East Peak Outdoors Welcome to the programme of walks organised by 17th–25th June 2017 East Peak Outdoors for 2017. The walks are led by volunteers, many of whom represent local walking groups, and our thanks go to these willing people for kindly agreeing to do this.

Please check the website www.epip.org.uk to find additional walks and events that may have been added to this programme.

You should contact the walk or event leader as provided against each walk if you wish to confirm or discuss specific details.

Whilst event organisers have taken steps to ensure that walks run smoothly and safely, you can help by wearing sensible clothing and footwear at all times. It’s a good idea to carry water and snacks and any medication that you may need. Be aware that mobile phone signals are not available in some areas where walks are taking place.

The events are free of charge unless otherwise stated. Children and well-behaved dogs on leads are welcome unless otherwise stated.

Booking is not required unless otherwise stated.

Photographs courtesy of Frank Photography ([email protected]/07738064586/facebook Carmen Frank Photography) For general information contact: East Peak Innovation Partnership Tel: 01226 763201

A walking festival in Denby Dale, Kirkburton, & North

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The Walks

Saturday 17th June 2pm – Pen Den Trail 9.45am – A Railway Ramble Distance: 5.5 miles Contact: Paul Clarke on 07827 665495 or Distance: 10 miles 01484 861499 (No booking required) Contact: Stuart Parker on 07908 450444 (No booking required) A varied and scenic walk from Penistone Railway Station to Denby Dale Railway A pleasant 10-mile circular walk through Station via the Trans Pennine Trail and rolling countryside taking in the parklands public rights of way with only a small of Bretton Hall, YSP and Cawthorne Park. amount of road walking. Very well-behaved Get there by train to Darton. dogs permitted entirely at owners’ risk but Start: 9.45am at DARTON station. must be very closely controlled and must Finish: DARTON. be on short lead where the route crosses Depart: 08.08, Penistone farmland (detour may be necessary if cattle 08.42 to change at 08.58 are present). OR Depart: Sheffield 09.06, Meadowhall A very popular published route, available 09.12, Chapeltown 09.18, Elsecar 09.24, in leaflet form and also downloadable 09.27, Barnsley 09.34 to DARTON. from www.denbydale-walkersarewelcome. org.uk/leaflets/PDT.pdf Organised by the Penistone Line Partnership Website: www.penline.co.uk Meet at 2pm at forecourt of Penistone Railway Station. Parking at Penistone and Denby Dale stations. Toilets, cafes, shops and the like in nearby Penistone town centre. Hourly ‘Penistone Line’ trains visit both stations (alight at Penistone for start of walk and return by train from Denby Dale to Penistone if desired). Summer timetable not published until May, but start of walk should coincide with arrival of train from Denby Dale a few minutes earlier (we will wait for the train if timetable changes). Holmfirth – Denby Dale – Penistone bus 350 could also be used to reach start of walk (check timetable as times may alter). Sunday 18th June Monday 19th June Friday 23rd June Sunday 25th June

10.30am – Deepcar/Green 7.00pm – Walk along the 5.30pm – Cannon Hall Circular 10am – The Kirklees Light skyline Railway Line Moor/Hunshelf/Fox Valley Distance: 5.75 miles/3.5 hours Circular Distance: 3 miles Contact: Barbara Lodge on 07758 Distance: 4.5 miles/3–4 hours Distance: 6.7 miles (10.6km) Contact: Richard Wood on 01484 552213 (No booking required) Contact: David Wilde on 01484 861239 663501 or 07801 240138 (No booking or 07939 446581 (Advance booking Contact: Dave Pickersgill on 07795 A leisurely walk with a few stiles. Some required) ascents and descents not too bad. Much essential – please book train tickets 644889 or Elaine Smith on 07795 815784 of route through woodlands with glimpses direct with KLR) (No booking required) A 3-mile, leisurely, historical walk around Farnley Tyas covering farming history, of Cannon Hall Farm from different Single fares from Clayton West to A moderate walk – country lanes, woods listed buildings and gossip! Meeting at angles. Best view point is near Deffer Hill, Shelley: Adults: £4/Concessions: £3.50 southwards Silkstone, westwards Denby and fields with well-marked paths. the Golden Cock, Farnley Tyas. Toilets, Children aged 3-16: £3/Under 3s: free Dale. Meet at 17:30 hours. Church Street, Includes a mix of both gentle and steep parking and refreshments available at the Family ticket: £12 (2 adults, 2 children) climbs. Can be very muddy in parts. Golden Cock. Cawthorne. Near to Spencers Arms. (for Some steep gradients and stiles. Starting drinks afterwards). Just off A635 Barnsley Leisurely walk. Meet at Kirklees Light in Deepcar, this walk of contrasts takes Road. Facilities at Spencers Arms for Railway Station at 10am (train at you through woods, close to the River Tuesday 20th June customers. 10.20am), Clayton West HD8 9XJ. Don and then up to Green Moor. It than Clayton West Station has parking, skirts along a recently designated path 6.30pm – Lower toilets and refreshments. on Hunshelf Bank before providing the Cumberworth Circular Saturday 24th June opportunity to use a recently constructed Distance: 3 miles 10am – On The Spur – bridleway. You then return through Cycle Ride steelworks before passing through Contact: Richard Brook on 01484 Other Walks 606275 (No booking required) a shopping centre on your return to Distance: 10 miles Deepcar. A leisurely walk with no significant Contact: Ken Roberts on 01484 604157 hill climbs or descents. There are no Tuesday 13th June Meet at Station Road, Deepcar (Grid Ref or 07531 677065 or David Wilde 07939 untoward hazards. There is one step-over SK 290 980). Parking available. Public 446581 (No booking required) stile; the others are walk through. There is 7pm – Local History Evening transport – SL1, SL1a, 57 pass close to Round Walk Deepcar. a fairly busy road to cross twice. Meet at A leisurely off-road cycle ride with The Foresters Arms, Lower Cumberworth refreshment break at Denby Dale. Meet Local History Evening Round Walk on at 6.15pm for a prompt start at 6.30pm. at Box Ings Lane, Kirkburton. This is Wadsley/Loxley Commons – meet at 10.30am – Lower Denby/ A maximum 2-hour walk, returning at immediately to the South of Kirkburton 7.00pm at Rural Lane car park, Wadsley – 8.30pm. Parish Church. The route climbs from Gunthwaite Circular return around 9.00pm. Kirkburton through Shelley Woods and Distance: 5.5 miles continues to Shepley. There follows a Wednesday 21st June road section through Skelmanthorpe Contact: Mike Mortimer on 01484 and a final track to Denby Dale. We will Saturday 1st July 861216 (No booking required) 6.45pm – High Flatts return by either the same route or via 12 noon – Wortley Club Beer History Trail roads, depending on timing and weather The walk is mainly on footpaths and Festival tracks with short sections on country Distance: 3 miles conditions. Parking on village car park lanes. The terrain is gently undulating adjacent to the start. Contact: David Cook on 01484 606865 Distance: 5.5 or 7.4 miles with superb views. About five and a half or 07510 606668 (Booking not essential miles but several short cuts are available 10.15am – Off the Beaten Contact: Dave Pickersgill on 07795 but would be appreciated for light in case of doubtful weather. Leisurely 644889 (No booking required) refreshments) Track with moderate gradients but may be a A moderate walk – country lanes, woods little muddy in places. Stout footwear A leisurely 3-mile walk, 1000 feet above Distance: 6 miles and fields with well-marked paths. sea level, taking in High Flatts ‘mini Iona’. is advisable. A range of stile types are Contact: John Harker on 07929 051978 Includes a mix of both gentle and steep Meet at the Quaker Meeting House encountered. Meet at 10:30am, Dunkirk (No booking required) climbs. Can be very muddy in parts. Inn Car Park. Refreshments available at brown sign on Penistone Road HD8 8XU Some steep gradients and stiles. This the Inn. at 6.30pm. Refreshments will be served Meet at Silkstone Common station, route will take you through woods, close on return at the Quaker Meeting House. walk starts at 10.15am. Finish Silkstone to the River Don and then up to Green Toilets and parking available at the Quaker Common Station. 12 noon – Denby Dawdle Moor. We then drop to the Trans-Pennine Meeting House. Trail, call in the Bridge Inn at Thurgoland, – Pie & Pea Walk A walk south towards the Don Valley using some little used footpaths. skirt Cote Green, and then climb up to Thursday 22nd June Use ‘em, or lose ‘em! Wortley (for the Wortley Arms and the Distance: 4 miles Wortley Club Beer Festival). Start – meet Contact: Dean Wyatt on 01484 861347 6.45pm – Heritage Trail the walk leader in the Royal Oak (on (booking required for Pie & Peas) of Upper Denby 2pm – Star Public House, Manchester Road by the junction with Upper Cumberworth Carr Road, Deepcar) @ 12 noon. Public A ramble of around 4 miles through fields Distance: 2 miles Transport – SL1, SL1a, 57 pass close to and woodland around Upper Denby, Distance: 3.2 miles/2 hours Deepcar. Grid Reference – SK 290 980. following the route of the Denby Dash Contact: Dean at The George Inn on Either get bus back from Wortley or walk Contact: Terry Rimmer on 07791 941069 annual race. A leisurely walk, generally 01484 861347 (Please book in advance back to Deepcar (1.9 miles) for buses to (No booking required) easy though likely some undulations and if Pie & Peas required) /Sheffield (57, SL1, SL1A stone step-over stiles. Dogs under control A gentle tour of the village Conservation Walk from Upper Cumberworth to Quaker – frequent services). Return bus from welcome but please note there is likely to Area with local Historian John Hislop. A Bottom and back via Square Wood Wortley: 29 bus @ 16:38 (to Sheffield) be livestock in some fields. Parking and generally easy walk, mainly paved paths Reservoir. Leisurely walk with a moderate or 18:44/20:46 to Chapletown. toilets available at the pub. Homemade climb to Lowhouse Farm. All walk on around the village. Meet at 6.45pm at The As this walk involves visiting a Beer pie, peas and potatoes available at The footpaths with some stiles. Meet at Star George, HD8 8UE. Parking available at Festival, you are not advised to drive. George after the walk. Please book these public house at 1.45pm. No public toilets the pub. Homemade Pie & Peas available This walk is arranged in co-operation in advance (Pie, Peas & gravy £4.95pp/ en-route but refreshments and toilets at to order (£4.95 – please book by 21st with Sheffield and District CAMRA. Pie, Peas, Potatoes & Gravy £6.50pp) June). No public toilets en-route. Star public house before and after walk.