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Walk · South Yorkshire

Castle Hills Park

Mexborough · S64 0HJ
N 176 YD
1.2MILES
40mON FOOT
40mCLIMB
CircularSHAPE
Off-road 75% 25% shares tarmac with cars
Field & moor path 65%Lane & track 10%Road with traffic 25%

Our drawing of the route — the shape of the walk, not a navigation aid. Carry OS Explorer on the hill.

Starts at
Castle Hills Avenue, Mexborough, S64 0HJ, between Doncaster Road and Church Street S64 0HJ
Parking
No car park. On-street parking on Castle Hills Avenue and the residential roads off Doncaster Road
Directions to the start →

The earthworks of a Norman motte and bailey castle on the ridge above Mexborough, kept as a small public park between Doncaster Road and Church Street with a memorial and long views over the Dearne valley. The motte and its ditch are the whole point of coming: the ground is grass and undulating rather than surfaced, and the climb onto the mound is short but steep. It is council open space with no lake and no livestock, so the borough PSPO imposes no standing lead requirement, only the duty to pick up and to keep out of any fenced play area. There is no car park, so it is street parking on Castle Hills Avenue and the roads off Doncaster Road.

THE SMALL PRINTDoncaster's dog control PSPO applies to all council open space: dogs must be on a lead on all footpaths around lakes and ponds and in cemeteries and churchyards, must be kept out of fenced children's play areas signed as dog exclusion areas, and must be leaded on council sports fields when in use for an organised authorised event. You must pick up and be able to produce a bag on request. £100 fixed penalty.

House rules, decoded

Off-lead OK
REGION · SOUTH YORKSHIRE
GRID · 53.4940, -1.2696
SOURCE · HTTPS://WWW.DONCASTER.GOV.UK/SERVICES/CULTURE-LEISURE-TOURISM/CASTLE-HILLS-PARK-MEXBOROUGH
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Pub SOME LIMITS

New Masons

S64 0JW
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A community pub on Doncaster Road in Mexborough, the nearest place of its kind to the Denaby Ings end of the Dearne valley and the Trans Pennine Trail through the Don gorge. The Craft Union page for the pub lists it as a dog friendly pub and states that they are pet-friendly and welcome everyone, alongside the beer garden, pool table, dartboard and cask ale. It is a sports pub with several screens and live entertainment, so it is not a quiet corner for a nervous dog on a match night. There is a beer garden, which is the sensible place to sit with a wet dog after the Dearne valley paths.

In the bar
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