Walk · South Yorkshire

Broomhead Reservoir

Bolsterstone · S36 4ZD

2.3MILES

1h 15mON FOOT

70mCLIMB

Out & backSHAPE

Off-road 95% 5% shares tarmac with cars

Field & moor path 45%Lane & track 50%Road with traffic 5%

Our drawing of the route — the shape of the walk, not a navigation aid. Carry OS Explorer on the hill. Off-lead information here is what walkers reported or what signage allows — never our advice. Whether and when a dog is off the lead is the owner’s decision and legal responsibility; keep dogs under control near livestock and follow signs on the day.

Starts at

The footpath entrance at Ewden Village, S36 4ZD, below Bolsterstone S36 4ZD

Parking

No car park. Yorkshire Water's own note is that roadside parking is available at the entrance to the footpath at S36 4ZD, with more alongside the private road that runs past More Hall Reservoir. Both

Directions to the start →

The upper of the two Ewden Valley reservoirs, sitting above More Hall and reached on foot from the Ewden Village end of the valley road below Bolsterstone. Yorkshire Water's own figure for the walk is 2.3 miles and its own warning is that there are no facilities here at all: no toilets, no cafe, no car park. That is the point of it. The valley is steep-sided and wooded, the water is a long narrow strip below the Broomhead estate moors, and on a weekday you can have the whole of it.

THE SMALL PRINTYorkshire Water's rules for Broomhead: "Keep your dog on a lead" and "clean up after your dog", plus stick to the path, take litter home and no fires or barbecues. Dogs must not swim in or drink the reservoir: dangerous machinery, strong currents and blue-green algae, which Yorkshire Water says is poisonous and can kill them. Yorkshire Water asks for a short lead between 1 March and 31 July for ground-nesting birds and all year round near farm animals. Sheffield City Council has no dog control PSPO, so beyond the fouling offence, which carries a £50 fixed penalty, the rule here is the landowner's.

REGION · SOUTH YORKSHIRE

GRID · 53.4610, -1.5940

SOURCE · HTTPS://WWW.YORKSHIREWATER.COM/THINGS-TO-DO/RESERVOIRS/BROOMHEAD-RESERVOIR/

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