News
PDNPA celebrate their 75th anniversary with tree planting
Tuesday 21 April 2026
On its 75th anniversary this week, our chair Ken Smith, Chair of the Peak District National Park Authority, with Chief Executive Officer Phil Mulligan, planted one of the Sycamore Gap...
CBA Yorkshire’s FORUM 2026 out now
Monday 13 April 2026
CBA Yorkshire is pleased to announce that FORUM 2026 is finally here! With a number of articles covering excavation reports, research projects, publication reviews, and more, FORUM is freely available...
Arthur Raistrick’s life recognised with a blue plaque
David Butterworth, outgoing Chief Executive of the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority, unveiled a special Yorkshire Society blue plaque on the National Park Visitor Centre in Grassington on Friday 27...
CBA Festival of Archaeology 2026 announced
Wednesday 4 March 2026
The Festival will take place from Saturday 18 July to Sunday 2 August and the theme is ‘Archaeology and Nature’. Registration is now open, so do think about hosting an...
Castlegate News out now
Tuesday 3 March 2026
Photo from Castlegate News – low concrete retaining walls have been installed The latest Castlegate News for February 2026 is out now – find out more about the latest developments...
‘Unlocking the Peak’s Past’ photo archive
Friday 6 February 2026
The Peak District National Park Authority has received a large grant from the Archives Revealed fund to catalogue and digitise around 45,000 photos, documenting the people, places and landscape of...
Sheffield Heritage Fair
Wednesday 7 January 2026
Don’t miss the Heritage Fair in Sheffield’s Millennium Gallery on Saturday 24 January (10-4) and Sunday 25 January (11-4). It is always such a busy and interesting weekend, with over...
Ramblers’ Plaque to G.H.B.Ward installed at Sheffield Station
Wednesday 3 December 2025
Sheffield Ramblers have recently installed a plaque in Sheffield Station commemorating Hunter founder member G.H.B. Ward’s journey by train to Edale to lead a walk around Kinder Scout in 1900....
Dramatic View of Sheffield Castle’s Well
Tuesday 25 November 2025
This is a fantastic view of the well on the Castle site, which was found early on in the excavations last spring; it exists inside the motte so may predate...
Sheffield City Council approves major extensions to Conservation Areas
Sunday 23 November 2025
From 14 October 2025 more historic areas in Sheffield have had statutory protection, following the Council’s Planning and Highways Committee approval of recommendations that enlarged both the City Centre and...
Chartist Samuel Holberry – a new book about his life
Sunday 9 November 2025
Samuel Holberry (1814-1842) fought and died for our right to vote and is a Sheffield legend. A new book by John Baxter and Steven Kay has just come out with...
Archaeology of Broomhead Moor
Over a couple of winters in 2024-25, Tim Cockrell and his team have been doing a walkover survey of the very extensive Broomhead Moor, which is still owned by the...