Site name: Stone Moor	Zone: Countryside Zone
Land owner: Private	Date of survey: 9-Mar-00
Current management: Mainly as wet pasture for cattle.	Proposed management: Dry stone wall restoration (dry stone wall restoration). Maintain periodic grazing regime and wet pasture areas to attract lapwing and curlew.
SK26609715	Date of Visual Survey - Aug 2004	Click map to see details and location of photographs

The ideas and possibilities outlined below are designed to help members of the local community as they think about what could happen on this site. Nothing is fixed and alternative solutions may well emerge over the coming decade - it is for the local community to decide and enable it to happen. Email here to volunteer to help and to send your ideas, reactions, corrections to the SVP team.

1.	Visual Attributes - update 2004 This large area of wetland pasture lies to the south of Stone Moor Road next to the rugby field and is bounded by a dry stone wall which requires restoration in places. A row of windswept hawthorn trees and holly bushes stretch across the field at the southern end. The ground is very boggy under foot, supporting rushes and wetland grass.
Safety The site is situated next to the main road into Bolsterstone, providing some surveillance. It is exposed, with the row of small trees creating the only view restriction. Activities that the site supports at present The site is used for grazing cattle.	2.
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	Activities that could be supported in the future It is suggested that the wet pasture and periodic grazing regime be maintained to attract lapwing and curlew to the site.

The charts below have a colour next the description if anything in the list, which was used to identify the whole range of possibilities for Stocksbridge, occurs on this site.

Ecology

HABITAT TYPES FOUND ON SITE
	found 2002	aim by 2012		found 2002	aim by 2012
Amenity Grassland			Mosses and Bryophytes	*
Amenity Shrubs			Heath Land
Amenity Tree Planting			Wetlands	*
Amenity Flower Beds			Open Water
Amenity Hedges			Running Water
Rough Grassland	*		Cultivated/Disturbed Land
Acid Grassland	*		Bare Earth/Erosion
Marshy Grassland (wet pasture)	*		Hedges
Trees Broadleaf			Walls	*
Trees Coniferous			Fences	*
Trees Mixed			Invasive Species
Scrub	*		Other (Please state)
Tall Herbs	*
Low Herbs and Shrubs (Native)	*
Amenity Bulb Planting

CURRENT USES
	found 2002	aim by 2012		found 2002	aim by 2012
FORMAL PROVISION			INFORMAL USES
Formal Pitches			Cycling
Formal Play Area			Jogging
Car Park			Walking
Seating			Shortcuts
Picnic Area			Desire Lines
Art Work			Motor Cycling
Dog Walking Area			Car Driving
Pavement			Car Parking
Footpath Network			Damaged Bollards/Fences
Steps			Vandalism
Cycle Paths			Graffiti
Trim Track			Litter (small)
Litter Bins			Fly Tipping
Dog Waste Bins			Burnt Out Cars
Formal Off-road Area			Fires
Bollards			Hanging Around
Lighting			Alcohol Drinking
Signs			Drug Taking
Interpretive Signs			Dog Mess
Hard Surfaces			Quiet Contemplation
Other (please state)			Sun Bathing
			Informal Play (state)
			Other Informal Uses (state)
			Cattle grazing (certain times of year)	*

Stocksbridge SRB5 Greenspace Audit undertaken by Jim Flanagan for Sheffield Wildlife Trust - see their Community Action Handbook - full of good ideas for your local site

Unsliven road

Stone Moor

Stone Moor Rugby Field

St Mary's Bolsterstone

Common Lane

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