We’re Friends of Skyeline Pocket Park, a group of residents from Park Hill and the streets surrounding the South Street Amphitheatre who are fed up with the serious and persistent anti-social behaviour that blights the small patch of land at the top of South Street. But instead of just complaining about it, we’ve come up with a solution.
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Our Proposal
Our Proposal
In October 2025 we produced a document that was presented to members of the council and local stakeholders such as traffic officers and police representatives. The document lorem ipsum.
Public Meeting
Public Meeting
For more than ten years, nearby residents, including those at Park Hill, have held numerous public meetings as well as private meetings with the police to try and get this problem sorted out and to improve women’s safety in the area.
Occasional enhanced patrols by the police have had some success, but this has been short-lived, and when these end the number of cars gathering in the space at night shoots back up again. A CCTV camera installed at the site has had no effect. After a decade, we’re no further on with this problem than we were at the start. It’s time to try something different.
Tell us your thoughts
Tell us your thoughts
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Tell us your thoughts
Tell us your thoughts
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As an additional benefit, closing a redundant section of roadway to cars and opening it up to people will eliminate a straight line route from Shrewsbury Road to the bottom of South Street, effectively putting a small ‘kink’ into the journey. We believe this will help deter some of the repeated incidents of ‘drag racing’ up and down South Street which causes a huge amount of nuisance (not to mention danger) for residents of Park Hill. The police have already crushed several cars in response to reports from residents, but this hasn’t been successful in deterring all incidents. Skyeline Pocket Park will, by its very design, force anyone driving up and down South Street to drive slower.
In one fell swoop, this project creates a beautiful new public space for Sheffielders, finally gives the city’s most famous view the setting it deserves, creates new opportunities for active travel and exercise, reduces or eliminates anti-social behaviour at the site, and helps make local residents — especially women — safer.
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