'Most demolished' wall at popular National Trust site near Sheffield flattened again
“We are working with the police and insurance companies before we plan repairs.”
The ‘most demolished’ wall at a National Trust site near Sheffield has been flattened again.
A long section of the structure on Hathersage Road at Longshaw has been taken out by a car.
The crash site is on a sharp bend opposite the Fox House pub.
It appears to be the fourth time this year.
In May, the conservation body said it had been knocked down three times since the start of 2026.
It was the ‘most demolished’ wall on the Longshaw estate, with vehicles going through it an average of seven times a year.
A National Trust spokesperson said: “The drystone wall boundary of Longshaw on the corner of Owler Bar Road and Hathersage Road, opposite Fox House, was damaged by a car recently.
“We are working with the police and insurance companies before we plan repairs. Repairs will be carried out to ensure consistency with the other drystone walls on this boundary and in the area.”
The National Trust’s Longshaw estate is hugely popular with visitors from Sheffield.
A large chevron sign indicates the bend.
In May, National Trust manager Mark Bull, said: “People always say, ‘I wasn’t driving very fast, it was the road’. But nine times out of ten it’s down to speed.
“Sometimes we arrive and there’s a gap but no car and we have no idea who did it. Then we repair it at our own cost using our volunteers.
“If we find the owner we go through their insurance. Then we pay a contractor to do it.”
“These days we try to build it in such a way that if a car goes through it everyone is safe. So we don’t use mortar or cement the coping stones.”
The NT at Longshaw also has to rebuild walls damaged due to deer and old age, he added.
A six-strong team of wall builders volunteers does the work.