© Wyming Brook in full flow © Wyming Brook ©Chris Senior © Wyming Brook by Gary Smith © Wyming Brook, by Sarah Sidgwick © Chris Packham at Wyming Brook with Nature Recovery Manager Paul Jarman © Wyming Brook in full flow © Wyming Brook at Dawn, May 2012 by Sarah Sidgwick © Wyming Brook at Dawn, May 2012 by Sarah Sidgwick © Wyming Brook Bluebells by Robert Miller © Wyming Brook by Robert Miller © Chris Senior Wyming Brook A little bit of wilderness on the western edge of Sheffield. Open View more images of Wyming Brook Explore AboutLocationDownloads Please keep dogs on leads and always follow the Countryside Code. Respect, Protect, Enjoy your local green spaces. About Wyming Brook Nature Reserve Once set aside for the exclusive use of the nobility when it was part of the hunting and hawking grounds of Rivelin Chase, Wyming Brook’s babbling streams, mossy crags and sweet smelling pines are protected today as a valuable home to wildlife. The difference now is that we can all enjoy this little bit of wilderness on the western edge of Sheffield, with easy strolls by the streams or higher, rockier routes with dramatic views of the Rivelin reservoirs and the city beyond. Part of the Eastern Moors Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), there is an abundance of wildlife at this nature reserve, including the common lutestring and northern spinach moths. It is also home to many kinds of birds, from pine seed eating crossbills to the brown and white dipper which forages for aquatic insects along the fast flowing streams. Other notable summer migrant bird species that can be observed on the reserve include bullfinch and goldcrest, spotted flycatcher, wood warblers and pied flycatchers. Wyming Brook Green Flag Award Wyming Brook has received a prestigious Green Flag Award, an international award scheme which recognises this nature reserve as one of the very best green spaces in the UK. Contact about Wyming Brook If you need to get in touch with us about Wyming Brook or any of our other reserves, please email us or call 0114 263 4335. Volunteer Work Days Practical volunteer days at Wyming Brook & Fox Hagg are held on the first Tuesday of every month, and the third Sunday of every other month (January, March, May, July, September, November). Tasks vary from footpath improvements and access work, to habitat and vegetation management. All volunteer days start at 10.00am and finish at 3.00pm. Gloves, tools, and refreshments are provided, but please wear suitable outdoor clothes and boots, and bring some lunch and drinking water if you’re able to join us for the whole day. The meeting place can vary, so please get in touch before the work day to confirm where we will be starting. Find details for our next volunteer work day on our Events page. Find out more about volunteering with Sheffield & Rotherham Wildlife Trust. Thank You Together with our members and volunteers we take care of 15 nature reserves, including Wyming Brook, spanning almost 600 hectares, across Sheffield and Rotherham. These are places where you can enjoy nature and where our conservation work helps the wildlife you love to thrive. Your donations make it possible for us to care for Wyming Brook nature reserve. Thank you! Public TransportBus number 51 stops at Lodge Moor bus terminus on Redmires Road, a 10 minute walk from the nature reserve. Buses 273, 274 and 275 all stop on Manchester Road to the north of the reserve. Find more details on the Travel South Yorkshire website. DirectionsFrom Sheffield city centre take the A57 from Brook Hill roundabout and continue on to Fulwood Road, taking a slight right to continue along the A57 into Manchester Road. Continue for around half a mile before turning left onto Selbourne Road, then turn left onto Sandygate Road. Continue and keep right to follow onto Redmires Road for around 2.5 miles and park in Wyming Brook car park, just past Soughley Lane. Postcode S10 4QX. AccessibilityWyming Brook Drive forms a wide, surfaced bridleway running through the reserve on a north-south line, with a division off to the east. The remaining Public Rights of Way are unsurfaced footpaths through the woodlands, with numerous small bridges crossing the brook. Please contact the Trust for disabled access information. DogsDogs on a lead are permitted on the reserve. Other InformationCyclists are permitted on the bridleways at this reserve. Camping is not permitted at this reserve. Barbecues and campfires are not permitted at this reserve. Donate Help to support our beautiful nature reserves and the wildlife within them. Thank you for your support. Donate Downloads Embracing a change article from Kingfisher Summer 22 Magazine792 KB Map of Wyming Brook nature reserve showing footpaths and area for tree works645 KB Spotlight on Wyming Brook from SRWT Guide15 MBExplore our other amazing reserves Agden Bog A classic example of a type of bog that has now mostly disappeared from our landscape. Blacka Moor Blacka Moor is the largest and most spectacular of our nature reserves. It contains 181 hectares of breath-taking scenery and forms part of a much larger internationally important wild landscape. Carbrook Ravine A small but varied reserve nestled amongst the urban landscape. Carr House Meadows A patchwork of flower-rich meadows, perched above the Ewden Valley. Centenary Riverside From steel works to wetland wildlife haven. Crabtree Ponds Crabtree Ponds is Burngreave's hidden gem. Fox Hagg A recently extended patch of heathland and woodland, neighbouring Wyming Brook. 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