Barwor two

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This was the last of a trio I walked from Chapeltown. From the rather featureless start point in Worsbrough there is a steep climb up steps past the church, then down again through a pleasant park to a lake. The route past the cemetery is pleasant, but the last section into the city of Barnsley was not very pleasant. Still it's a decent, easy, direct route.

I walked from Barnsley, nice exit via shopping centre but after that rather confusing too many twists and turns and a climb that perhaps could be avoided. The path around cemetery is fine and there's a nice spot by the pond. It might be possible to use the grass slope alongside the steps but an alternative route may offer a path slope. More steps by the church and a none event meeting place but it does have a seat. I liked the sponsored hanging baskets mostly in memory of family or friends. A doable urban Slow Way but perhaps could do better.

The third part of my four route walk from Chapeltown to Royston, so I walked it from Worsbrough to Barnsley. It is a good direct route but not a fully accessible one because there are a lot of steps (I didn't find the muddy section Dan mentions in his review, but maybe that was on the old route).

Starting at Worsbrough, we follow High Street up to the junction with Bank End Road. A couple of steps lead up to the junction, we cross Bank End Road and the path up the hill is immediately opposite, a paved path with a lot of short flights of stone steps. At the top of the hill we join Yews Lane and follow it straight on, then left where the road straight on becomes Cypress Road. At this point there is only a pavement on the right hand side (east), but there is no point looking for the path down into Dearne Valley Park until after the junction with the road up to Cedar Crescent. The path down through the park is surfaced and easy apart from the steps on the section down to the pond. The path continues along the edge of the cemetery up to Pindar Oaks Street.

From here the route to Barnsley Interchange is mostly on pavements with a few surfaced short cut paths, with pelican crossings at all of the major roads. It passes through a series of high rise buildings, and just before West Way there is another short flight of steps to descend.

I agree with Dan that it would be nice to see a step free alternative route, but I don't know Barnsley well enough to plot anything that doesn't follow roads all the way.

This is a good and fairly direct route.

It's let down by not being fully accessible. There are a number of flights of steps, one of which to avoid an area of mud at the southern end of Dearne Valley Park. It would be great if someone local shared a step and mud free alternative.

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