Forge Dam/Whiteley Woods Walk

Day: Thursdays 

Time: 1.50 in time to start walking at 2pm

Meet: outside Forge Dam Cafe, Brookhouse Hill, Fulwood  S10 3TE

Forge Dam Café is in the Porter Valley on the border of the Peak District & is just 10-15 minutes’ drive from Sheffield City Centre. From the café, you can easily access several footpaths and bridleways, some of which link together as part of the Sheffield Round Walk.

We gather at the Café from 1.45pm & the one-hour walk begins at 2.00pm. We sometimes follow the river downstream as far as the Shepherd Wheel in Bingham Park, and we sometimes walk the other way travelling away from the City towards the source of the Porter. A choice of walks is offered and occasionally one group walk up the valley whilst another group walks down. We take regular pauses during the walk and anyone wishing to walk a little more slowly or for a shorter distance will be accompanied ‘back to base’ by one of our trained volunteer leaders.  

After each walk, we enjoy refreshments or ice-cream from the Café, have many lively conversations and appreciate the views & wildlife around the Dam itself. 

Some of our regular walkers have said the following about this RWW Step Out Sheffield walk: