The Ethel Haythornthwaite Walk
One of three walks from the CPRE Peak District and South Yorkshire, celebrating the work of campaigner, Ethel Haythornwaite.
The walk starts from a blue heritage plaque (SK 329864) in the grounds of the Endcliffe Student Village at the University of Sheffield, where Ethel Haythornthwaite was born.
The walk will then follow a route through the Sheffield Green Belt to Haythornthwaite Wood (in Dore), with plentiful stops to discuss the life and work of Ethel and CPRE along the way.
The walk is Tomo Thompson, the CEO of CPRE Peak District and South Yorkshire.
Prices
The walk is FREE but please reserve your place on Eventbrite.
Additional Information
- 5 miles (8km)
- Start: Junction of Fulwood Road and Endcliffe Crescent
- Finish: Hathersage Road/Long Line
- Terrain: small roads, farm tracks and paths
- Grade: intermediate
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Public transport: 09:22 (latest) 120 bus from Flat Street (FS1) to Fullwood Rd/Endcliffe Crescent. Bus back to town at the end from Hathersage Rd/Long Line.
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Sorry, but only assistance dogs are allowed on this walk.
- This walk is in partnership with Heritage Open Days
About CPRE Peak District and South Yorkshire
CPRE Peak District and South Yorkshire is on a mission to protect the region's green spaces and countryside landscapes to ensure that they thrive for generations to come.
As a leading environmental charity they protect, enhance and promote a beautiful, thriving countryside. They stand for a countryside that enriches all of our lives, regenerates our wellbeing, and that we in turn regenerate, protect and celebrate.
As they celebrate their Centenary, they are inviting everyone to follow in the footsteps of their founder, Ethel Haythornthwaite and discover the breath-taking beauty of a beautiful, thriving countryside.
You can join this walk for free, but participants are encouraged to donate to CPRE Peak District and South Yorkshire’s Centenary Fund. Visit www.cprepdsy.org.uk
About Ethel Haythornthwaite
Ethel was born Ethel Mary Bassett Ward on 18th January 1894, in Endcliffe Vale House, which stood in the grounds of what is now the student village at The University of Sheffield.
She founded the Sheffield Association for the Protection of Rural Scenery on 7th May 1924. This went on to become the local branch of CPRE in 1927.
Encouraged by her family to take rejuvenating walks in the countryside and moorland which surrounded Sheffield, Ethel discovered the profound positive impact nature had on her physical and mental well-being. This, in part, illuminated Ethel’s passion and commitment to the countryside and fundamental to this, was that the countryside could be accessed by everyone, in order to experience those benefits.