Parks & gardens

Millhouses Park

A big family park on the River Sheaf with a paddling pool, boating lake and miniature railway.

Illustration of a family park with a boating lake and miniature railway

Millhouses Park runs along the Sheaf between Abbeydale Road South and the railway, with wide lawns, a boating lake, tennis courts, a skate park and a well-used paddling pool in summer.

A miniature railway runs at weekends, there is a good cafe, and the Sheaf Valley path carries on towards Beauchief and the Peak District.

Highlights

  • Paddling pool and play areas
  • Boating lake
  • Miniature railway at weekends

Nearby in Sheffield

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Beauchief Abbey

The surviving tower of a twelfth-century abbey, standing alone in fields on the city's south edge.

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Sheffield's largest ancient woodland, 350 acres of oak and birch with waymarked trails.

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Porter Valley & Forge Dam

A green corridor of old mill dams and woodland running from the suburbs to the moor edge.

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