Explore our Clubs and Groups
Here you'll find some guides to The Outdoor City's running, walking, cycling and climbing clubs. And much more...
Lady Canning's PlantationBrought together through a love of bikes, there’s a handful of groups making things happen in Sheffield.
For a landlocked city, Sheffield has a surprisingly active sailing community.
With a cluster of reservoirs to the west of the city, where Sheffield opens into the Peak District, as well as country parks to the east, just into the Rotherham border, there is in fact plenty of water to get out on close to Sheffield.
A number of independent sailing clubs operate in the area, which between them sail several classes of dinghies as well as organise regular dinghy racing, training and casual sailing sessions. Read on to find out about them, and take to the water.
With its scenic hills to climb – and free-wheel back down again – and its roads leading straight out to the Peak District, Sheffield is heaven-sent to the road cyclist. All of this makes for a great cycling community.
The running community in Sheffield is thriving, ensuring everyone from competitive athletes to those looking for an excuse to get some al fresco exercise or make new friends will find something suitable for them.
Sheffield is the perfect place to go canoeing or kayaking. Rivers, canals and lakes around the city are all easily accessible and offer a whole range of different opportunities to get out on the water.
Don’t worry if you have no previous paddling experience: help is at hand in the form of canoe clubs and centres, which can offer sessions with fully qualified coaches. These venues will also be able to provide you with all the specialist kit you need to get you on the water safely. As well as their main outdoor venues, most clubs will also have access to swimming pool sessions as well, allowing you to practice your skills when it might be a bit too cold to do so outdoors.
Whether you view it as a way of keeping fit, a way to socialise, a way of seeing nature or a mixture of all three, walking is just about the easiest and cheapest form of exercise around. Arm yourself with some sturdy walking shoes or boots, comfortable clothes and a waterproof, and you’re ready to tackle everything, from an inner-city stroll along a river, to the blustery tips of the Peak’s biggest hills. It's no surprise that Sheffield is spoilt for choice when it comes to walking groups. Here are a few of them.
Are you the sort of person who enjoys going off the beaten track? Who craves adventure but doesn’t like to follow the crowd? Then read on...
There’s nothing better than spending a day in the glorious Peaks, whether it's in summer sunshine or the depths of winter. No matter what the time of year, the weather can change or something unexpected happen, and if it does, Mountain Rescue is there to help.
Ever wish you could make more time for exercise in your life? Want to start off with something gentle and accessible?
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Sheffield
Other Club or Group
Bradfield village’s excellent location on the northwest fringes of the Peak District, with close proximity to long-distance trails and a superb variety of shorter walks around local villages, and spectacular reservoirs means that it has something…
Nr Owler Bar, Baslow Road, Sheffield
Other Club or Group
Part of the Peak District National Park, the Eastern and Burbage Moors sit on the fringes of Sheffield, England’s fourth largest city.
Sheffield
Other Club or Group
The Friends of Parkwood Springs is a voluntary group that was formed in 2010 to help to protect and conserve the wildlife and the natural environment of the green space of Parkwood Springs.
Baslow Road, Bakewell
Other Club or Group
The Peak District National Park Authority is responsible for the management of the Peak District National Park.
Sheffield
Other Club or Group
The Friends of the Porter Valley's vision is to conserve, protect and restore the ecology, landscape and cultural heritage of the Porter and Mayfield Valleys for the enjoyment of all and the benefit of future generations.
Stocksbridge, Sheffield
Other Club or Group
Steel Valley Project are a countryside management charity and have a long history of delivering environmental, community and countryside projects.
Sheffield
Orienteering
South Yorkshire Orienteers have over 300 members ranging in age from 5 to 85 with a wide range of ability and experience within the club.
Sheffield
Other Club or Group
The group was formed in 1991 with the aim to encourage the effective management of wildlife habitats and to reverse the decline of the nature trail over the past decade. The Rivelin Valley is two and a half miles long and with over 700 lime trees…
Running Club
GoodGym was originally set up in London and now has groups all over the country, all united by the purpose of combining exercise with community work.
Fieldhead, Edale, Hope Valley
Other Club or Group
Since 2003 Moors For The Future Partnership has developed and delivered a landscape scale programme of blanket bog restoration. They have raised more than £30 million to conserve and repair the moors of the Peak District and South Pennines.
Sheffield
Other Club or Group
You don’t have to travel far to be inspired by the wonders of nature. Some of Europe’s most beautiful and important wildlife is right here on your doorstep. Every year, Sheffield & Rotherham Wildlife Trust helps people get closer to nature.
Mountain Biking Club
Ride Sheffield is an advocacy group that uses the collective might of Sheffield’s mountain bike community to improve, preserve and promote access interests for mountain bikers.
Balby, Doncaster
Other Club or Group
Don Catchment Rivers Trust has been established to help protect and restore the rivers in the River Don catchment area, this includes not just the River Don but also the River Dearne, River Rother and other rivers such as the Sheaf, Went, Ea Beck…
Sanderson Street, Sheffield
Other Club or Group
The River Stewardship Company are a passionate, skilled, and knowledgeable team, with experience working in the conservation, third and commercial sectors. This means that they are uniquely placed to not only deliver high quality commercial…
Sheffield
Walking Club
The Stocksbridge Walkers are Welcome group encourage walkers to enjoy the area, improve facilities for walkers, act in partnership with the community, local businesses, the local authorities and other organisations, benefit local people and…
Sheffield
Other Club or Group
Through the work of volunteers over the last thirty years, the Sheffield General Cemetery has become a wonderful park.