Route Directions 1 Starting out by village hall, turn Scale St James right down Heads Lane and follow the track towards Chapel 0 1/2 1 km Hunger Hill Farm. 6 The Underbank 0 1/4 1/2 mile Oaks Reservoir Oaks Lane The name Bolsterstone is something of a mystery. It is S C to n ro y thought to come from either a corruption of Walder, the name ft N L a n of a local Saxon chieftain or is from the two large pillow e Brooks Bank 7 stones found in the church called the ‘Bolster Stones’. k o ro l B 5 o l Little n Spring K Wood Moor 2 Entering Whitwell Moor, follow the farm track on the left until you reach a fork in the trail, keep left then take 8 Wind Hill a right to continue on towards Salt Springs Farm. Far Barnside Wood Farm Mortimer Road The track you are walking on and the surrounding area have a common link in their names, salt! This is because Barnside Barnside this route was used as a salt way to transport salt between Cote Farm Moor 9 and Cheshire in the 17th and 18th centuries. Lon e g La an ne d Hill L in 4 W Millstones The Poplars 3 At Salt Springs Farm follow the path towards Wood Millstones Woods. Take an immediate right onto the Whitwell Moor 10 Public Footpath, through the woods and head up hill 3 towards Whitwell Moor. On the Moor take a left to Salt Springs Mucky Lane Farm follow the dry stone wall on to the junction of Long Salt Springs Lane / Wind Hill Lane. Cottage Bolsterstone Millstones were quarried and shaped here to be used in 2 He ad St Marys Hunger Hill s grinding corn to make flour. There are still some lying on the Lane Church Farm 1 Low Flat ground between the trees in the wood, waiting to be finished. Farm The Vicarage Village Hall Key 4 At the junction take a left and head down Wind KEY Hill Lane, past the track to Barnside Cote Farm. Turn 1 Heritage trail and direction right and head down Mortimer Road. Alternatively Viewpoint for the shorter trail, follow point 9. House/farm (Continues overleaf) Access Land Boundary

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Parking Bus stop (for more information www.travelsouthyorkshire.com) Photograph by: David Bocking Photograph by: David Bocking Bridge St Mary’s Church & ‘Bolster Stones’ View near Barnside Farm The chapel of St. James www.stonetosteel.org.uk Steel Valley Heritage Trail Route Directions continued... Stone to Steel Area Map Bolsterstone to 2 of 6

5 Head right at junction near Spring Moor to stay Midhopestones on Mortimer Road. Take the path on your left and Midhopestones Midhopestones Follow the old salt route through a follow the Public Byway to Chapel Lane. 4 1 A616 Manchester Road 4 moorland trail with country roads A616 A616 1 Manchester Road 2 A616and hilly tracks with some stiles 6 Take a right onto the road and head past Saint Stocksbridge 2 A629 James Chapel. Take the right onto Public Footpath Stocksbridge Distance: about 11 km / 6¾ miles A6102 leading towards Oaks Lane. Follow Oaks Lane, A629 1 3 Deepcar over Brooks Bank Bridge and take the first right 2 Heritage Leaflets A6102 through Small Wood. 3 Manchester Road 1 Town Heritage Trail 3 4 Wharncliffe 2 Side The chapel of St. James the Less is one of the oldest 5 Bolsterstone to Midhopestones and best surviving in the area. Believed to have first 6 5 3 Parsonage Farm and Langsett Manchester Road been built in 1368, the chapel of St. James gave local Road Townend Common 6 people the opportunity to worship close to their homes. 4 Forge, Crags and Heath Wharncliffe Still used today, this chapel has preserved much of its Side 5 Glen Howe and More Hall ancient character. 6 Oughtibridge Rambles 5 Langsett Grenoside Road 6 7 Keep on the left hand-side of Knoll Brook, head Four Heritage Handbooks Available through the meadow and enter the fields. Follow Oughtibridge Patterns in the Landscape, Getting Around and About, Steel Worrall the path diagonally towards the crags at the top of Valley Life and Hidden Treasures. All are available to download Wind Hill Wood. from the Stone to Steel website: www.stonetosteel.org.uk Cover Photograph by: David Bocking 8 Keep the boundary wall on your left. Wander Stone to Steel is a project celebrating 10,000 years through the crags following the marked path on to of human history in the Upper Don Valley. It is a Long Lane. partnership between the Steel Valley Project, Forest Partnership and City Council You can explore Whitwell Moor via the many access that covers an area of approximately ten square miles points. In spring and summer the area is filled with bird around Stocksbridge. It encompasses the towns and song, including Skylarks, Meadow Pipits and Lapwings. villages of Stocksbridge, Midhopestones, Wharncliffe During late summer see the Moor full of buzzing bees Side, Oughtibridge, Bolsterstone, Deepcar and Grenoside. on masses of purple heather flowers. Stone to Steel is funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund.

9 Head straight along Long Lane, and just after For more information and to find out about volunteering reaching The Poplars, take a right up Mucky Lane please visit our website at: www.stonetosteel.org.uk Public Footpath. Leaving Whitwell Moor take a left or email us at: [email protected] towards Hunger Hill Farm. Alternatively write to us at: Steel Valley Project, The ARC, Manchester Road, Stocksbridge, S36 2DT 10 Crossing over the ladder stile, you are now back on Heads Lane, follow this path back towards Bolsterstone. www.stonetosteel.org.uk