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SECTION 1: SITE DESCRIPTION AND EVALUATION 1.1 Setting the Scene 1.1.1 Site Statistics Name of Site ECCLESALL WOODS Address Abbey Lane, Millhouses, Sheffield Location 5 km south-west of Sheffield city centre Grid ref SK 323 825 Size of whole site 139.9 hectares (ha) Site Owner Sheffield City Council Site Management Parks and Countryside, Development Environment and Leisure Directorate Designations (a) Local Nature Reserve (b) Two Grade II structures – Ryecroft bridge and Wood collier’s memorial (c) Scheduled Monument – prehistoric cup and ring stone (d) Tree Preservation Order covers the woodland and tree groups within Ecclesall Woods sawmill site (e) 15 km of dedicated public rights of way (f) The whole site is designated as Green Belt within the Sheffield Unitary Development Plan (g) Parks and Countryside listed as a City Site and a Heritage Site (h) The great majority of the site is ancient woodland 1.1.2 General introduction to the site Ecclesall Woods is the premier public and largest ancient semi-natural woodland in South Yorkshire, and the “jewel in the crown” within the City Council’s 1500 hectare woodland estate. It is situated within the southwest of the City, between the suburbs of Millhouses and Dore village, some 5 km from the City centre, and attracts around 300-400,000 visits per annum. Visitors come from across the City and adjoining areas. Refer to Figures 1.1a and 1.1b. It is of major archaeological and historical interest, including features from pre- history through to the Middle Ages, with very extensive evidence of traditional woodland management and associated industries. The South Yorkshire Archaeology Service considers the site one of the most important woodlands in the County. As a Local Nature Reserve the woodland is of city wide value for nature conservation, supporting several UK Biodiversity Action plan priority species, for example song thrush and white clawed crayfish, and priority habitats such as wet woodland. Within the woodland, adjacent to Abbey Lane, is situated what was once a working sawmill site with ancillary facilities. This area is currently at the early stage of regeneration to provide additional visitor facilities, a retail outlet for local wood 12
products and services, a base for education, interpretation and training programmes linked to the woodland and its heritage, and a location for several community based tree planting and environmental education organisations, and wood-based businesses, who work in partnership with the City Council. Master planning, to move the vision forward for this site, will start in 2007. Freeman College (Ruskin Mill Educational Trust) licence a small part of the woodland as a setting for their traditional woodland skills curriculum. The site is divided into three main blocks by Whirlowdale Road (B6375) and Abbey Lane (B6068). For management purposes this division is used to refer to the woodland as three main blocks: Wood 1, north of Whirlowdale Road, extending to Parkhead; Wood 2, south of Whirlowdale Road and bounded to the west by Abbey Lane; and Wood 3, lying between Dore and Abbey Lane. 1.1.3 Brief compartment descriptions Ecclesall Woods is split into 3 main management compartments, reflecting its division by bisecting highways, and its entry in the Forestry Commission’s Woodland Grant Scheme (Wood 1 is represented as Compartment 115; Wood 2 as Compartment 114; and Wood 3, including the sawmill site, as Compartment 116). These in turn are broken into sub-compartments on the basis of dominant tree species, woodland age structure and the presence of other facilities or habitats. Please refer to Figure 1.2. The sub-compartments are summarised below: Sub-Compartment Area (hectares) Planting Year 13 Dominant Species Other facilities / habitats 114a 15.3 Pre-1900 Oak/Birch 114b 6.4 Pre-1900 Beech 114c 2.9 Pre-1900 Oak/Birch 115a 24.0 Pre-1900 Oak/Birch/ SChestnut 115b 0.6 Pre-1900 Beech 115c 6.7 Pre-1900 SY/MB 115d 0.6 Mixed MB Coppice 115e 1.4 60-70 MB 115f 3.1 Pre-1900 Mixed 116a 3.7 60-70 Mixed Includes picnic area 116b 0.8 Pre-1900 MB 116c 1.6 60-70 Mixed 116d 17.0 Pre-1900 MB Bird Sanctuary 116e 1.2 60-70 Mixed Sawmill Site 116f 34.2 Pre-1900 Oak 116g 3.2 Pre-1900 Beech 116h 1.1 meadow 116i 0.7 70-80 MB 116j 2.6 Pre-1900 MB
Page 1 and 2: ECCLESALL WOODS GREEN FLAG AND GREE
Page 3 and 4: LIST OF ACTIONS BASED UPON JUDGES F
Page 5 and 6: Marketing Strategy Overall manageme
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Page 11 and 12: 1.6 Marketing 46 SECTION 2: VISION
Page 13: FOREWORD Previous plans The site is
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Page 37 and 38: (a) Fungi Priority Type Species Hab
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Page 51 and 52: SECTION 2: VISION The following vis
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Archaeology and historic interest (
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YEAR 4 Recreation and Access (1) Re
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4.3 Recurring annual management tas
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Proposed Activity Year 1 Year 2 Yea
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• Section 106 monies The woodland
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Health and Safety The safety of tre
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APPENDIX 1 Detailed Compartment Des
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standards management was re-introdu
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The shrub layer contains frequent H
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Sub-Compartment 116k - 9.1 ha Chara
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APPENDIX 3 FLORA In terms of natura
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Viburnum opulus guelder rose 91-96
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Lamium album white dead-nettle 91-9
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Verbena officinalis vervain 87 Vero
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FERNS Asplenium ruta-muraria wall r
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P. lactea Pseudotrametes gibbosa Fa
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Agarcales (dark-spored agarics) Agr
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Pleurotus cornucopiae Trunks of dec
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leaning trunks of sycamore 1993 Hyp
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Bibliography Baker, A.J. and Rother
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BIRDS Records from ‘The Birds of
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Troglodytes troglodytes wren reside
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F. montifringilla brambling winter
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PARKS & COUNTRYSIDE SERVICE EVENTS
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Introduction The purpose of this do
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Verbally by Telephone - customers m
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• receive reports on the effectiv
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Health and Safety Guidelines Manage
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To ensure that the City Council's s
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PARKS & COUNTRYSIDE SERVICE PESTICI
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4.5 All cartage, dispensing and mix
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4. REDUCTION MEASURES 4A. Have meas
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APPENDIX 8A 2006 Visitor Questionna
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1752 The marriage of 2 nd Marquis o
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APPENDIX 10 BIBLIOGRAPHY ARCUS (200
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Peterken, G (1993). Woodland conser
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Sheffield City Boundary Rotherham M
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Assistant Tree Maintenance Officer
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MAIN SITE ENTRANCE ABBEY LANE Stora
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Figure 1.11 Outline vision for Eccl
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