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Two routes on offer but both pioneer so I look if the distance can be reduced. I set out with a plan but that needs changes as I explore so here’s my offering. It’s not perfect but it is interesting
Two routes on offer but both pioneer so I look if the distance can be reduced. I set out with a plan but that needs changes as I explore so here’s my offering. It’s not perfect but it is interesting
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Start and end points
Rotherham
Grid Ref
SK4279893053
Lat / Lon
53.43255° / -1.35730°
Easting / Northing
442,798E / 393,053N
What3Words
admits.unable.deputy
Rawmarsh
Grid Ref
SK4371596101
Lat / Lon
53.45987° / -1.34308°
Easting / Northing
443,715E / 396,101N
What3Words
boxing.thing.take
Rotherham | |
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Grid Ref | SK4279893053 |
Lat / Lon | 53.43255° / -1.35730° |
Easting / Northing | 442,798E / 393,053N |
What3Words | admits.unable.deputy |
Rawmarsh | |
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Grid Ref | SK4371596101 |
Lat / Lon | 53.45987° / -1.34308° |
Easting / Northing | 443,715E / 396,101N |
What3Words | boxing.thing.take |
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Ken
07 Oct 2024Walk five of five, Barnsley to Rotherham. Two routes but both pioneer so I look if the distance can be reduced. I set out with a plan but that needs changes as I explore so here’s my offering. It’s not perfect but it is interesting.
From the meeting place we head south to meet the busy main road, best to cross here at the lights. Passing the parish church and war memorial we then fork right into Westfield Road which has a view of our destination in the distance. Along here are the remains of a pumping shaft built around 1823 to pump water from the Earl Fitzwilliam mines.
The route continues into School Lane alongside a large recycling centre before meeting a main road at the Fitzwilliam Arms Hotel, an expansion of the public house that originally stood on the south side of the road. A section of noisy roadside pavement walking follows at Parkgate. Old maps show Park Gate House with formal laid out gardens, all now lost under industrial buildings. They also show a direct route to Wentworth Woodhouse which some suggest is the origin of the name Parkgate.
Turning into an industrial road, The Gateway, leads to a solid steel barrier but there is a walked track through a gap. Had it been a Friday I could have popped in the Tap at Chantry Brewery but it was Thursday so I pressed on. After rounding the last building in the road we walk alongside water and here old maps show a branch from the main canal which served coke ovens plus steel works. Google names the branch Earl Fitzwilliam’s Canal, an alternative is Greasborough Canal. Our unrecorded walked path follows what was the towing path.
We pass under a rail bridge to find seats and litter bins offering evidence that this area was once funded and cared for but now only a black bag liner in the bin offers any evidence of current care. Our path leads to the busy A633 Rotherham Road which needs a right turn to cross at the lights.
Continue on the opposite pavement but before crossing more water take the steps down to a path alongside the water. Pass under the bridge and if lucky you may see a huge tanker taking oil to the canal side base of Exol. I was fascinated by the slow progress passing moored craft, where does it turn I wonder? We are prevented from seeing close action or moored craft as the path fails to stay waterside, eventually meeting the end of Northfield Road.
From here my plan needed a rewrite but on reflection I offer this route which passes close to the train / tram station before ending at the bus station.
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