Visitors can expect to see babbling streams, mossy crags, sweet smelling pines, and a variety of wildlife including birds, moths, and insects. The reserve offers easy strolls by the streams or higher, rockier routes with dramatic views of the reservoirs and the city beyond.
The nature reserve is home to a variety of wildlife including common lutestring and northern spinach moths, birds such as crossbills, dippers, bullfinches, goldcrests, spotted flycatchers, wood warblers, and pied flycatchers. The reserve is a valuable habitat for many species.
Practical volunteer days are held on the first Tuesday of every month, and the third Sunday of every other month. Tasks vary from footpath improvements to habitat and vegetation management. Gloves, tools, and refreshments are provided, and volunteers are encouraged to wear suitable outdoor clothes and boots.
Visitors can support the nature reserve by becoming members, donating, or volunteering. Donations help care for the reserve, and membership allows visitors to enjoy nature and help conservation efforts thrive. There are also opportunities for businesses to support the Trust.
Visitors can take bus number 51 to Lodge Moor bus terminus or buses 273, 274, and 275 to Manchester Road. From Sheffield city centre, visitors can take the A57 to Fulwood Road and continue onto Manchester Road. The reserve is located on Redmires Road, with a car park available for visitors.
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