Walk · South Yorkshire

Carlton Marsh Nature Reserve

Barnsley · S71 3HL

1.2MILES

40mON FOOT

20mCLIMB

CircularSHAPE

Off-road 100% 0% shares tarmac with cars

Field & moor path 60%Lane & track 40%

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

Carlton Marsh car park, Shaw Lane, Carlton, Barnsley S71 3HL S71 3HL

Parking

Small free Yorkshire Wildlife Trust car park on Shaw Lane, about ten spaces, open dawn to dusk and locked overnight

Directions to the start →

Twenty-five hectares of reedbed, wet woodland, fen and lowland meadow on the old Barnsley to Cudworth railway line, reached from a small free car park on Shaw Lane. Yorkshire Wildlife Trust states plainly that "Dogs are allowed on the public footpaths on leads", so this is a lead walk, not a place to let one range. The footpaths are good but are reached by steps or steep slopes off the old line, which rules out wheels. The car park holds about ten cars and is locked between dusk and dawn, so do not leave it late.

THE SMALL PRINTYorkshire Wildlife Trust: "Dogs are allowed on the public footpaths on leads." The Trust asks for nature-friendly dog walking here — on leads, under close control and out of the water. Barnsley's borough-wide dog control PSPO also applies. Car park open dawn until dusk and locked in between.

REGION · SOUTH YORKSHIRE

GRID · 53.5871, -1.4282

SOURCE · HTTPS://WWW.YWT.ORG.UK/NATURE-RESERVES/CARLTON-MARSH-NATURE-RESERVE

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