Chestnuts around sheffield

[lien1]

Anyone know best place to go to pick chestnuts around Sheffield area thanks:thumbsup:

[cgksheff]

Sweet Chestnut or Horse Chestnut?

[lien1]

To be honest not sure just the ones you roast on the fire on bonfire night

[hauxwell]

I use to go to clumber park near Nottingham. Not sure if that is to far for you to go.

[GLASGOWOODS]

The path/road leading down to the Roman Baths (Hackenthorpe) there are trees to the left. I used to take my son to collect them years ago.

[Alcoblog]

Me and G/F (being the non-infantile adults that we are) went looking for conkers at the weekend, rather hoping it'd be slightly more productive than our truffle foraging forays of previous years (and years).

We found two fairly decent ones, although one was tragically lost in transport, pretty much putting an end to our conkering championships planned for later on in the day.

 

Basically, I think the season's over now for both sweet and horse chestnuts to be honest. I've never found a sweet chestnut worth eating anyway ... much better to get them from the greengrocer's, ensuring they're English not Spanish.

Edited October 7, 2014 by Alcoblog

[Carmen.]

A little tip for those, like me, who are arachnephobic.

Spiders HATE chestnuts.

One or two placed in the corners of the room and you shouldn't see them for dust.

[joat36]

Sweet to eat, Horse to fight.

[Brian Equato]

Try Wyming Brook, seem to remember there being plenty of sweet chestnut trees along there, turn off the A 57 onto Rivelin reservoir embankment, drive to the far end to the car park and follow the track running along the far side of the reservoir, Wyming Brook Drive runs for about 2 miles uphill and ends up at Redmires, the track has a barrier across it at either end to allow pedestrians and horses but not cars, so you'd have to walk it, we'll worth it anyway even without the chestnuts.

[olilew]

Found lots in Ecclesall woods before.