Site name: Edward Street brownfield site	Zone: Inner Zone
Land owner: ?	Date of survey: 27-April-00
Current management: None	Proposed management: Radical clean up required, with possible inspection by Environment Agency to check for contamination. Re-landscape as a temporary (?) extension to Knoll Top Nature Reserve.
	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. Use the email button at the bottom right to volunteer to help and also to send additional information and ideas for specific sites

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3.	Visual Attributes - update 2004 This large flat brownfield site next to the Royal British Legion club is carpeted in low scrub, with longer grass and species such as rosebay willow herb and nettles around the periphery. Trees, mainly sycamores and goat willow, surround the site and a large area of woodland is situated to the southeast. A high temporary fence attempts to block off access on the east edge but is ineffective, as it has been moved aside and has sections missing. A rough track, signposted as a public footpath, runs from Edward Street up the bank on the south boundary of the site to some houses above. The site is derelict, with many piles (some burnt) of dumped domestic and industrial waste.
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8.	Safety Although obviously neglected, this site feels fairly safe as it is large and open with good views in and through it. Activities that the site supports at present The site is used primarily for dumping.
Activities that could be supported in the future Its large size and flat surface would make it an ideal site for sports or for community events such as galas, bonfire night celebrations, etc. The club could use part of the site for outdoor seating.	Ideas for change This site suffers from being used as a dumping ground and needs monitoring. There may be plans for its development in the future.

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			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

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

Ash Lane/ New Road

Ash Lane / New Street

Belmont Drive 1

Belmont Drive 2

Bocking Hill

Bowling green

Carr Head

Deepcar

Don Field

East & West Cres.

Edward Street 1

Edward Street 2

Edward Street 3

Gibson Lane

Greenway

Haywood Lane

Hole House Brook

Manchester Rd 1

Manchester Rd 2

Manchester Rd 3

Manchester Rd 4

Manchester Rd 5

Manchester Rd 6

Manchester Rd/Newton Ave

Newton Ave/Churchill Rd

Pearson Street

Peggy Tub

Pot House Wood

Quarry Hill

Ridal Croft

Ridal Close

Rundle Road

Smith Road

Smithy Moor

Stocksbridge Clock Tower

Stocksbridge Fire Station

Stocksbridge Methodist Church

Stocksbridge United Reform Church

St John

Webb Avenue

Wilson Road

Wood Willows

Wortley Road

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