Walks Leaflet 36
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Wakefield District Health Walks UptonUpton 36 Circular walk via North Elmsall Church 1 Start in the car park main road and walk ahead Allow 60 minutes (unsigned) opposite the passing Dog Kennels / An easy, circular walk junction of High Street and Cattery on your right. Beech Road. Pass through on good all-weather 4 Cross over the B6474 road, the access gate, turn right footpaths with some bear slight left then right and walk between the lake field walking. Climbing onto the broad track (Inch and green iron railings. of stiles is involved. Lane). Walk down the lane 4.2 km / 2.5 miles 2 Pass through a kissing gate for about 1km. and onto the old railway 5 Turn right onto a fieldside track. Turn right then left and path and continue until you over a stile then through a Service 84 (Upton - encounter the old railway farm gate. Follow the field South Elmsall - South track, turn right and walk path up a gentle slope then Kirkby) 246 (Barnsley - back to the B6474. Pontefract) over a second stile and over 247 (Barnsley - Upton) a stone wall via stone steps, 6 Cross over the B6474 and 248, 249 (Pontefract - to North Elmsall Church. the A638 turn right just Upton) and 485 before the first building. Walk 3 Walk past the church, (note (Wakefield - Doncaster) along this section of the old the old mile post on your all pass along High railway back to the car park. left) to the main road and ane Street, Upton. n L ggo turn right. Cross the 4 a 7 W 4 6 1 Key B eet High Str 1 Waymarker P Walk Route UPTON e n 2 a L Path Route w e Direction N N To W ) Parking a C P D ke M Road fie d ld l e i f Water e k e a 6 n W Pylon a ( Electricity line L ll d a e v H r A e 6 6 3 s 0 3 e 0 8 r NORTH 2 s t 4 h 7 g 5 Kennels ELMSALL i r 9 l l Church 1 0 A 0 t 0 h 1 g Inch Lane i r North Elmsall A y L p . 4 o Common o c N P B n e T w 6 o c D o n 4 on r c e a C 7 s c 5 t i 4 e © r L HealthHealth NotesNotes Stile to North Elmsall Try to walk for 30minutes every day (See Waymarker 2) Remember walking can: Make Keep your you feel heart good strong Give you Reduce North Elmsall Church more blood (See Waymarker 3) energy pressure Help you Help sleep manage better your weight Help you Improve reduce your life stress expectancy Mile Post House (See Waymarker 3) NotesNotes >North Elmsall Church exterior and interior. >Remnants of Station platform can be found just past Waymarker 6. Path off roundabout >Old railway track is part of 13 (See Waymarker 6) mile network of footpaths joining South Elmsall, South Kirkby and Upton (SESKU). Wakefield Healthy Transport Project is working to encourage people to carry out more of their journeys on foot or by cycle to improve the environment and their health. Tel: 01924 306089 Metroline: 0113 245 76 76 Web: www.wymetro.com.