Crookes Valley Park — Attraction in Sheffield

One of the three Crookesmoor Parks, right beside Weston Park to the south & the Ponderosa to the right. Having visited this park 4-5 years ago in the summer and again last year both in the summer & winter, its just as beautiful as Weston Park, if not more, and has a much bigger area with a larger pond, with nice views of the Art's Tower & Hallamshire Hospital. Also has the Dam House cafe/restaurant if you want to eat something and is just a short walk from the University & Netherthorpe Road tram stops, so its relatively easy to access by public transport & walking. My only very minor issues are that if you are driving there, it might be a bit tricky to find parking on busier days as the nearest parking is on Mushroom Lane and the Boathouse seems to be shut/inactive most of the time. But apart from those, I really love this park a lot just like Weston Park and it may be another favourite park of mine when I...

I love this park. It has beautiful blossom in spring, the lake is full of waterbirds, it's one of the few places in Sheffield where you can run flat intervals, and the path around the lake has very smooth tarmac so good for barefoot running. Get here early and you might see a heron hunting.

Many people enjoy swimming in the lake in summer although be warned that the middle is very deep and it's further across than it looks! There is a children's playground. No public toilets in this park but you can use the ones in Western Park Museum...

Beautiful and peaceful only come if you want to relax an enjoy the peace. Swimming isnt permitted but people do, not sure the water is clean enough and we have seen water rats not good to ingest that! Someone drowned It's not really for swimming. But most ignore these signs. The pub on the hill is nice to sit outside in tje warmer weather. But the inside and the toilets are a bit manky. The landlord doesn't seem to have the toilets sorted, smells.strong of damp the place needs some money spending on it to bring it up to a...