Sherot two

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I’d love to give this route five stars, as it has such potential. It goes alongside rivers and canals for most of the route, and has the super-convenient stopping point of Meadowhall shopping centre half way along. Here are loos and plenty of places to have lunch. Just past Meadowhall, going towards Rotherham, you pass through a bewildering set of criss-crossing modes of transport - canal, river, rail, tram, and of course road, including the double-decker Tinsley flyovers. There’s also a lot for those interested in industrial architecture.

Sadly, much of the route is closed because maintenance has been neglected in favour of caring for children and the elderly (political point there…). At one point, the route was forced through a works yard, now closed and up for sale, so you have to take a long and tedious walk along the A6178 and Princess Street/A6109, which is as pleasant as it sounds. Also, some bits of the Five Weirs Walk have collapsed because of flooding, and the second half of the route along the canal (towards Rotherham) needs to be checked, as there have been closures there too.

To repeat a point, this would be a far star route if it could be fixed - I would love to do this walk again, properly!.

I agree with the previous review on this route. It would be a great walk along the river valley. But closed sections, with no explanation in some cases where the path was open again made for a frustrating walk, Once open again this would be a really nice route. I found the way transferring between Sheror1 and sherot2, which also had a closed towpath. Marys description of Sherot 3 looks an ideal solution whilst these closures are in place.

This walk (part of the Trans Pennine Trail) has potential, and was probably good when it was first created, but when we walked it, from Sheffield to Rotherham, two sections were closed and another section was due to be closed in a couple of weeks.
1. OS Grid Ref: SK 37223 88371: A section of the riverside footpath was undermined by floods in November 2019 and collapsed. There appear to be no agreed plans for repairs and reopening at the moment, so this could take a while. In addition to this, the alternative road route marked on the OS Map goes through an industrial estate which has locked gates outside office hours. We couldn’t access it on a Saturday.
2. It appears that from OS Grid Ref: SK 41181 92235 to OS Grid Ref: SK 42630 92702 will be closed from 18/4/2022 until 31/3/2023. It was still open when we walked it though.
3. From OS Grid Ref: SK 42630 92702 to the Rotherham Station is closed until 30/7/2022 due to flood defence works.
I have created SheRot Three from the route that we were able to walk on 2/4/2022.

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