Photographs: before and after

‘Solastalgia’ is a little-used word, but many Sheffield people know it’s meaning: ‘The pain arising from seeing a loved landscape changed irrevocably around you.’  If you have images you would like to share then please send them to sheffieldtreeactiongroups@gmail.com

Withens Avenue, Hillsborough


Hollythorpe Road, Norton Lees

This lovely ash tree was entered in the Great Trees of Sheffield 2017 competition – sadly it has now been felled. Photo: Jo Stefanski


Rustlings Road, Hunter’s Bar

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Abbeyfield Road, Pitsmoor


Edmund Road, near Bramhall Lane


Humphrey Road, Greenhill


Lees Hall Road, Norton Lees

The changed view from a front room


Cemetery Avenue, Hillsborough

cemetery avenue 2008

cemetery avenue 2015


Hawksley Avenue, Hillsborough

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Vainor Road, Wadsley


Outside the Fire Station, Rivelin Valley Road



Sackville Road, Crookes

The Felling – An Epic Tale of People Power

Innocent protest to save Sheffield’s healthy street trees turns into a nightmare, as a small group of brave suburbanites take on their Council, the police and a multinational corporation.

Crowdfunder: street trees legal fund

We are currently collecting to support the small number of campaigners who are facing court costs after cases brought by Sheffield City Council.

Heartwood TiCL trail

Walk the Heartwood Trail and find Robert Macfarlane’s beautiful charms against harm hung from some of Sheffield’s threatened Street Trees. Designed by Jackie Morris.