[1] Turn right out of the Centre and at the corner bear left up on to the footbridge. Turn right half way along and join the Sheffield & Tinsley Canal towpath. This canal was built to allow raw materials and finished goods to be transported between the navigable River Don and the heart of Sheffield.
This is the most attractive stretch of the whole canal, on a dry grassy path and with trees on either side, which look a picture in late spring when in blossom. There are 11 broad-gauge locks on the canal, one of which was notoriously bombed during the Second World War.
If you need to shorten the walk, retrace your steps back along the towpath to the start.
Bear left in front of the footbridge beyond the lock and marina and pass beneath the railway (signed Attercliffe Common). Cross the Supertram bridge and turn right at Carbrook Supertram stop along the road past Aldi. On your left you will see the Meadowhall Retail Park, built on the site of one of the steelworks which caused Sheffield to develop as a city.
[2] Cross the busy A6178 at the pedestrian crossing into Weedon Street opposite. Bear left and left again into Carbrook Hall Road and turn left at the junction to rejoin the main road. Turn right along the cycle path and cross over via a series of three pedestrian crossings into Broughton Lane.
Note the circular blue plaque on the wall of the first building, which tells the story of Highwayman, Spence Broughton, and his grisly demise. There is more information on the wall of the Noose and Gibbet inn further up the road as well as a caricature of Spence hanging in his gibbet.
[3] Cross Broughton Lane at the traffic lights beyond the pub and continue up the hill for 100 yards before branching right over the footbridge crossing the railway and canal. On your right you will see the Don Valley Athletics Stadium, where the sporting career of Jessica Ennis (world heptathlon champion 2009) began and was nurtured. Turn right into Tinsley Park Road back to the Centre.