We follow the right hand pavement over the first roundabout then turn right at the second up Hill Top Road. Keep heading uphill and you will emerge on Harrogate Drive, where we go left to the T junction, cross and turn right then take the good surfaced path up the hill....

Hugh Hudson

The flagging mechanism doesn't have a value for no fault non-completion, and this means there is no fair solution that doesn't have unwanted consequences (I would have liked a way of reviewing that doesn't count in the route stats at all, i.e. a genuine 0 rather than being forced to choose +1 or -1)....

Hugh Hudson

At the junction we cross and take the signposted path, which skirts the edge of an arable field (the surface water here was just about avoidable) then continues through a scrubby open area alongside the fences of the industrial buildings to emerge on Golden Smithies Lane, where we go left as far as the next roundabout then go right on the road to Dearne Valley College....

Hugh Hudson

The route soon takes a gentle climb to Roman Terrace then turns left to cross the railway onto an excellent and lit cycle route which leads to college. So excellent route from Mexborough to the college but as plotted loses stars onward to Wath....

Ken

The bridge over the river is of a temporary design from the last war while the third bridge over the New Cut must have been provided as part of the upgrading of the canal in the 1980s. No need to wonder "The Greens Way flyover bridge over the A6023 in Mexborough has been demolished, following advice from bridge engineers, who issued safety guidance due to the structure's continued deteriorating condition."...

Ken

Once shown as an ORPA (Other Route with Public Access) this is no longer the case as locked gates block the road....

Ken