Information about Upper Whiteley Woods in Sheffield. Part of the FoPV area. Whiteley Woods - Upper This is the section of valley from Armchair Bridge up to Carr Bridge, just above Forge Dam. Walkers leave the formal pathways completely, entering a wooded area, the River flowing down its natural bed with rough paths on either side. Alder, beech, oak, sycamore, ash, hawthorn and holly, make up this area of ancient woodland, providing habitats for a wide variety of invertebrates and shelter for owls, hedgehogs, foxes and badgers. This area is alive with songbirds. Grey wagtails can be seen foraging along the valley floor and dippers perch characteristically on rocks midstream then dive into the water, walking against the currents in search of small invertebrates which abound in the river. Wire Mill On the left side of the river, steps or a steep path lead up to Wire Mill Dam. This used to be a popular location for anglers and model boat enthusiasts in the past. In early spring you may hear your first chiff-chaff, followed by warblers, swallows and swifts. On the Dam itself can be seen coots, moorhens, mallards and mandarins and as summer arrives so do the waterlilies. On the path beside the Dam is a memorial to Thomas Boulsover, the first owner of Wire Mill, who in the 18th century, invented Sheffield Plate. The path upstream runs alongside a man-made channel or goit. This is the supply for Wire Mill Dam and takes water from the Porter just below Forge Dam, creating a high fall of water, sufficient to accommodate two wheels each 11 metres in diameter. Secret Door Before the road bridge at Forge Dam there are 3 tiers of gabions lining the far side of the River. They protect the bank when the River is in flood. On your left as you reach the road is a 3-storey building in which workers lived and produced buttons made from Sheffield Plate. If you take an immediate left turn on reaching the tarmac road and climb up Ivy Cottage Lane you will see on your right steps leading to a carved wooden door which bears the inscription…. ‘Chestnut, Plane & Sycamore, who or what lies behind the door?’ This unusual feature hides a concrete support which stabilises the tree. Buildings There are almost 50 nests in the rookery on the right just before the playground. The rooks can be seen in daytime out on fields high in the valley and return noisily to roost at night. Some of Thomas Boulsover’s ancillary buildings still exist at Forge Dam although the Forge itself has gone. Here a large wheel drove two tilt hammers and a smaller wheel operated blowers for the furnaces. The popular Forge Dam café is housed in a structure which was once Sharrow Vale Wesleyan Reform Chapel. On the Dam there is often a motionless grey heron amongst the reeds keeping watch on the duck families and throughout the year there may be an opportunity to spot a kingfisher or two.

The FoPV Committee 认识团队 Ann Le Sage - Chair David Young - Dept Chair Glynis Jones - Secretary Lyndon Porter - Treasurer, Walks & Work Mornings Glyn Mansell - Family Activities Mike Halliwell - Media & Membership Media & Membership Rob Peck - Calendar & Media

Details of the Annual FoPV Duck Race in Endcliffe Park. FoPV 鸭子比赛 复活节星期一 他们又来了！ 要了解更多关于 FoPV Duck Race 的信息，请向下滚动此页面。 或在此处输入您的联系方式，然后单击“立即购买”购买您的赛鸭。* 颁发奖品所需的电话/电子邮件 网上销售 六只鸭子家庭 - 5 英镑 从即日起至比赛日下午 2 点。 您可以在此处以每六只鸭子 5 英镑的价格在线购买“家庭”团体，只需在订单中单击您想要的数量（1 = 6 只鸭子），并请提供邮政编码和联系电话号码，以便我们在您购买时与您联系是幸运的赢家。 由于活动的受欢迎程度，以及多个销售点，一些鸭号可能有多个所有者。如果这些都是获胜的鸭子，则会联系所有所有者并提供奖品。 *在线鸭子销售中，鸭子编号根据购买日期和时间从 1 到 2500 连续分配。 （如果在线销售超过2500，分配将从1重新开始）。不幸的是，我们可用的技术不允许我们自动向您发送购买时分配的号码。如果您想在比赛前知道您的号码，请参阅下面的选项。 如果您想知道为您的订单分配了哪些号码，请在比赛当天发送电子邮件至 mail@fopv.org.uk ，并附上用于下订单的姓名和联系电话，订购了多少只鸭子，以及您下订单的大致时间。请注意，这将是一个手动过程，可能需要几天时间才能回复您的请求。 Duck Race 2026 2026年4月06日 14:00 Endcliffe Park 詳細資料 To find the duck numbers allocated to a seat, enter the seat number in the 'Find Duck Numbers' search bar below Seat numbers are preceded by the Grandstand Letter i.e. AA1 * We have been unable to find an automated online solution that allows us to sell multiples of six ducks, which in turn sends the buyer a list of those duck numbers. We have adapted this system, which is designed for the sale of physical event tickets, and allocated groups of numbers to each 'virtual seat' so that you can look up the numbers allocated to each virtual seat in the search box below. This may appear complicated, however it is currently our best solution. 购买赛车鸭的其他方式 亲自 在 Endcliffe Park 和 Forge Dam 咖啡馆直到复活节星期天。 您也可以在比赛日从起跑线的摊位和 Endcliffe Park 咖啡馆附近购买。这些销售将仅以现金形式进行，尽管在某些时候在起跑线上可能会有卡选项（仅限家庭订单）。 个体鸭 - £1 六只鸭子家庭 - 5 英镑 赛马日当天，园区内还将多张二维码海报，带您回到可以在线购买鸭子的页面。 关于比赛 鸭子比赛在复活节星期一下午 2 点开始 快来帮助我们所有人倒数壮观的开始，观看我们的赛鸭进入河中。 使用独特的发射塔，FoPV Duck Race 将 2500 只编号的塑料鸭子释放到 Holme Wheel Dam 上方堰下方的 River Porter 中。它们顺河漂流约 450 米，在咖啡厅和游乐场之间专门设计的终点线上被捕获。 40 只鸭子按照完成比赛的顺序被捕获在一个金属丝管中，并一直保持安全，直到 FoPV 鸭子竞赛委员会制作、检查和核实获胜鸭子的官方名单为止。剩下的鸭子被舀起来放回它们的盒子里，在接下来的几周里将被清理干净，为明年做准备。 带上您的相机并拍摄大量照片和视频，我们很乐意看到它们。将它们发送给我们 图片@fopv.org.uk 获胜的鸭子号码和所有者姓名（不包括联系方式 ）将在比赛结束后几天发布在本网站上。比赛结束后的几天内，将使用购买时提供的详细信息联系所有获胜鸭子的所有者。 摊位从上午 11 点开始营业： The Course The Duck Race starts just above Holme Wheel Dam where the foot bridge crosses the river. Spectators can view the launch from 360 degrees. The course winds its way down the river for approximately 500 meters. The finish line is between the cafe and the playground where there is plenty of room on both sides of the river to see the winning duck enter the finishing 'tube' The full course can be seen in this map. 到目前为止，在比赛奖品上偷偷摸摸的喙 我们期待更多的奖品捐赠，并会在我们得到它们时将它们添加到这里 诺福克武器 – 2 人住宿加早餐券 Sheffield United FC – 2 张主场比赛门票 Ann Turk – Forge Dam 原画 Pagets – 100 英镑的代金券 饮食 初升的太阳——啤酒案 West 10 wine bar – 一瓶香槟 The Stag – 餐券 The Greystones – 比萨礼券 Endcliffe Park Café – 餐券 Forge Dam Café – 餐券 波拉德——礼篮 贪婪的希腊 – 代金券 拉科波拉 – 代金券 可可仙境 - 复活节巧克力 Porter Deli – 代金券 Fulwood Co-op – 一瓶普罗赛克 Crosspool Spar – 40 英镑礼券 星期日泰晤士报葡萄酒俱乐部 – 2 瓶葡萄酒 乐购 – 10 英镑的礼品卡 其他 Abbeydale Singers – 2 人演唱会礼券 Ringinglow 射箭 - £30 代金券 著名的谢菲尔德商店——锡制餐桌装饰 设计工作室 – 台灯、LED 瓶灯、奶奶星光瓶、发光标志、独角兽 轻巧，带嘎嘎声的织物鸭，2 支枪蜡烛。 Rhyme & Reason – 2 英镑 10 代金券 Brookhouse 花店 – 植物 用剪刀跑步——30英镑缝纫课程券 花瓣配饰 – 优惠券 画龙点睛——大号深海军蓝围巾和扭力式项链 烧制艺术 – 陶瓷课程券 2 张 Sharrow Vale 硬件 – 代金券 四把 Arthur Price 牛排刀 儿童玩具、书籍和美术材料

Details about the proposals to renovate Forge Dam in Sheffield. 锻造大坝提案 “Forge Dam 遗产和栖息地改善项目”是波特谷之友、谢菲尔德市议会和其他相关方的合作伙伴。其目的是修复大坝作为谢菲尔德人民的便利设施和野生动物栖息地。 我们的计划包括： 树木 从溢洪道和坝墙上清除树木和灌木。这可能不受欢迎，但我们将让公众了解情况，以便他们了解这项工作对于保护大坝结构是必要的，以便它可以再持续 250 年。 小岛 当我们进行公众咨询时，缩小岛屿的大小并移除树木，因为这是最受欢迎的选择（而不是完全移除岛屿，或保持原样）。 船 很多人对曾经在福吉坝上的划艇记忆犹新。但是，没有计划将这些作为这些提案的一部分归还。 淤泥 减少到达大坝的淤泥量，沿原始小溪路线建造“训练”墙以促进流量。还与上游的土地所有者合作。然而，该项目的主要部分，也是最昂贵的部分，将是清除目前在大坝中的淤泥，这将不得不等到资金完全筹集到。 锻造大坝工程 2021 年 1 月，理事会批准了修复建议，包括： “清除淤泥，插入一堵谨慎的墙以引导小溪越过溢洪道并解决长期存在的淤积问题，并创造一个具有各种深度的有吸引力的开放水域，一个重新配置的岛屿并在周边河岸种植为了 改善野生动物的栖息地”。 现在计划于 2021 年秋季开始实际清淤，并在中间几个月为恢复奠定了实际基础，这意味着双方签署了合作协议，FoPV 将向理事会捐赠 267,000 英镑，规格和招标发布了各种专业作品，并制定了栖息地改善计划。 5 月，任命了环境工程专家“Sanctus Ltd”。他们的团队在像我们这样的项目中拥有出色的相关经验，在 2020 年商业领袖奖中被评为最佳绿色企业，并将完成修复工作。 可以在此处下载正式的工程范围 ，以及显示Forge Dam 及其上方山谷计划 的 PDF 文件。 历史

Contact the Friends of the Porter Valley in Sheffield. 联系我们 如果您无法在我们的网站上找到您正在寻找的信息，或者您只是想联系我们，请使用下面的表格。 请注意，我们是一个自愿组织，在假期期间我们可能需要一段时间才能回复您。 姓名 FoPV Membership Status * Full member Non member 电子邮件 信息 提交 感谢您与我们联系。 我们的一名志愿者成员将尽快与您联系。

Information about the Endcliffe Park Toad sculpture, in Sheffield. The Endcliffe Park Toad The new iron toad shortly after installation on 5th Dec 2024 The Endcliffe Park Toad, seen above, is a well known piece of public art located a few metres below the Cafe. The latest version was installed on 5th December 2024 after almost a year of fundraising by FoPV, and it is made of iron by a local sculptor called Jason Thompson, who has also designed and made other works of art in Sheffield such as the 'Chair' in the Rivelin Valley. This is the third toad made by Jason to sit on this base. The first toad, in 1997, was jointly funded as a celebration of nature - by the Off the Shelf Literary festival, and Sheffield Wildlife Trust. Both wooden toads eventually deteriorated, returning them to nature, each lasting about 12 years. The remains of the 2012 toad were placed beside the holly bush beside the river. Reflecting the original heritage, the current toad sits on the open pages of a book, as with the previous two wooden toads of 1997 and 2012. Sculptor Jason Thomson, and Glyn Mansell of FoPV, visited Greystones Primary School and talked to pupils in Y2 and Y5 about the Toad project. The pupils were fascinated and later produced art and written work which was displayed in school and the Tropical Pavilion at the Botanical Gardens one Saturday in September 2024 . A selection of this work is inscribed onto the new ‘pages’ supporting the metal 2024 toad, some of which can be seen in the pictures below. The iron toad and its watch after one week. The Watch We are often asked about the watch, so we asked Jason to explain. "It’s about time and the frozen nature of sculpture as the world changes around it. The new iron toad , if left alone, could last for ten or twenty thousand years compared to 12 to 15 years for his two wooden incarnations. The frog Prince of fairy tales also comes into it, but as he’s a common toad (Bufo Bufo ) maybe a nice watch is preferable?" Close-ups of the books

Information about Forge Dam in Sheffield. Part of the FoPV area. 捐 感谢您考虑向 FoPV 捐款。 您可以为我们的活动或活动或我们的一项活动进行安全捐款。 只需单击下面的相关框并按照说明进行操作。 谢谢你。 所有付款均由慈善援助基金会 (CAF) 银行提供支持。 General Funds Help us continue to Conserve, Protect, and Restore our part of the Porter Valley Donate Make Bingham Park Great Help the Bingham Park Community Group make improvements to the Sport facilities in Bingham Park. Donate Forge Dam Playground Help us continue to make improvements to this playground Donate

Information about the Sheffield & Rotherham Wildlife Trust Nature Counts Initiative “自然计数” 这是一个 “谢菲尔德和罗瑟勒姆野生动物信托基金”倡议旨在更好地了解某些地区的野生动物和栖息地。 波特谷之友鼓励其成员参与帮助更好地了解野生动物和栖息地 我们在波特谷的一部分。 通过点击下面的标志，您可以 提交您的目击记录，这反过来将有助于“谢菲尔德和罗瑟勒姆野生动物信托基金”做出更好、更多基于证据的保护选择，进而为他们在更广泛的谢菲尔德和罗瑟勒姆地区的生活景观战略提供信息。 您无需注册或创建帐户，只需单击下面的徽标并开始注册您的目击记录。 毫无疑问，我们拥有许多知识渊博、精通技术的成员，我们在 Facebook 和 Twitter 上看到的精美照片证明了这一点，他们走路并观察一年来发生的变化。 这是我们希望使用“自然计数”随着时间的推移捕获的信息。 例如，当您在山谷中行走、骑自行车或奔跑时，如果您看到类似下面列出的任何东西，只需前往 Nature Counts 页面并记录您的目击——这非常快速且简单； 第一个燕子， 最后的迅捷， 有趣的真菌， 蝴蝶， 蛾， 鼹鼠活动， 木海葵第一次开花，甚至； 水田鼠的踪迹！

Details of the FoPV Work Mornings which are organised every 2nd Thursday and 4th Tuesday in each month. 早上工作 As one of nearly 90 Friends' groups in Sheffield, we work in partnership with the Sheffield Parks Department to ensure that our green spaces are well-used and maintained. Sheffield boasts one of the largest number of 'Friends Of' groups in the UK in comparison with other major cities. To help with that we meet with the Parks Department at the start of each year to discuss what we can do to help, and organise Work Mornings where those tasks can be undertaken. These take place on the 2nd Thursday and 4th Tuesday in each month, staring at 9:45am until 1pm. For more details about where we meet each time, please see the calendar entry on our home page. 每个月的第二个星期四和第四个星期二是早上 10 点开始到下午 1 点左右结束的工作早晨。 如果您想加入我们，请联系当天日历条目上显示的组织者。有关日期和会面地点，请参阅主页上的日历。 我们与游骑兵会面并参与任何需要做的实际任务； 清除荆棘， 减少侵占小径的灌木丛， 捡垃圾，还有更多的活动。 请访问我们网站的博客 部分，了解我们之前的早间工作活动。 如果您有任何其他问题，请通过本页顶部的链接与我们联系。 PLI Insurance The cover we have with our insurer also covers our volunteers whilst taking part in any of our organised activities, irrespective of their membership status. You can see our full statement about our PLI on the 'Documents ' page Work Morning Blogs Keep upto date with all the activity we have been upto on our work mornings by looking through our blogs below. 此語言尚未有已發佈之文章 文章發佈後將於此處顯示。

Trems & Conditions for the FoPV annual Duck Race. FoPV 参考链接 此处提供了与 FoPV 相关的其他组织或团体的链接，或提供与我们工作相关的特定兴趣。 谢菲尔德工业博物馆信托 SIMT 由谢菲尔德市议会、谢菲尔德哈勒姆大学和谢菲尔德大学资助，是 Shepherd Wheel 的 FoPV 合作伙伴 锻造坝咖啡厅 关于这家咖啡馆的详细信息 安德克利夫公园咖啡厅 关于这家咖啡馆的详细信息 河捆 一个关于我们邻近河流之一的专用站点。 圆形步行 Sheffield Round Walk 穿过 Porter Valley，此链接解释了它通过时的路线。 谢菲尔德天文学会 一群天文学家在梅菲尔德谷的环境中心会面。 里维林谷保护组织 一个与 FoPV 类似的团体，负责照顾邻近的 Rivelin 山谷的利益。 谢菲尔德摩尔合作项目 谢菲尔德西部边缘的公共部门或慈善机构拥有约 56 平方公里的高地景观。 哈勒姆社区与青年协会 该组组织的活动和事件的详细信息。 谢菲尔德儿童 一个在谢菲尔德与孩子们一起寻找活动的网站。 JG 格雷夫斯林地探索中心 Woodland Discovery Center 坐落在广阔而美丽的 Ecclesall 树林中，是举办各种活动和参观树林的完美室内和室外设施。 Back to Tickets

The Forge Dam Playground and News about its renovation. 锻造坝游乐场 2018 年，波特谷之友利用公众的慷慨捐助，对操场进行了急需的改进。这里的图片显示了正在放下的假草。 然而，还有许多其他工作需要完成，并且有机会更换更多设备。为此，我们需要筹集更多资金，因此如果您愿意提供帮助，请考虑使用下面的按钮进行捐款，或者在我们每月组织两次的许多工作早晨与我们联系。 如果您想向 Forge Dam 游乐场捐款，请使用此处的按钮： 捐 To find out the latest news about progress, please take a look at our blogs below. 此語言尚未有已發佈之文章 文章發佈後將於此處顯示。

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