{{short description|Park and woods in South Yorkshire, England}} {{more citations needed|date=January 2012}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}} {{Use British English|date=January 2020}} {{Infobox park | name = Bingham Park | other_name = | image = Whiteley Woods - View of Ranmoor 13-05-06.jpg | image_size = 250 | image_alt = | image_caption =View of Ranmoor from Bingham Park | type = | map = South Yorkshire | map_label = Bingham Park | location = Ecclesall and Ranmoor, City of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England | coordinates = {{Coord|53|21|56|N|1|31|14|W|region:GB_type:landmark|display=title,inline}} | area = | created = | operator = | visitation_num = | status = | open = }}
'''Bingham Park''' is one of the chain of Porter Valley Parks in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England.
== Location == '''Bingham Park''' is a park near Ecclesall and Ranmoor, Sheffield. It is the second (when travelling west from the city centre) of a line of parks and public open spaces along the Porter Brook, known as the Porter Valley Parks. To the north-east it is separated from the first in the chain, Endcliffe Park, by Rustlings Road, and to the west from Whiteley Woods by Highcliffe Road.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.parksandgardens.org/places/porter-valley-parks-1 |title=Porter Valley Parks|work= Parks&Gardens|accessdate= 2 May 2022}}</ref> National Cycle Route 6 passes through the park, utilising the Peak Park Anniversary cycle route.{{cn|date=July 2023|reason=what is this anniversary route?}}
==Description== Bingham Park is a grassy area high on a hillside with views across the valley, to Ranmoor. A footpath, leaving Rustlings Road serpents the valley bottom towards Whiteley Woods. The footpath ends at Forge Dam Park, passing several dams of the Porter Brook, including Shepherd Wheel.<ref>{{NHLE|num=1255068|desc=SHEPHERD WHEEL AND ATTACHED DAM GOIT AND WEIR, Sheffield |date=12 December 1995|accessdate=11 January 2020}}</ref> The park possesses tennis courts,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://parkstennis.co.uk/sheffield|title=Let's Get Sheffield on Court! {{!}} Parks Tennis|last=|first=|date=|website=parkstennis.co.uk|archiveurl=|archivedate=|accessdate=11 January 2020}}</ref> a mini golf course and a bowling green, an astroturf and has much woodland. The AstroTurf is commonly used by local footballers.
==History== The first {{convert|11|acre|ha}} of land which now forms Bingham Park was presented to Sheffield Corporation on 11 September 1911 by Sir John E. Bingham.<ref>{{cite news|title=Donation that left Sheffield with a jewel of a park|work= Sheffield Telegraph|date= 30 September 2011|url=http://www.sheffieldtelegraph.co.uk/news/local/donation-that-left-sheffield-with-a-jewel-of-a-park-1-3828718|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151011010832/http://www.sheffieldtelegraph.co.uk/news/local/donation-that-left-sheffield-with-a-jewel-of-a-park-1-3828718 |archivedate=11 October 2015| accessdate= 2 May 2022|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 1927 the land around an early water-powered scythe works and its dam were incorporated into the park.<ref name=":0">{{NHLE|num=1001502|desc=PORTER VALLEY PARKS, Non Civil Parish |date=30 March 2001|accessdate=11 January 2020}}</ref>
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==External links== {{Commons category|Bingham Park and Whiteley Woods}} *[https://www.fopv.org.uk/bingham Bingham Park], Friends of the Porter Valley
{{Parks and Woodlands in Sheffield}} {{Forests and woodlands of Yorkshire}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Bingham Park And Whiteley Woods}} Category:Parks in Sheffield Category:Forests and woodlands of South Yorkshire Category:Porter Brook
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