Walking South Yorkshire

by: Rob Haslam
This nicely produced guide is a collection of 30 circular walks, between 2 and 8 miles in length, that explore the ancient woodland and rural visitor attractions around Sheffield, Rotherham and Barnsley. All the walks can be reached by public transport from Sheffield, Meadowhall, Rotherham and Barnsley, and each walk features detailed route directions, combined with a thorough insight into the county's rich, yet little-known, heritage of ancient woodland.

This guide is a visual delight with lots of stunning colour photography throughout and OS Explorer 1:25,000 mapping of all the routes. Each walk chapter begins with a short introduction to the walk and practical information including distance, starting grid reference, parking, public transport, terrain and refreshment locations. This is followed by a detailed route finding section with numbered paragraphs linked to numbers on the OS route maps.

The walk locations are:
Sheffield Area
Wincobank Hill - 3 miles
Prior Royd and Birkin Royd - 3 miles
Woolley Wood and Concord Park - 3.5 miles
Ecclesall Wood - 3.5 miles
Shirtcliffe Wood from Flockton Park - 4 miles
Chapeltown Woods - 4 miles
Eckington Woods - 5 miles
Glen Howe Park and Moor Hall Reservoir - 5 miles
New Hall Wood and Whitwell Moor - 5 miles
Wheata Wood and Birley Edge - 5.5 miles
Gleadless Valley Woods - 6 miles
Upper Moss Valley - 7 miles
Bowden Housteads and Tinsley Park Woods - 7 miles

Rotherham Area
Canklow Wood Heritage Trail - 2 miles
Ravenfield Park - 4.5 miles
Herringthorpe Valley - 4.5 miles
Wath Wood and Roman Ridge - 5 miles
Grange Park Woodlands - 5.5 miles
Anston Stones and Chesterfield Canal - 7 miles
Scholes Coppice - 7 miles
Treeton Woods - 7.5 miles
Roche Abbey - 8 miles

Barnsley Area
Old Moor RSPB Reserve - 2.8 miles
Cannon Hall - 4 miles
Dearne Valley Park - 6 miles
Elsecar Heritage Centre - 6 miles
Wombwell Ings and Gypsy Marsh - 7 miles
Yorkshire Sculpture Park - 7 miles
Worsbrough Mill and Wentworth Castle - 7.5 miles
Upper Don Valley - 8 miles

ISBN 9781906148218 Pages 145 (2016) 120mm x 175mm