[1] Leave school by the rear exit or equivalent, cross the road and turn left. Continue along Coleridge Road to the traffic lights, cross over just before and descend to the canal (A). Keep straight on with the water on your right. The path may have some puddles after rain.
The Sheffield and Tinsley Canal is four miles long and links Victoria Quays in the city centre to the River Don at Tinsley. It opened in 1814 and was built wide enough to accommodate large sailboats called Yorkshire keels, which transported mainly coal from Sheffield to the sea via the Don, Ouse, Trent and Humber. The canal became closely linked with the railway which runs along the far side. Trade had ceased by 1960. Though no longer used, the wide area beyond the Brown Bayley Bridge was a mooring station for boats.
[2] Go straight on where the canal bends right under the railway and keep straight on at the fork on the grassy path to the road. (If the grass is wet fork left to reach the road.) Turn left and cross over at the end to the large mosaic in the pavement (B), also visited on Walk 1. Bear left into Darnall Community Park (C) and turn right at the shelter. Keep left around the flat greenspace and join the road.
[3] Cross with care, turn right then left up the zig-zags with the handrail. Turn left into the cul de sac and right into Uttley Close. Keep straight on between the houses and cross the road to Chapelwood Meeting Room. Turn left then right into Fitzmaurice Road and take the path on the left back to school.