Beacon Wood

The Woodland Trust purchased the land from a private owner on the 22nd May 1989. This ancient oak woodland is located just off the western fringe of Sheffield, in a narrow band between the city and the Peak District National Park (which lies a further 1.5km to the west.) Public access to the site is provided directly from Rowel Lane, which links the B6077 at Loxley to the B6076 at Hill Top. Well-wooded valleys dissect a landscape of dry stonewalls and pasture. Beacon Wood is located in the valley of the River Loxley that has a steep and extensively wooded southern valley side much of which has been identified as ancient in origin.