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Walked from Dinnington to Kiveton Bridge (Wales). A pretty good and fairly direct route. Good views from the Kiveton Park fields. Some steep sections and steps.

From the bus station in DInnington, we follow the road around the Aldi car park and round the corner to the church, then go up the hill (past what would have made a much better meeting point) and use the zebra crossing to reach the footpath that leads to the park. We follow the paved path along the right hand edge then continue along the pavement for some distance. Where the road bears left in a little green space we go straight on onto The Green, then take the paved path half right which goes steeply downhill, with a few steps at the bottom, Another path with steps can be used to cut the corner onto The Wells, which we follow left a little, then find another paved path which crosses the river and the railway to reach South Anston. We go left a short distance along Wilberforce Road then use another paved path to reach the A57.

In my view the GPX is a little misleading - it is best to head left to use the pelican crossing to cross the main road, and from there it makes sense to go straight up the path opposite to reach the village centre, where we head straight on up West Street. The path through Kiveton Park (now arable fields) starts along Axle Lane (which has no pavement but little traffic). The field path has good views, and leads easily to Kiveton Lane, where we cross and turn left.

In my view the GPX plotter missed a trick by ignoring the field path right which cuts the corner and looked well cut - the only justification is that there is a shop on the far side of the T junction, but since there is another shop near the end and this is a short route, this seems insufficient justification to me. From the T junction we follow Station Road right to reach the meeting point outside Kiveton Bridge station.

Overall quite a pleasant walk, but an unexciting one. Mostly paved apart from the section through the fields in Kiveton Park, which might be muddy when wet but was dry and solid when I walked it, but the steps mean that it is not wheel friendly.

I walked this route from Dinnington at the end of February. It is an easy and fairly direct route, but not particularly scenic. The route starts on the pavement of a busy road, before cutting off into residential streets. All this section is surfaced, but there are some steps and some steep concrete paths along the way. From South Anston there is a half mile stretch of footpath across the fields which would probably be muddy after wet weather, but was OK on the day I walked it. The route approaches the hub on the pavements of quiet roads and a footpath threaded between new houses. An effective way of getting from A to B but not a scenic walk in its own right.

This is a local walk to me so I know it well. Generally a good route with some nice sections. As with a lot of these walks there are certain sections which are unlit so this particular route which takes in footpaths should be done in daylight hours. There is a circa 2k footpath across an open field between Todwick and South Anston which is one of the gems of the walk but it can get muddy at certain times when it has rained especially in Winter so walking boots are advised. Other times it can be dry as a bone so just use your judgement/best guess if you want to risk trainers.

There are sections which are a bit bland and functional but there is actually a fair amount of footpath overall plus (when I get round to it) I may post an alternative route. Basically it is a similar route but on the first section (junction of Station Road and Anston Avenue) instead of carrying straight ahead as this route directs you to, follow a footpath between houses up a hill, coming out at the top onto a farmers field then follow the diagonal footpath for a short distance across the field on to Kiveton Lane to rejoin the original route. It is a nicer walk away from the main road and also cuts the distance down).

You will cross the busy A57 on the route but you come out onto the A57 on this route at the pedestrian crossing ready to cross it without having to go on a detour so that is a plus point.

Another nice section (although very steep but for a short distance) is the footpath taking you up to The Green in old North Anston. After walking on the main road again for a while there is another footpath on Nursery Road across the small park which takes you up to Dinnington. I am giving this walk 3 stars but would give it 4 with my suggested alternative route. I have tried to load the photos in the order that you hit them on the walk (fingers crossed). Wish I could include more for every turn of the route so its super-easy to follow for people like me who like to see lots of pics but I can only upload 15 unfortunately due to the limits of the site. Enjoy!.

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