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2020.09.30 Sheffield Ramblers Social Distancing Walk with 13 people, train from Sheffield to Kiveton Bridge (Rlwy Station), N up to to Station Rd & follow it ~E, at SK493830 take FP ~NE to join Kiveton Lane at SK497834 and follow ~N for ~150m, FP ~E thru Kiveton Hall Farm continuing to Axle Lane then ENE along West Street (to Methodist Church) then NE to cross A57 Rd then Railtrack ~150m beyond it on B6060 Rd (Ryton Rd),  join FP on North side of Anston Brook, and follow brook ~ESE thru Sykes Plantation to Worksop Rd (A57) at SK537828, follow A57 for ~100m and cross it SSE  into Lindrick Dale (an access road) & follow, at SK540820 continue ~S into floor of disused quarry, turn NW then 'U' turn SE above the top quarry edge, continue ~E thru Moses Seat to SK547821, turn S down to Brancliffe Grange, follow 'canal feeder' ~WSW down to rail track at SK542816 and cross it, continue ~SSE to Chesterfield Canal joining it at SK542814 (at Little Lane), Westward (on north tow path) to Packman Lane (Kiveton Park Rlwy Stn), but cross bridge ~S over canal and follow south canal tow path ~W to the now bricked up tunnel portal at SK500826, continue ~WSW to Hand Lane SK495825, track WNW past North side of Kiveton Waters, continue on road to Kiveton Bridge Rlwy Stn - leader Mike West - Wednesday

1 We have passed through Kiveton Park and are now walking between Kiveton Hall Farm and South Anston
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4 zoomed into a fishing pond in the distance
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6 stopped near the Methodist cemetery where the placard below explains how The Houses of Parliament in London were built from Local Stone
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8 The Methodist Church - we passed to the left of it
9 Anston Stones Wood - several notice boards on route covering different parts.
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23 another -but different - Anston Stones notice
24 crossing the busy A57 road to Lindrick Dale ahead requires care as no pedestrian crossing and much fast traffic

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30 a disused quarry
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32 now at the top edge of the quarry - social distancing limited number of walkers in picture
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38 we crossed these tracks at a pedestrian crossing after checking for trains
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41 Interesting notes by Brian Pearson in 1982 on The Chesterfield Canal (similar one at the Chesterfield end). Hopefully some one has an original undamaged original / photograph?
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52 water level low and much silt - canal not navigable during this Covid 19 period?
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56 A fine house gutted - windows, floors & roof removed - debris of various tipped / stored materials blots the landscape!
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65 view across canal from of house and Albert's Dock below

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67 split notice - see 68 as well - about the supply starting from the Chesterfield Canal of stone for The Houses of Parliament. Control / + to enlarge & read

68 check the map at the right which shows the blocked off canal tunnel section

69 This canal route also known as the Cuckoo Way

70 Road bridge over the Canal leading to Kiveton Park Railway Station

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72 looking East back at the canal we traversed

73 the Canal Towpath effectively now only goes up to the canal tunnel portal which has been blocked up for many years.

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75 water feeding into the canal to generally top up the level?

76 The blocked up canal tunnel to our right

77 looking back East from above the blocked off canal tunnel

78 en route to Kiveton Bridge Station (there is another route linking up with the blocked off tunnel on the Chesterfield side of the M1 motorway)

79 Notice on Kiveton Park Pithead Baths (which no longer exist here)

80 apparently these were the headquarters of the local pit owners which were later taken over by the National Coal Board after Nationalisation.

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