Park accessible by the number 53 bus.  Bus number 87 goes along Monteney Road at the other side of Colley Park.

Route Developer: RH

[1] Start from the car park in Colley Park just off  Remington Road. Turn left into Remington Road and walk to the junction with Wordsworth Avenue. Turn left into Remington Road and walk to Wheata Place. Turn right into Wheata Drive and left again down Wheata Road.Turn right into Colley Crescent and continue over the hill to the end of Colley Road.

[2] Turn left and 100 yards past Holgate Road you come to the Jewish Cemetery on your right. Pass through the gate and take the left-hand path. Descend to the wall and turn right.At  the end, ascend and take the first right. Turn left just beyond the wall and walk through the avenue of trees back to the entrance. Leave the way you came in and turn left.

(A) Sheffield has a very small Jewish population for such a large city. The cemetery dates from the 19^thCentury and is  the only remaining Jewish cemetery in the city. When Bowden Street Cemetery closed in 1870, 51 remains, most of them children, were removed here to Ecclesfield, as you will see on the upright plaque in the middle of the burial ground with some headstones alongside. Note the Star of David on the gate .Most of the graves are inscribed in Hebrew as well as English. All of them face East. A wall has been removed to take a new area of the burial ground into use. There is no cremation, Jews being buried in the traditional way.

There is a comfortable seat just beyond the entrance and useful toilets.  

[3] Turn left along Holgate Road and pass through the A-gate in the far left-hand corner of the cul de sac, between numbers 150 and 148. Descend over a cross path into the valley bottom and a few yards beyond the stream turn right along the broad unmade footpath, which is suitable for pushchairs. Follow this to the right  where there are 2 benches, and exit through the A-gate.

[4] Cross the road and continue through the A-gate opposite. The path becomes a little bit more uneven, but this part of the valley is more pleasant and less littered, going alongside the stream. Turn right at the tarmac cross path up through concrete posts on a hedged path through the A-gate and turn right. Cross the road and turn left along the walkway with metal railings either side. Cross over at the next road and continue along the walkway.

[5] Turn right into Colley Road, cross over and just after the bus shelter on your left, in front of number 200, take the grass path upwards on your left. At ther next road junction cross straight over onto the wide path, which brings you through to Wordsworth Avenue.Turn right  and walk to the junction with Remington Road. Turn left into Remington Road and return to the car park/bus stop where you began.