Whinfell Quarry Garden
Whinfell Quarry Garden is an early 20th century ornamental garden in Whirlow, Sheffield, built in an old quarry, containing rare trees and including a limestone rock garden designed by the horticulturist and plant collector Clarence Elliott.- Type: Garden
- Description: ornamental quarry garden in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Whinfell Quarry Gardens”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Whirlow Brook Park and Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet.
Whirlow Brook Park
Park
Whirlow Brook Park is a landscaped garden of 39 acres in Whirlow, Sheffield, which are open to the public, containing Whirlow Brook Hall. It stretches from Ecclesall Road and joins on to Limb Brook Valley heading towards the Peak District, with an entrance to Whinfell Quarry Garden. Whirlow Brook Park is situated 850 feet northwest of Whinfell Quarry Garden.
Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet
Museum
Photo: Ashley Dace, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet is an industrial museum in the south of the City of Sheffield, England. The museum forms part of a former steel-working site on the River Sheaf, with a history going back to at least the 13th century. Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet is situated 1 mile southeast of Whinfell Quarry Garden.
Dore & Totley railway station
Railway station
Photo: Ashley Dace, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dore & Totley railway station serves the south-western Sheffield suburbs of Dore and Totley in South Yorkshire, England; it is sited 4+3⁄4 miles south of Sheffield. Dore & Totley railway station is situated 1¼ miles southeast of Whinfell Quarry Garden.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Whirlow and Dore.
Whirlow
Suburb
Whirlow is a suburb of the City of Sheffield in England, it lies 3.7 miles south-west of the city centre. The suburb falls within the Dore and Totley ward of the City.
Dore
Suburb
Photo: Mike Fowkes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dore is a large village in the Sheffield district, in the county of South Yorkshire, England. The village lies on a hill above the River Sheaf which gave Sheffield its name and, until 1934, was part of Derbyshire but it is now a suburb of the city.
Abbeydale
Neighborhood
Abbeydale is an area of Sheffield in South Yorkshire, England that follows the valley of the River Sheaf. It covers many districts of Sheffield in the south-west of the city running roughly from Heeley Bridge in the district of Heeley to Dore Road between Beauchief and Totley.
Whinfell Quarry Garden
- Categories: park and recreation area
- Location: Sheffield, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.34069° or 53° 20′ 27″ northLongitude
-1.53417° or 1° 32′ 3″ westOpen location code
9C5W8FR8+78OpenStreetMap ID
way 31320775OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=gardenWikidata ID
Q107660089
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Whirlow Spirituality Centre at the Chapel of the Holy Spirit and Whirlow Wheel.
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