925437

Sheffield Home of Football Walking Tour
Length: 1 mile (1.6km)
Start/Finish: Entrance to Crucible Theatre, S1 1DA
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/158286269493
 

Monday 13 September
 

The Parks and Woodlands of North Sheffield
Length: 9 miles (14.5km)
Start/Finish:  Meadowhall bus station hall.
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/158289998647

The Great Sheffield Deer Park Boundary Walk
Length: 5 miles (8km)
Start: Bus stop in front of Lidl on Castlebeck Avenue, S2 1AS. (not the Prince of Wales Road entrance)
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/158289587417

An Autumnal Walk in the Woods
Length: 8 miles (13km)
Start/Finish: Dore and Totley station, Abbeydale Road South, S17 3LB.
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/158370700027
 

Tuesday 14 September
 

Local Lockdown Discoveries
Length: 12 miles (20km)
Start/Finish: Outside the post office on Woodfall Lane, Low Bradfield
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/158290454009

Parkwood Springs to Hillsborough Park
Length: 3 miles (4.8km)
Start: Car park entrance on Cooks Wood Road, Sheffield S3 9AA.
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/158297539201

A Brief History of Professional Theatre in Sheffield
Length: 1.8 miles (3km)
Start: outside the Lyceum entrance.
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/158222488723

Tales of City Centre Music Halls
Length: 1.8 miles (3km)
Start: outside the Lyceum main entrance.
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/158223495735

Wednesday 15 September
 

Over the Border
Length: 9.5 miles (15.3km)
Start/Finish: Dore and Totley station, Abbeydale Road South, S17 3LB.:
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/158371500421

It's the Don Again
Length: 7 miles (11.3km)
Start/Finish: Junction of Mill Lane and Wortley Road, Deepcar.
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/157966204169

Loxley and Wadsley Heritage Walk
Length: 3 miles (5km)
Start/Finish: Loxley Village Green (Junction of Loxley Road/Rodney Hill, Loxley) S6 4TF.
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/158291021707

Sheffield Pub Heritage Walk
Length: 1 mile
Start: Fagan's pub, 69 Broad Lane, S1 4BS
Register: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/148959430667

Thursday 16 September
 

The Victorian Ways
Length: 15 miles (24km)
Start/Finish: outside the post office on Wood Fall Lane, Low Bradfield
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/158292157103

Natural History and Heritage of Lees Hall Wood
Length: 2 miles (3.2km)
Start/Finish: John O' Gaunt pub car park on Blackstock Road.
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/157022114371

Sheffield Old Town: Echoes of the Past
Length: 2 miles (3.2km)
Start/Finish: Sheffield Cathedral Forecourt.
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/158291852191

A Brief History of Professional Theatre in Sheffield
Length: 1.8 miles (3km)
Start: outside the Lyceum entrance.
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/158222488723

Tales of City Centre Music Halls
Length: 1.8 miles (3km)
Start: outside the Lyceum main entrance.
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/158223495735
 

Friday 17 September
 

Parkwood Springs to Hillsborough Park
Length: 3 miles (4.8km)
Start: Car park entrance on Cooks Wood Road, Sheffield S3 9AA.
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/158297539201

The Sheffield Round Walk (at a leisurely pace)
Length: 15.4 miles (25 km)
Start/Finish: Endcliffe Park Café, Endcliffe Park off Rustlings Road, S11 7AB.
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/158292636537

The Naked People
Length: 5 miles (8km)
Start/Finish: Meadowhall Tram Terminus.
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/159239442459

Saturday 18 September
 

The Whopper
Length: 24 miles (40km)
Start/Finish: Car Park at the top of Wyming Brook
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/158293174145

Scrumping in Handsworth
Length: 6.5 miles (10.5km)
Start/Finish:  Corner of Handsworth Road and Oakley Road (opposite ASDA) S13 9LR.
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/159690896771

Peak to Park: Padley to Endcliffe
Length: 8 miles (13km)
Start: Grindleford Station Café, Hope Valley, S32 2JA.
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/158293009653

Sunday 19 September

Wonderful Wharncliffe Heath
Length: 3 miles (4.8km)
Start/Finish: Don Bridge, Station Rd, Deepcar
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/158288925437