Sustrans Sheffield

Activities of the Sheffield Sustrans Ranger group.

Monday 26 March 2018

Sheffield Ranger News March 26th

Group Planning  for 2018

Rupert & Abigail have responded to the 2018 Draft Plan which is here and I’m in the process of making some amendments on that basis.

News from up the Porter Valley

Kevin has fallen off a climbing wall and sprained his ankle so will be out of action for a while. We wish him well for a full recovery.

Opening of Matlock  - Rowsley path

This path has been in development for some time. It will be part of the Matlock - Buxton route when that’s complete. There are signs of progress at the Buxton end - if anyone gets up there could they report back?




Claire O'Reilly has informed us of the formal Opening Day of the multi-user path between Matlock and Rowsley. This will be on Tuesday 27 March at 13:00, by the Arc railway crossing, with refreshments at Arc Leisure centre afterwards. Please feel free to pass this on.

TPT Meetings

I’ve been to the Friends Board meeting, which I chair, and the Exec meeting consisting mostly of Local Authority officers.

At the Board meeting we had Rob Meetham from the Peak Park along to talk about the Legacy Project (Disability Access improvements in Longdendale) After a slow start this project has now well under way and we hope to see a few more disabled people using the trail as a result.

We had the usual litany of threats to the Trail:

Rimrose Valley (Merseyside) The Port of Liverpool wants to drive an access road for HGV’s through this very pleasant country park which is also the link between the Trail and the Anthony Gormley “Another Space” Art installation at Formby.
Warrington. Development proposals here would splatter all over the Trail and surrounding  countryside. There is a strong local opposition group and we are supporting them.

Tameside.  A development strategy here with no mention of sustainable transport has taken everyone by surprise, including local authority officers.

Trans-Pennine Tunnel. This seems to have gone onto the back burner for now but there are proposals to revive the Longdendale and Mottram bypass and widen abd improve the A621 over Woodhead. These represent a threat and an opportunity - we could get  a better quality trail through the area but at what cost - a motorway by stealth through the Peak District? Our colleagues at the Peak Park and the Friends of the Peak are not happy.

We’re objecting to all these.

HS2. The TPT Office had a meeting with them -  it looks as though there will be a fund for environmental improvements that the TPT could draw on Still a fair way in the future though.

We’ve been doing some work on fundraising and have now gathered together all the improvement work that needs to be done on the Trail in a single document for the first time. The cost of these is now estimated at £26 million - up from £23m.  Although we are looking at large national funding it is more likely that we will chip away at this through local bids put in by our partner authorities.


See below for days we have organised work sessions with Good Gym in 2018

Give it a Go Day, 12th May

Note that this has been re-scheduled from 10th March due to bad weather.

. Planning doc

2018 Dates for your diary

30th April  - Good Gym - Durham Ox

30th July  - Good Gym  - Manor Way Access Point.

TPT Central Group Meetings:-

These are organised by the TPT Office in Barnsley to keep partners (including volunteers) up to date with developments

Thu 19 Apr 2018
Thu 6 Sep 2018

*Guys is a non-sexist term.

Signs stocktake



Other Sustrans Workdays 2018 (All provisional and tasks or rides have not been set for all of these yet)


Sat 14 Apr 2018
10:00 – 14:00
Sustrans Workday - NCN6, Lynwood Gardens 
Sat 12 May 2018
10:00 – 14:00
Give it a Go Day
Sat 9 Jun 2018
10:00 – 14:00
Peace in the Park - stall
Sat 14 Jul 2018
10:00 – 14:00
Sustrans Workday  - Beeley Woods
Sat 11 Aug 2018
10:00 – 14:00
Sustrans Workday - Sheffield  - Chesterfield Ride.
Sat 8 Sep 2018
10:00 – 14:00
Sustrans Workday 
Sat 13 Oct 2018
10:00 – 14:00
Sustrans Workday 
Sat 10 Nov 2018
10:00 – 14:00
Sustrans Workday 
Sat 8 Dec 2018
10:00 – 14:00
Sustrans Workday 

Wednesday Evening Sessions (BST)


Wed 18 Apr 2018
18:00 – 21:30
Sustrans /Ride Evening  - Hutcliffe Woods and the route to the South. 
Wed 16 May 2018
18:00 – 21:30
Sustrans Work/Ride Evening   
Wed 20 Jun 2018
18:00 – 21:30
Sustrans Work/Ride Evening   
Wed 18 Jul 2018
18:00 – 21:30
Sustrans Work/Ride Evening   
Wed 15 Aug 2018
18:00 – 21:30
Sustrans Work/Ride Evening   
Wed 19 Sep 2018
18:00 – 21:30
Sustrans Work/Ride Evening   


*Cycle Silhouettes by kind permission of Cycle Bath.

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