Brincliffe Edge Wood

This Wood is located on a steep scarp face to the southwest of Sheffield City centre. A relatively new piece of woodland, this area of a few hectares started life as planting on common, and more recently, private land which was acquired some ninety years ago by Sheffield City Council._x000d_ _x000d_ The area is managed by the Council’s Parks & Woodland Department and is comprised of beech, originally planted as a coppiced cash crop, evergreen shrubs and an infilling of a variety of deciduous trees. The Friends of Brincliffe Edge Wood work under the umbrella of the Nether Edge Neighbourhood Group and meet about once a month to tidy, plant and litter pick._x000d_ _x000d_ The Wood is a safe place for the jogger or dog walker and is an area free from the stresses of life in a modern city.