Rotherham

Firsby Reservoirs - Rotherham, United Kingdom
Firsby Reservoirs (29.03.2008 10:07)
Firsby Reservoirs lie approximately 4 miles (7 Kilometres) to the north east of Rotherham town centre in South Yorkshire. They consist of two separate bodies of water that were created between 1874 and 1880 to provide a supply of fresh drinking water to Rotherham and the surrounding area. Their secondary purpose was to also to act as holding reservoirs for the nearby Thrybergh Reservoir [more...]

Thrybergh Country Park - Rotherham, United Kingdom
Thrybergh Country Park (19.03.2008 14:27)
Thrybergh Country Park lies approximately 3 miles (5 Kilometres) to the north west of Rotherham town centre and about 9 miles (15 Kilometres) to the west of Doncaster in South Yorkshire. Covering an area of 47 acres, this is one of the largest country parks in the region. At the centre of this park lies a reservoir, created in 1880 to supply water to Doncaster and the surrounding area. [more...]

Catcliffe Flash Nature Reserve - Rotherham, United Kingdom
An urban oasis (15.01.2008 22:10)
Catcliffe Flash is in my opinion a real little gem of a place, despite its rather uncomfortable setting, nestled between housing estates and abandoned open cast mining sites. Situated six miles to the east of Sheffield city centre, just across the Rotherham boundary it is a place where I spent a lot of my childhood, and consequently a place that I have a lot of very fond memories of. What is [more...]