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2018.04.15 - Acorn Inn (Burncross - A629 / Bracken Rds), ~N (on E side of Inn), past The Bridge Inn follow Charlton Brook (~ ENE) to The Barrel Inn, continue passing Thorncliffe Pond to intersection Rd / Railway, thru Parkin Wood (above railway tunnel), ~NW on rd past The Miners Arms, then ~NNE to cross A616 Rd (~300m W of M1), ~NNW through Tankersley Golf Course to ~SK347993, ~WSW to cross A616 rd on F.Bridge, follow rd ~ SE turning ~SW to Greaves Lane, leave Lane at ~SK337983 ~NW to cross A61 rd, ~NW (along stream) then ~W below Carr House Farm, then up road to follow Cross Lane ~NW then ~WSW to pass Bromley, turn ~NW to cross under A616 rd at ~SK321990, Wortley Hall, pass Wortley Church & Inn, FP ~SW through terraced houses on A629, cross Finkle Street Lane, under A616 road at ~SK303988, ~SSW past E side Wharncliffe Resr to Woodhead Rd, Smithy Fold, Hazelshaw Farm, cross A61 rd at ~SK328968, thru woods / A629 rd to Acorn Inn - leader John Taylor - Sunday  

Acorn Inn - we turned down lane on the right side of the Inn

The Bridge Traditional Inn - we turned right past it onto the path following Charlton Brook

fishing pond on Charlton Brook

the brook

The Barrel - village pub

one of the Chapels in Chapel Town - now a residence - we crossed this road near the bottom of the hill

Thorncliffe Pond

3 of the 20 trees planted in 1919 - to right see smaller replacement trees

Wood Anemones

Miners Arms

Tankersley Golf Course

Club House

looking across the M1 motorway

crossing footbridge over the A616 road (Stocksbridge Bypass)

overlooking High Green

Greaves Lane - looking uphill - we went a short distance downhill

turned onto footpath near this house

passed some distance below Carr House Farm and then turned right up road passing it

zoomed into horse atop hill

we passed Carr House Court (The farm is part of this complex)

dam seen from Cross Lane - the A616 road is just visible behind it

Bromley Farm - apparently also a horse riding school?

Bromley

crossing under the A616

entering the grounds of Wortley Hall

Wortley Hall (now a Hotel)

entrance to walled garden?

Wortley Church

The Wortley Arms,

at top FIRMA ET ARDUA NOBILISIRA below AVITO- VIRET-HONORE     translations? whose Crest / Motto?

view from the passage leaving the terraced houses

looking back up the grave yard towards Wortley Church

tunnel under A616 road visible ahead

dressing for a rainstorm which did not fully materialise

Moorside Farm?

Wharncliffe Reservoir - a private fishing pond

Cundy Houses?

Smithyfold Farm?

Hazelshaw Farm?

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chicken recycling waste from horses stalls?

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