Editing Sheffield (section)

===Greenspace===
[[File:Sheffield_Botanical_Gardens.jpg|thumb|[[Sheffield Botanical Gardens]]]]
Sheffield has a reputed 4.5&nbsp;million trees<ref name="GEO_treecount"/> and is considered to be one of the greenest cities in England and the UK.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sheffield.gov.uk/out--about/parks-woodlands--countryside/trees--woodlands |title=Trees & Woodlands in Sheffield |publisher=Sheffield City Council |date=January 2010 |access-date=4 January 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060910010402/http://www.sheffield.gov.uk/out--about/parks-woodlands--countryside/trees--woodlands |archive-date=10 September 2006}}</ref><ref name="The four best UK cities for green space"/> There are many parks and woods throughout the city and beyond. Containing more than 250 parks, woodlands and gardens, there are around 78 public parks and 10 public gardens in Sheffield,<ref name="sheffgeog"/> including 83 managed parks (13 'City' Parks, 20 'District' Parks and 50 'Local' Parks) located throughout the city.<ref name="About the Parks & Countryside Service">{{cite web |title=About the Parks & Countryside Service |url=https://www.sheffield.gov.uk/home/parks-sport-recreation/parks-countryside-service.html |website=Sheffield City Council |access-date=25 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180325232600/https://www.sheffield.gov.uk/home/parks-sport-recreation/parks-countryside-service.html |archive-date=25 March 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> Included in the city parks category are 3 of Sheffield's 6 public gardens (the [[Sheffield Botanical Gardens]], the [[Peace Gardens]] and Hillsborough Walled Gardens, with the [[Sheffield Winter Gardens]], [[Beauchief Gardens]] and Lynwood Gardens being the separate entities).

The Sheffield Botanical Gardens are on a 19-acre site located to the south-west of the city centre and date back to 1836. The site includes a large, Grade II listed, Victorian era [[Greenhouse|glasshouse]]. The Peace Gardens, neighboured next to the [[Sheffield Town Hall|Town Hall]] and forming part of the Heart of the City project, occupy a {{cvt|0.67|hectare||}} site in the centre of the city. The site is dominated by its water features, principal among which is the Goodwin Fountain. Made up of 89 individual jets of water, this fountain lies at the corner of the quarter-circle shaped Peace Gardens and is named after [[Stuart Goodwin]], a notable Sheffield industrialist. Since their redevelopment in 1998, the Peace gardens have received a number of regional and national accolades.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sheffield.gov.uk/out--about/parks-woodlands--countryside/gardens/the-peace-gardens/peace-gardens-awards |title=Sheffield City Council – Peace Gardens Awards |publisher=Sheffield.gov.uk |date=4 April 2012 |access-date=3 October 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005002158/https://www.sheffield.gov.uk/out--about/parks-woodlands--countryside/gardens/the-peace-gardens/peace-gardens-awards |archive-date=5 October 2013}}</ref> Hillsborough Walled Garden is located in [[Hillsborough Park]], to the north-west of the city centre. The gardens date back to 1779 and have been dedicated to the victims of the [[Hillsborough Disaster]] since the redevelopment of the gardens in the early 1990s.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hillsborough Walled Garden at Hillsborough Park |url=http://www.sheffield.visitor-centre.co.uk/thedms.aspx?dms=3&feature=2&venue=2164052 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180218090847/http://www.sheffield.visitor-centre.co.uk/thedms.aspx?dms=3&feature=2&venue=2164052 |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 February 2018 |website=sheffield.visitor-centre.co.uk |access-date=17 February 2018}}</ref> [[Sheffield Winter Garden|The Winter Garden]], lying within the [[Heart of the City (development)|Heart of the City]], is a large wood framed, glass skinned [[greenhouse]] housing some 2,500 plants from around the world.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sheffield.gov.uk/out--about/parks-woodlands--countryside/gardens/the-winter-garden |title=Sheffield City Council – The Winter Garden |publisher=Sheffield.gov.uk |date=2 July 2012 |access-date=3 October 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005021615/https://www.sheffield.gov.uk/out--about/parks-woodlands--countryside/gardens/the-winter-garden |archive-date=5 October 2013}}</ref>

Also within the city there are a number of [[nature reserves]] which when combined occupy {{cvt|1600|acre|km2}} of land.<ref name="sheffield1">{{cite web |url=http://www.sheffield.gov.uk/out--about/parks-woodlands--countryside/trees--woodlands/about-the-trees--woodlands-section |title=Sheffield City Council – About Us – Woodlands and Countryside Section |publisher=Sheffield.gov.uk |date=2 May 2013 |access-date=3 October 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005043344/https://www.sheffield.gov.uk/out--about/parks-woodlands--countryside/trees--woodlands/about-the-trees--woodlands-section |archive-date=5 October 2013}}</ref> There are also 170 [[woodland]] areas within the city, 80 of which are classed as ancient.<ref name="sheffield1"/>

The south-west boundary of the city overlaps with the [[Peak District|Peak District National Park]], the first national park in England (est. 1951).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.peakdistrict.gov.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/79241/factsheet1-peakdistrictnationalpark.pdf |title=Peak district fact sheet |access-date=3 October 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130511202314/http://www.peakdistrict.gov.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/79241/factsheet1-peakdistrictnationalpark.pdf |archive-date=11 May 2013}}</ref> As a consequence, several communities actually reside within both entities. The Peak District is home to many notable, natural, features and also human-made features such as [[Chatsworth House]], the setting for the BBC series ''[[Pride and Prejudice (1995 TV series)|Pride and Prejudice]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chatsworth.org/visiting/filming-at-chatsworth/pride-and-prejudice |title=Pride and Prejudice |publisher=Chatsworth |access-date=13 October 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014172351/http://www.chatsworth.org/visiting/filming-at-chatsworth/pride-and-prejudice |archive-date=14 October 2013}}</ref>

[[Sheffield City Council]] has created a new chain of parks spanning the hillside behind [[Sheffield Station]]. The park, known as Sheaf Valley Park, has an open-air amphitheatre and will include an arboretum.<ref name="sheffieldtelegraph.co.uk">{{cite news |url=http://www.sheffieldtelegraph.co.uk/news/local/medieval_deer_park_set_for_greener_future_1_1607808 |title=Medieval deer park set for greener future |newspaper=Sheffield Telegraph |date=23 September 2010 |access-date=3 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004215435/http://www.sheffieldtelegraph.co.uk/news/local/medieval_deer_park_set_for_greener_future_1_1607808 |archive-date=4 October 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The site was once home to a medieval deer park, latterly owned by the [[Norfolk Heritage Park|Duke of Norfolk]].<ref name="sheffieldtelegraph.co.uk"/>