Updated 3 November 2025

Friends of Chelsea Park

As I write this article Chelsea Park is looking lovely. The wild flower patch and the planted border next to Brincliffe Towers, both installed and managed by Nether Edge and Sharrow Sustainable Transformation (NESST), are part of a drive to widen the biodiversity within the park. The wild flower meadow behind the playground is in full bloom and pathways through the meadow have been mown to encourage careful exploration of the wildflowers and insects living there.

Those of you who use the park regularly will have noticed the new bench which has been installed alongside the main path to replace the original carved wooden bench. The cost of purchase and installation of the new bench was generously donated by Dan and Rob at Pets at Rest. As the existing benches become too worn to repair we plan to replace them with similar benches.

The pathway leading from Brincliffe Towers down to the main park entrance on Chelsea Road has been resurfaced by Sheffield City Council (SCC) and a bollard installed at the top end of the path to prevent any unauthorised vehicular access to the park.

The children’s playground is maintained by SCC, which meets the cost of any repairs to the play equipment. However any new developments to the play area are paid for through fund raising by Friends of Chelsea Park. This year we are hoping to make a small extension to the safety play surface in the play area, and install some small toadstool shaped seats for children to use. The benches within the play area are also in need of some TLC. We are hoping that the Community Payback Scheme will clean the fencing of the basket ball area and repaint the court markings, as well as remove the graffiti on the covered seating area and clean existing benches around the park.

Chelsea Park is a much loved and well used part of the Nether Edge neighbourhood. It is very popular with families, especially at the weekend and during school holidays, and with dog owners throughout the year and we are keen to improve the park environment for all park users. In time we would like to replace the old benches with the newer style ones, extend the play area to offer play equipment suitable for slightly older children and develop the area around where the old carved Chelsea Park owl originally sat. If you are interested in helping us with the planning and fundraising for these developments we would very much welcome hearing from you. Please contact Friends of Chelsea Park by emailing Sue Chantler on suechantler@googlemail.com or Helen Ryall on helenryall@yahoo.com