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Birley Carr South Yorkshire Map

Traditional county: South Yorkshire · District / Borough: Sheffield · Region: Yorkshire and the Humber

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Place	Birley Carr
Traditional County	South Yorkshire
District / Borough	Sheffield
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England, United Kingdom

Latitude	53.423305
Longitude	-1.499358
Place Type	Suburban Area

About Birley Carr

Birley Carr occupies a quiet ridge of high ground where the industrial legacy of South Yorkshire yields to the shifting light of the Pennine foothills. It lies 3.1 miles north-north-west of Sheffield (from Sheffield: bearing 336°T, OS grid SK 333 919), and is situated south of Grenoside village. The terrain here rises with a deliberate, muscular clarity, defined by the sharp incline of Birley Edge which commands the horizon to the north-west. Below these heights, the landscape softens into residential lanes that hold the heat of the afternoon sun against their stone-walled boundaries. Residents often walk toward the nearby Fox Hill Whale, where the public artwork serves as a curious, metallic landmark against the vast, open sky. The air in Birley Carr possesses a crisp, sharpened quality, filtered by the elevation and the proximity to the rugged moorland fringes. Throughout the seasons, the quality of light across the rooftops shifts from a pale, wintry silver to a deep, golden amber that seems to linger longer here than in the valley floors below. This geography imparts a sense of detachment from the city’s dense centre, allowing a singular, quiet character to define the local experience.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Birley Edge (Hill / Mountain) — 0.2 mi, 322° NW
Fox Hill Whale (Public Artwork) — 0.2 mi, 320° NW
Wolfe Road Park (Park) — 0.3 mi, 056° ENE
Middlewood Park (Park) — 0.5 mi, 240° WSW
Oxspring Dam (Lake / Reservoir) — 0.8 mi, 152° SSE
Toad Hole Dyke (River) — 0.9 mi, 158° SSE
Wadsley Fossil Forest Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 1.0 mi, 244° WSW
Skew Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.1 mi, 343° NNW
Moonshine Tank (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.2 mi, 123° ESE
Tongue Gutter (River) — 1.2 mi, 077° ENE
WW1 Firing Range (Historic Ruins) — 1.4 mi, 243° WSW
Romano-British Field System And Settlement At Wheata Wood (Scheduled Monument) — 1.5 mi, 347° NNW · 12 ha
Yorkshire Natural History Museum (Museum) — 1.6 mi, 189° S
Parkwood Springs gun emplacement (Historic Ruins) — 1.7 mi, 145° SE
Neepsend Railway Cutting Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 1.8 mi, 155° SSE · 2 ha
File Factory, 11 High Street (Scheduled Monument) — 1.8 mi, 047° NE
EPPiC Theatre (Theatre) — 1.8 mi, 049° NE
Greno Wood (Forest / Woodland) — 1.9 mi, 356° N
Mousehole Forge, Malin Bridge (Scheduled Monument) — 1.9 mi, 195° SSW
Waterfall Clough (Valley) — 2.0 mi, 317° NW
Wharncliffe Wood (Forest / Woodland) — 2.2 mi, 318° NW
Mill Stream (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.2 mi, 226° SW
Burngreave Cemetery (Historic Park or Garden) — 2.4 mi, 134° SE · 15 ha
Kelham Weir (Viewpoint) — 2.5 mi, 157° SSE
River Don Engine (Attraction) — 2.6 mi, 155° SSE
Ken Hawley Collection (Museum) — 2.6 mi, 155° SSE
Alfred Denny Museum (Museum) — 2.9 mi, 171° S
National Emergency Services Museum (Museum) — 2.9 mi, 156° SSE
Turner Museum of Glass (Museum) — 3.0 mi, 163° SSE
Film Unit (Cinema) — 3.0 mi, 170° S

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