Friends of the Porter Valley is a conservation group concerned mainly with the area of parks, woodlands and farmland of the valley which is in the south-west of Sheffield. Yorkshire, U.K
The group was set up in July 1994 and became a registered charity
( No. 1069865 ) in 1995. Our purpose is to preserve and enhance the natural and historical characteristics of the Porter Valley, from Hunters Bar to Porter Clough.
We liaise with the council about the management of the public areas of the valley and are working with them towards a funding bid to restore the dams.
We have groups of volunteers interested in the archaeology and ecology of the valley and have produced substantial reports plus a leaflet.
We hold four Open Meetings each year with guest speakers, and organize educational walks, about one a month, on a wide range of subjects relevant to the Valley such as:-
bats, birds, wild flowers, fungi, geology, butterflies, moths, local history,
the archaeology of the designed landscape e.g. the history of water power etc.
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