Wheatley Wood/ Woolley Church BARNSLEY BOUNDARY WALK Waymarked Walk No. 3 1 Our walk starts from the car park at the entrance to 4 After the abandoned mine workings turn left just 6 At Notton village turn right following the footpath Bretton Country Park off the A637 Huddersfield Road, before the entrance to Wheatley Wood. Follow the crossing the farmyard as you go. Continue uphill and The Barnsley Boundary Walk is made up of twelve short BRETTON HALL to close to M1 Junction 38 at Haigh. Head for the paths around the wood moving down towards onward to the wooded valley of Applehaigh Clough. walks joined to form a continuous route some 73 miles B OLD ROYSTON motorway junction carefully crossing the A637 as you Woodhouse Lane. (117 km) in length, mainly through the Metropolitan go, then pass under the motorway and turn left into 7 Turn left past Applehaigh Farm then bear right on Borough of Barnsley, but also in parts of Kirklees, Haigh Lane. 5 Turn left onto Warren Lane and walk carefully along the track before reaching Bleakley Lane, the main road Wakefield, Doncaster, and Sheffield. the roadside until you reach the busy A61 Wakefield to on the outskirts of Royston. Starting Point Over Woolley Edge ... Barnsley Road. Carefully cross the main road then turn You can join the route at any point and enjoy one or Bretton Country Park. This section of the Barnsley Boundary Walk WEST right into Keeper Lane and head towards Notton village. more sections to suit your time, energies, and travel Distance ventures into Wakefield District across the open 7.2 miles (11.7 km). farm land and along quiet lanes south of Woolley BRETTON arrangements. Time and Notton villages. Allow yourself up to four The landscape remains essentially agricultural but This leaflet is one of a series of six designed not only to hours for exploring at a 10 leisurely pace. the influence of former coal mining is still clearly show you the route but also to point out and explain evident. The former Woolley Colliery reclaimed Footwear many of the interesting facts and features to be spoil heap is prominent below Woolley Edge. Woolley Edge Lane Some sections can have wet, Dismantled mineral railways also remain and Notton Lane muddy or uneven ground. discovered along this very popular walking way. provide our route at Old Royston. Choose appropriate footwear. Bleakley Lane North west of Royston the walk coincides with the WOOLLEY The walk roughly follows the boundary of the Waymarks Bretton Hall Haigh Lane Trans Pennine Trail, a national coast to coast multi- NOTTON Trans P Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley through a great The route is waymarked with M1 Motorway 6 a distinctive B circled with user recreational routeway. This section is on the variety of landscapes from the moorland of Dunford, arrows. feeder route from Wakefield to Barnsley and largely Sculpture Park 9 ennine Trail How to get there follows the Barnsley Canal now disused but the wooded environs of Wharncliffe, the historic parks at Keeper Lane 7 The villages around the route formerly regionally significant for the transport of 1 W Cannon Hall, Bretton and Wortley, and the wetlands of are served by bus services and coal. Lower Lake P oodhouse Lane the Lower Dearne. Landscapes rich in social, economic some railway stations. Nearby 3 Applehaigh 8 bus stops are shown. 2 and natural history. You can make your own travel Applehaigh arrangements using the South Clough As you enjoy the Boundary Walk please respect the Yorkshire Travel Line; Wheatley interests of those who live and work in the countryside. Tel: (01709) 515151. Wood If you do use a car please use Looking towards Bretton Country Park the car parks where these Jct 38 Further Information exist, and be considerate of Dearne W ROYSTON If you have any comments on the Boundary Walk, encounter any others when parking elsewhere. 4 difficulties en route, or would like information on other walks and rides HAIGH akefield Notton Park Additional Information 5 Dismantled Railway in Barnsley, including the Trans Pennine Trail, please contact: Barnsley PH The route is covered by OS ay Windhill Gate Wood Metropolitan Borough Council, Environmental Services, Public Rights Explorer Maps No’s:- arren Lane of Way, PO Box 601, Barnsley, S70 9FA. Tel: (01226) 772142. OL1 The Peak District, W Corn Bunting A61 to W E-mail: [email protected]. Dark Peak and map 278 Sheffield and Barnsley For details about the Trans Pennine Trail contact The TPT Office c/o M1 Motorway Barnlsey Council, PO Box 597, Barnsley, S70 9EW. Tel: (01226)772574. Golf E-mail: [email protected]. Course To To Barnsley Acknowledgements A637 M1 A61 HUDDERSFIELD LEEDS WAKEFIELD Produced by: BMBC 2003, 3rd edition 2015 N 8 Here the route joins the Royston and Carlton A628 PONTEFRACT J38 Re-designed by: Mike Gibson Royston Boundary Walk to ascend and follow the trackbed of the Darton Illustrations: © BMBC Grimethorpe 2 Turn right by the village marker stone on Haigh Cudworth former Great Central Railway. A629 A635 HUDDERSFIELD Cawthorne Lane onto Moorhouse Lane passing Near Moor Farm as Printed by: BARNSLEY A616 J37 STAINCROSS Hoylandswaine Thurnscoe you go. Follow the path uphill towards Woolley Edge 9 Just before reaching the Barnsley Canal turn left and A635 Dodworth Darfield A1(M) Goldthorpe Lane. cross a bridge over another dismantled railway. Bear right A61 Wombwell Penistone by the field edge to join the Trans Pennine Trail heading Thurgoland PEAK NATIONAL PARK A633 ROTHERHAM 3 The footpath climbs alongside the reclaimed A616 Hoyland DARTON towards Notton Lane. A628 Wortley J36 Woolley Colliery tip, and enters woodland before A629 J35A reaching Woolley Edge Lane. Turn right and follow the 10 Notton Bridge carries the road over a railway. High Waymarked Walk No. 3 M1 A61 SHEFFIELD roadside until you reach Windhill Gate Farm. Turn left Bridge carries the road over the Barnsley Canal. The Based upon Ordnance Survey mapping with the 0 mile 0.5 BRETTON HALL to 0 2.5 miles here up the lane towards Wheatley Wood. Trans Pennine Trail descends to join the canal footpath. Scale permission of HMSO © Crown Copyright. Scale OLD ROYSTON 0 4 kms BMBC Licence Number 100022264. 0 km 0.8 Towards Applehaigh Wood, Old Royston The Barnsley Boundary Walk continues along Navvy Lane. Waymarked Walk No. 4 Navvy Lane, High Bridge Waymarked Walks 3 & 4 0 mile 0.5 4 After 700 yds turn left again onto a dismantled OLD ROYSTON to Scale rail 3 tramway before you reach Felkirk, then after a further BRETTON HALL to 0 km 0.8 ennine T 2 700 yds descend and turn right onto a dismantled B Trans P B BRIERLEY Navvy Lane Ten Lands Lane railway. Continue southwards along the course of the BRIERLEY dismantled railway towards Shafton. 1 Church Lane The 13th Century Church of St.Peter’s stands High Bridge 5 Starting Point Landscapes Past and Present ... Ellis lathe prominent in the small hamlet of Felkirk. High Bridge, Notton Lane, Notton Lane Royston. From Royston to Brierley our way continues Barnsley Boundary Walk through a landscape influenced by former coal 6 Cross over a dike and continue towards Shafton, Distance mining. Cawker 3.7 miles (6 km). entering The Green View, and along Hawthorne Street. To the north lie the canal feeder reservoirs at 4 Wood Time Wintersett and Cold Hiendley. Coal formed the Church Lane Allow yourself up to three bulk of the cargo traffic on the Barnsley Canal. 7 Turn left immediately after Holly Tree Farm. Cross hours for exploring at a two sections of dismantled railway turning obliquely leisurely pace. The lake at Anglers’ Country Park was formed Barnsley Canal 5 Footwear during the restoration of an opencast mining site. right across field paths, and head towards Brierley. Some sections can have wet, Kirkgate Lane Rabbit Ings Country Park dominates the scene east Dismantled Railway muddy or uneven ground. of Royston. This reclaimed former spoil heap is Felkirk 8 Join the hedge-lined Mackey Lane leading to the Choose footwear accordingly. now home to all five species of British owls and has SOUTH HIENDLEY Dismantled Railway busy A628 Barnsley Road at Brierley. Waymarks walking and cycling trails for all users. The very The route is waymarked with visible rabbit carved into the hill side was created by a distinctive B circled with 192 local school children. arrows. The hamlet of Felkirk with its impressive church Sandybridge Lane How to get there lives on as a timeless feature in an otherwise much The villages around the route are served by bus services and changed landscape. some railway stations. Nearby bus stops are shown. You can make your own travel arrangements using the South Yorkshire Travel Line; 6 Hemsworth By-pass Tel: (01709) 515151. Rabbit Ings Country Park Frickley Bridge If you do use a car please use St.Peter’s Church, Felkirk P Dismantled Railway the car parks where these exist, and be considerate of Sandy Bridge others when parking Barnsley Road elsewhere. Additional Information Station Road Dismantled Railway The route is covered by OS ROYSTON Explorer Maps No’s:- 8 OL1 The Peak District, Dark Peak and map 278 Sheffield and Barnsley T 7 rans Pennine T Pennine rans SHAFTON 1 Our walk starts at High Bridge on Navvy Lane. A628 High Bridge carries the road over the Barnsley BRIERLEY A637 M1 A61 HUDDERSFIELD LEEDS WAKEFIELD N A628 PONTEFRACT Canal at Old Royston. The route follows the road J38 Royston Darton rail to a T junction. Grimethorpe Cudworth A629 A635 HUDDERSFIELD Cawthorne 2 At the T junction turn right, then left onto the BARNSLEY A616 J37 Hoylandswaine Thurnscoe route of a former tramway that served a private Shafton Two Gates A635 Dodworth Darfield A1(M) Goldthorpe coal mine at Lodge’s Pit.