GUIDED WALKS by TRAIN
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Summer 2019 Saturday AUGUST 3rd 2019 – Dial 911 For This Walk ! Get outdoors this summer ! We take advantage of the bus service linking Honley station You are invited to ‘take the train for a walk !’ with Meltham. If we miss the connection, then it’s two legs not Organised by the Penistone Line Partnership (PLP), these four wheels and we’ll catch it back from Meltham !! walks are to encourage use of the train service to visit GUIDED WALKS Start: 9.40am at HONLEY Finish: MELTHAM some of South and West Yorkshire’s finest countryside. quickly catch the 911 bus to Meltham 0943 then at finish Walks may also take place in by TRAIN catch 911 return bus to Honley or bus into Huddersfield. Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and Lincolnshire. Distance: 10 miles. Leader: John Harker 07929-051978 Join us for an enjoyable day out – all are welcome ! take a train for a walk ! Depart: Huddersfield 0912, Lockwood 0915, Walks are free but fares apply. departing from Berry Brow 0918 to HONLEY 0920 OR Bring along a flask and sandwiches. Depart: Lincoln 0643, Gainsborough Lea Road 0704, Suitable footwear and clothing are recommended. HUDDERSFIELD Retford 0717, Worksop 0729 arr Sheffield 0804 then Walks are at an easy pace. PENISTONE BARNSLEY Depart: Sheffield 0835, Meadowhall 0841, PENISTONE BARNSLEY Chapeltown 0847, Barnsley 0903, Penistone 0919, Take care, walk safe, beware of traffic: walks are carefully SHEFFIELD MEADOWHALL Shepley 0931 to HONLEY 0940 planned but you are responsible for your own safety. RETFORD WORKSOP th ‘Park & Ride’ - free car parking for rail users at: Meadowhall, Elsecar, Saturday AUGUST 17 2019 Wombwell, Barnsley, Dodworth, Silkstone Common, Penistone, GAINSBOROUGH – All The Way To The Bank ! Denby Dale, Lockwood, Swinton, Mexborough, Saxilby, A linear walk taking in the lower reaches of Castle Hill, Gainsborough Lea Road, Kiveton Park, Woodhouse (Worksop = £3) LINCOLN Almondbury Common, Netherton, Storthes & Thunder Bridge Start: 9.45am at HONLEY Finish: STOCKSMOOR CHESTERFIELD AREA WALKING FESTIVAL Distance: 8-9 miles. Leader: Geoff Ryder 07837-915847 11th - 19th MAY tel: 01246 - 345777 Depart: Huddersfield 0912, Lockwood 0915, over 50 events in Chesterfield & N.E. Derbyshire Berry Brow 0918 to HONLEY 0920 OR www.chesterfieldwalkingfestival.co.uk Depart: Lincoln 0643, Gainsborough Lea Road 0704, Retford 0717, Worksop 0729 arr Sheffield 0804 then Depart : Sheffield 0835, Meadowhall 0841, LINCOLNSHIRE WOLDS Chapeltown 0847, Barnsley 0903, Dodworth 0909, WALKING FESTIVAL 18th MAY - 2nd JUNE Penistone 0919, Stocksmoor 0934 to HONLEY 0940 over 120 events in lovely Lincolnshire tel: 01529 - 461499 www.woldswalkingfestival.co.uk st Saturday AUGUST 31 2019 – Home From Holme ! A walk in the upper Holme valley, which could include Black Hill Train services are operated by with strenuous walking over rough ground with steep climbs. ARRIVA RAIL NORTH Ltd– a Deutsche Bahn company If weather is poor, a low level route is planned. www.northernrailway.co.uk Start: 10.30am HOLME via Brockholes Finish: HOLME NORTHERN customer helpline tel: 0800 200 6060 at Brockholes, catch the 314 bus to HOLME village at 10.00 or catch the 314 bus from Huddersfield bus station at 09.45 NATIONAL RAIL Enquiries tel: 03457 48 49 50 (return buses from Holme to Huddersfield or Brockholes) www.nationalrail.co.uk Distance: 10 miles. Leader: John Harker 07929-051978 Depart: Huddersfield 0912, Lockwood 0915, PENISTONE LINE PARTNERSHIP Berry Brow 0918, Honley 0920 to BROCKHOLES OR i Further information from Stuart on i Depart: Lincoln 0643, Worksop 0729 to depart www.penline.co.uk OR Sheffield 0835, Meadowhall 0841, Barnsley 0903, tel: 01522- 534655 text: 07908- 450444 Penistone 0919 to arrive BROCKHOLES 0938 Saturday MAY 4th 2019 Saturday JUNE 1st 2019 Saturday JULY 6th 2019 – Another Windmill ! – One Hundred & Fifty To One ! – A Different Kind Of Drone ! Supporting the Saturdays-only limited service on the ‘Brigg Not the odds on a horse in the Grand National but a walk Ours is a low level Drone and incapable of flight! We join the Line’, we’ll stroll around Barnetby, then visit the last working looking at paths restored to public use by the determined action infant river close to the station and follow its valley, then over postmill in the north of England at Wrawby. Spend the rest of of the Peak & Northern Footpaths Society in recent times. the hill into the valley of the River Rother. Here we will join a the afternoon in delightful Brigg before return trains depart: Start: 9.35am at SHEPLEY Finish: DENBY DALE restored section of the Chesterfield Canal and follow the tow- Brigg at 15.50 calling all stations to Sheffield OR depart at Distance: 12 miles. Leader: John Harker 07929-051978 path to Chesterfield station with frequent services to Sheffield, 17.20 to Barnetby, Habrough, Grimsby and Cleethorpes. Depart: Huddersfield 0912, Berry Brow 0918, Barnsley and beyond. Start: 9.55am at BARNETBY Finish: BRIGG Honley 0921, Brockholes 0924 to SHEPLEY 0930 OR (option - 6 miles to Hollingwood then bus to Chesterfield) Distance: 7 miles. Leader: Stuart Parker 07908-450444 Depart: Lincoln 0643, Gainsborough Lea Road 0704, Start: 10.15am at DRONFIELD. Finish: CHESTERFIELD Depart: Huddersfield 0613, Penistone 0644, Barnsley 0700, Retford 0717, Worksop 0729 arrive Sheffield 0804 then Distance: 10 or 6 miles. Leader: David Blackburn Meadowhall 0720 to arrive Sheffield 0730, then change to Depart : Sheffield 0835, Meadowhall 0841, Depart: Huddersfield 0812 change at Barnsley (0941) OR Depart: Sheffield 0759, Worksop 0828, Retford 0839, Chapeltown 0847, Barnsley 0903, Dodworth 0909, Depart: Leeds 0908, Wakefield Kirkgate 0925, Gainsborough Central 0858, Kirton Lindsey 0911, Penistone 0919, Denby Dale 0926 to SHEPLEY 0930 Barnsley 0941, Meadowhall 09.57, Brigg 0920 to BARNETBY 0935 OR Sheffield 1005 to arrive DRONFIELD 1015 OR Depart: Cleethorpes 0926 (TPE), Grimsby 0934 (TPE) Depart: Lincoln 0826, Saxilby 0835, (or 0920 EMT), Habrough 0930 (EMT) to BARNETBY OR Saturday MAY 18th 2019 Gainsborough Lea Road 0847, Retford 0900, Depart: Lincoln 0723, Saxilby 0732 to change at – Top O’ The Shop , Almost ! Worksop 0911 arr Sheffield 0942 then change to Gainsborough Lea Road then walk across to Central Depart Sheffield 1005 to DRONFIELD 1015 OR station in goodtime for the 0858 to BARNETBY. An enjoyable walk through Scholes and surrounding Depart: Nottingham 0916, Ilkeston 0928, Langley Mill 0935, countryside ensures a happy day! Alfreton 0943, Chesterfield 0954 to DRONFIELD 1001 Start: 9.15am at CHAPELTOWN Finish: ELSECAR Distance: 10 miles. Leader: Joy Rawlings 07811-686087 Saturday JULY 20th 2019 Depart: Huddersfield 0812, Berry Brow 0818, Shepley 0830, – Along The Dover Road, But No Paris ! Penistone 0842, Barnsley 0900, Wombwell 0905, A walk through the Holme Valley via Holmfirth, Hepworth, Elsecar 0909 to CHAPELTOWN 0915 OR Saturday JUNE 15th 2019 – Herons Above ! towards Cumberworth and a downhill finish into Shepley – Depart: Lincoln 0723, Saxilby 0732, Following part of the Heron Way, through former mining areas yippee! (with some opt outs possible) Gainsborough LR 0744, Retford 0757, Worksop 0808, with many now nature reserves, up to High Melton, Barnburgh Start: 9.45am at BROCKHOLES Finish: SHEPLEY Woodhouse 0827, Darnall 0832 arr. Sheffield 0840 then Cliff, skirting Goldthorpe down into Bolton. Fine views abound ! Distance: 9 - 10 miles. Leader: Judith Parkes 07896-465796 Depart: Sheffield 0903, Meadowhall 0909 (bus option at High Melton) Depart: Huddersfield 0912, Lockwood 0915, to CHAPELTOWN 0915. Start: 10.00am at CONISBROUGH Berry Brow 0918, Honley 0920 to BROCKHOLES 0924 OR Finish: BOLTON-UPON-DEARNE (for train and bus) Depart: Lincoln 0643, Saxilby 0650 Gainsborough LR 0704, NEW ! NEW ! NEW ! Distance: 8½ miles. Leader: Stuart Parker 07908-450444 Retford 0717, Worksop 0729 arrive Sheffield 0804 then from 20th May a new direct service will run hourly from Depart: Huddersfield 0812, Penistone 0842, Barnsley 0900 Depart : Sheffield 0835, Meadowhall 0841, Gainsborough CENTRAL calling all stations to Sheffield to Meadowhall 0920 for quick change at 0936 OR Chapeltown 0847, Elsecar 0853, Wombwell 0856, = 2 trains each hour for Gainsborough, Retford , Worksop Depart: Lincoln 0723, Saxilby 0732, Barnsley 0903, Dodworth 0909, Silkstone Common 0912, Gainsborough Lea Road 0744, Retford 0757, Penistone 0919, Denby Dale 0926, Shepley 0931, Visit MARSHALL’S YARD for quality shopping ………. Worksop 0808 to arrive Sheffield 0840 then Stocksmoor 0934 to BROCKHOLES 0938 … directly outside GAINSBOROUGH CENTRAL station ... Depart: Sheffield 0929, Meadowhall 0936, Next, Clarks, Browns, Laura Ashley, M&S Food, Seasalt, Rotherham Central 0942, Swinton 0950, Mexborough 0954 Halfords, New Look, Mountain Warehouse, The Works, to CONISBROUGH 0958 OR Fatface, Specsavers, Prezzo, Costa, Greggs, Depart: Doncaster 0935 to CONISBROUGH 0943 ‘RIDE THE SCENIC PENISTONE LINE’ Carphone Warehouse, Wilko, Vision Express …… Sheffield < > Barnsley < > Penistone < > Huddersfield … and many more … only a short walk into the town centre and the magnificent historic Old Hall ……… .