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2023.02.01 Start corner of Middlewood Rd / Stockarth Lane SK.319:918, ~E immediately down to the River Don, follow river N for ~350m and cross Foot bridge, continue to SK.317:923 leave path to follow minor path N for 200m to cross railtrack continue roughly NNW and cross Oughtibridge Lane at SK.314:934, about 30m W on Ou.Lane and take concrete rd ~NNE along boundary of Works passing house and join Barnsley Boundary Walk northward for about 400m and then take Mouse Park Gate northward for a further 1.2km to cross Ladder Stile at SK.316:952 into Wharncliffe Chase (deer park), ~1.8km ~NNW (various paths possible) to Chase Lodge SK.311:969, follow path ~NW for 500m to Wh.Chase North Boundary at SK.308:973, follow footpath ~E for ~140m then take FP T.P.Trail thru Hannah Moor ~NNW (passing Wharncliffe Reser.) thru Moorside Farm, thru Moor End Farm, thru Goslier Moor and turning NNE then E for about 70m below & along the A616 embkt, cross ~N thru 'culvert', ~NE thru Sycamore Farm and cross Finkle Street Lane at SK.305:990, continue ~NNE to terraced houses and pass thru them to the A629 Rd at SK.307:993, NNW on Rd and enter grounds of Wortley's St Leonard's Church (lunch taken behind church). (Side trip then taken ~ENE to see the vegetable gardens on the West side of Wortley Hall Hotel).From road passing NNW just beyond The Church take FP ~W then WNW down to Finkle Street at SK.300:993, cross road diagonally & follow minor road / lane WSW then ~S (about 50m to the East of the unseen TPT, then joining T.P.Trail and crossing ~S under the A616 at SK297:989, follow the T.P.Trail from here ~S then SW for about 900m, an Electric Pylon with a stile or gate under it should be seen to ones left at about SK.295:980, find path ~S (slightly to East) up loose blue shale 'heap' to West side of Wharncliffe Heath Nature Reserve, path continues along Wharncliffe Crags but at ~SK.303:969 we followed the boundary wall of Wharncliffe Chase ~SSE for about 700m then turning ~S at Pales Wood and continuing to Wharncliffe Lodge, thru stile at SK.306:956 then SSE for 300m, (two of party leave to East*1), balance of party 31 continue to SW corner of Wharncliffe Chase and 'possibly took*2' path turning down SE to join join intersection of Mouse Park Gate and Barnsley Boundary Walk at SK.415:941, continued Southward for ~450m, then followed path ~W (on North boundary of Works) for about 250m to the railway tracks, ~250m S down to Oughtibridge Lane, ~W for ~400m to The River Don, ~SSE along the River Don for over 2km back to start.

32 near start of walk down at The River Don

37 the factory passed near the Footbridge over The River Don

39 along The River Don only a short distance before turning off

40 turning off towards the Railway Tract

41 The railway line Sheffield to Stocksbridge used for transporting steel products now much reduced in volume. Time to put on a 'high speed tram' from Sheffield to Stocksbridge return with resitedstations also at Oughtibridge, Wharncliffe Side, Deepcar and possibly more than one in Stocksbridge?

44 looking across at Oughtibridge

45 Have crossed Oughtibridge Lane - concrete road into 'Works' which we followed is just below us to right.

47 Are these disused works now fenced off about to be converted into housing units? Pedestrian acress to area would need improvement particularly over existing bridge over the railway - no safe provision for pedestrians.

50 At chimney at the works


51 approaching boundary of The Works - passing house before joining part of Barnsley Boundary Walk and then Mouse Park Gate route up to Wharncliffe Chase

53 a tattooist image?

55 on Mouse Park Gate

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62 morning tea break in the pine woods before the stile into Wharncliffe Chase (deer park). Not clear whether there are still deer in this park?)

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69 The ladder stile at the South - East side of Wharncliffe Chase. The ladder stile is awkward - a new galvanised gated with a gate built in for walkers would be easier to negotiate

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72 passing one of several 'duck ponds'

73 looking to The Chases South East Boundary - stile give access to Hollow Farm and also Woodhead Road - now blotted over by The Trans Pennine Trail / Upper Don Trail


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80 close to Chase Lodge which we pass a little distance away

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87 a view through trees of Wharncliffe Reservoir

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89 passing through part of Moorside Farm

90 Gosling Moor Farm

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93 The culvert under the Stocksbridge Bypass leading to Sycamore Farm

98 Robust & healthy looking sheep at Sycamore Farm

99 passing thru the sludge

100 up to wards Finkle Street and The Rugby Union Grounds

101 the back of Terraced Houses on the A629 just before Wortley's St Leonard's Church

103 St Leonard's Church

105 The Wortley Arms opposite the Church

106 lunch break taken behind the Church

107 some Wortley rooftops behind the Church

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113 the side trip to visit the vegetable gardens of Wortley Hall - possibly a spring / summer trip would be more interesting?


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116 down at a different part of Finkle Street (see also picture 100)

117 have left The Trans Pennine Trail / Plank Gate and going up an ill-defined route up to Wharncliffe Crags

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120 now on The Wharncliffe Crags Route

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127 Wharncliffe Lodge

128 a rain fogged view of More Hall Reservoir with Broomhead Reservoir behind. More Hall Reservoir was virtually empty a month ago
Part of walk from here Wharncliffe Lodge to Oughtibridge not photographed as photograher broke off to walk to Burncross (mileage for the day was close to 14)

However, portion from Oughtibridge to 'Start' was photographed in morning by photographer walking to beginning of walk. These pictures are shown below - to give an impression of the return route by the main party


3 below the bridge in the previous picture

6 The road bridge carrying Oughtibridge Lane over The River Don

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13 a keen conservationist saved this tree - do not know what is so special about it?

15 a heron

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20 tree funghi

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27 the footbridge bridge across the River Don taken near the beginning and end of the walk.

30 Factory near the footbridge