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2022.11.09 Wednesday -Start at Oughtibridge – Bus Stop (in small park) on A6102 Rd (on one way road system to N) at SK.307:934, short distance ~S to Church Street & along it ~W for ~50m, FP ~N to join Sensical Park path thru woods (parallel to Church Street on its north side), re-join Church Street & follow it ~SSW for ~70m turning off onto road starting to W (but later turning up to Coldwell), but at SK.300:931 leave road & join FP ~W roughly following Coumes Brook, FP gradually turns up NW towards Lumb Bush, then after climbing up steep steps turn off at ~ SK.288:934 ~W on FP to join at SK.284:933 Onesmoor Bottom Rd, follow this road ~NW for ~360m to rd junction, and go ~W on Onesacre Rd for ~100m, & turn off on FP SSW thru Brittains Plantation for 600m to SK.277:930, then turn ~WSW to cross Delf Rd at SK.274:929, continue ~WSW down to and across Brown House Lane at SK.267:926 and continue short distance to High Bradfield Church pass it ~W (on its North-side) and continuing thru graveyard and then fields to SK.265:926 (where side diversion was taken ~NNE and back to Bailey Hill*1),~N then WNW to cross Rocher Edge Brook at SK.265:929, ~SW (well above the brook) down to join road on edge of Agden Reservoir at SK.263:927, follow road ~S / SSE passing the embankment and continue just past large house & turning off down at SK.263:923 ~SSW crossing spillway stream over two FBs to reach PC at SK.263:921, ~S down East side of Cricket Ground to road junction at SK.264:918, follow road WSW a short distance and take FP & FB at SK.264:918 to South to cross river and join path ~SW on the South – Side of Damflask Reservoir, (lunch break taken at SK.272:912 on the edge of the reservoir), past Oaks Farm FP turns ~S then SE crossing Ughill Brook which joins reservoir. Leave reservoir and cross road at SK.277:905 (and starting towards Dungworth) take FP up ESE, cross road, then S to join road at SK.278:903 and follow it SSE, turn off E at School, then ESE on road past Dungworth, at bend in road at SK.284:899 turn off ENE in line of a stream to cross a FB at SK.288:902 (over a spillway stream from Damflask Reservoir) to the edge of a Fishing Pond, follow path ~E then ~ESE passing thru derelict Industrial Buildings in the rough line of The River Loxley. At SK.292:901 turn NNE along a ‘tarred lane’ passing the decaying Claremont House up to Loxley Rd at SK.293:904, ~130m ~ESE along road then take FP ~NNE (passing Loxley House) to cross Myers Lane at SK.298:911& then continuing to Stubbing Lane and passing Low Ash Farm (buildings) and at SK.300:916 turning ~ NE thru fields to touch Worrall & ~N to cross Kirk Edge Road at SK.304:920, then N (slightly East) thru playing fields, across Towngate Rd, Wallshaw Rd, Boggard Lane & Haggstone Lane at SK.306:927, NNE & E thru Birks Wood then ENE thru housing to the A6102 Rd at ~SK310:930, ~NNW walking along either ‘one way’ branches back to start.

Leader Lynn Oxlade – 17 in party – about 10.5 miles long. *1 some missed this excursion to Bailey Hill as 'farmer' closed gates on FP to keep sheep inside field and tail end of party had to climb over awkward stile and fell behind rest of party.


9 picture of River Don upstream of road bridge - taken before start of walk

11 terraced house with pretty pot garden - taken before start of walk

20 in Sensicall Park

21 'purple' route through Sensicall Park - blue 'road' at bottom is Church Street

24 on the road part of the way to Coumes Vale

25 in Coumes Vale

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56 steep steps up from Coumes Vale on route to Onesmoor Bottom Road

57 on the steps - party behind are crossing ladder stile over dry stone wall

65 up to Onesmoor Bottom Road

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71 teabreak near Onesmoor Bottom Road. Wharncliffe Woods behind at top tight hiding Wharncliffe Chase

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75 entering Brittains Plantation

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85 Dale Dike Reservoir seen below

88 reaching Delf Road between drystone walls

90 down toward church at High Bradfield

96 Rocher Wood / Edge seen at top

97 closer up

99 have just passed High Bradfield Church and looking back here at it

101 part of graveyards

102 grazing fields beyond graveyards

105 sheep of a significantly high stature

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107 a glimpse down at the Agden Embankment and Reservoir which is rather empty

108 some mushrooms en rout to Bailey Hill

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111 before turning down to Agden Reservoir a look towards Cliffe House Farm at top left with new 'barn'. Name of farm(s) below?

112 down toward Rocher End Brook

117 following (well above) Rocher End Brook towards Agden Reservoir

123 'Cast aways' on a dried out island in Agden Reservoir?

128 The Agden Reservoir stone clad embankment

130 down towards the spillway stream from Agden Reservoir

132 No pictures taken of Low Bradfield. Looking down a rather empty Damdfask Reservoir at it's embankment

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137 lunch break on the upper edge of Damflask Reservoir as we walk towards Ughill Brook which flows into the Reservair

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146 The Yacht Club with some slipways not reaching the present low water level, Damflask embankment in the disrance

147 seagulls and 'black' birds to be identified?

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149 we did not go as far as the embankment and turned off where Ughill Brook enters the Reservoir up to Dunghill

153 no roof over this farmers head or has he built a new house?

156 looking across at High Bradfield Church with Rocher Woods & Rocks above it

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161 turning down toward The River Loxley

165 The fishing Pond near the River Loxley

166 Derelict factory buildings awaiting demolition and removal along The River Loxley so that the land can be re - converted into a natural space

169 climbing up from Loxley Road towards Low Ash farm and looking towards moor land beyond Low & High Bradfield. Loxley Road is a possible break off point to Hillsborough if buses are running? (never more on Sundays?)

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173 about to pass the turn-off to Loxley Edge / Wadsley Common - a break off point taken by some?

181 the rains came and a spectacular full rainbow was seen only part of which could be photographed

184 have crossed Kirk Edge Road and are now passing through some playing field

184 an interesting notice - raining when we passed and no time to pay attention.

186 down through two sets of 'woods' separated by Haggstone Lane

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