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Dog-friendly walks in Swinton

Boots on. These are the Swinton walks worth the drive, with lead rules and livestock warnings marked.

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N 440 YD 2 MI · LINEAR — PLAN THE RETURN
SOME LIMITS

Swinton Lock to Kilnhurst along the navigation

Swinton · S64 8HR
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2MILES
55mTIME
10mCLIMB
95%OFF-ROAD

A flat two miles of towpath along the Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation from Swinton Lock, where the old Dearne and Dove Canal met the Don, south-east to Kilnhurst. It runs between the working navigation and the river through the ground the collieries left behind, past Swinton Lock Activity Centre on Dun Street and out to the washland at Kilnhurst Ings. Swinton and Kilnhurst both have stations on the same line, so you can walk one way and ride back. The towpath is level and mostly surfaced, but it is unfenced against the water in places.

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N 176 YD 0.7 MI · LOOP
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Swinton Queen Street Recreation Ground

Swinton · S64 9HB
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0.7MILES
20mTIME
10mCLIMB
90%OFF-ROAD
Off-lead allowed

One of two recreation grounds Rotherham Council keeps in Swinton, this one off Queen Street on the northern side of the town, with pitches, changing rooms and a path round the perimeter. It is flat, open and lit at the road end, which makes it the practical everyday walk for the top end of Swinton. For anything longer, the navigation towpath at Swinton Bridge is a mile south-east and Manvers is two miles west. Keep off the marked pitches when games are on.

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N 176 YD 1.6 MI · OUT & BACK
SOME LIMITS

Swinton to Mexborough along the navigation

Swinton · S64 8HR
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1.6MILES
45mTIME
8mCLIMB
95%OFF-ROAD

The short north-eastern leg of the Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation from Swinton Lock up to Mexborough, about three quarters of a mile each way on a level towpath beside the working waterway. Swinton Junction, where the derelict Dearne and Dove Canal turned west, is at the Swinton end. It is a working navigation with commercial-sized locks, so the water is deep and the edge is unfenced in places. Both towns have a station on the same line if you want to walk one way and ride back.

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