Walk · South Yorkshire

Clifton Park

Rotherham · S65 2AA

1MILES

30mON FOOT

25mCLIMB

CircularSHAPE

Off-road 85% 15% shares tarmac with cars

Field & moor path 85%Road with traffic 15%

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

Clifton Park main gates, Clifton Lane, Rotherham S65 2AA S65 2AA

Parking

Free council car park off Clifton Lane at the park edge, plus on-street bays on Doncaster Road; both fill from mid-morning on school holidays and event days

Directions to the start →

Rotherham's main town park, a Victorian layout of avenues, bandstand lawns and mature limes on the rise between Clifton Lane and the town centre, with the museum in the old Clifton House at the top. This is the one place in the borough with a formally designated off-lead area, marked in blue on the park's own map, and it is also the one place where being off lead anywhere else will cost you money. Dogs are barred from the Watersplash water play area entirely and must be on a lead around the children's play areas, and only assistance dogs go inside the museum. Paths are tarmac and gently graded, so it walks in any weather, and there are waste bins right through the park.

THE SMALL PRINTThe Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council (Town Centre and Clifton Park) Public Spaces Protection Order 2025, in force 15 January 2025 to 14 January 2028, prohibits "failing to keep a dog on a lead and under control otherwise than within the designated area within Clifton Park". It applies at all times on every day of the year across the town centre and the park. Fixed penalty up to £100, or a fine up to £1,000 on summary conviction. The council also states dogs are not permitted in the Watersplash and must be on a lead around the children's play areas, and that only assistance dogs may enter the museum and its cafe. The borough-wide dog fouling PSPO, effective 29 January 2025 for three years, applies on top.

House rules, decoded

Off-lead allowed

REGION · SOUTH YORKSHIRE

GRID · 53.4311, -1.3454

SOURCE · HTTPS://WWW.ROTHERHAM.GOV.UK/COMMUNITY-SAFETY-CRIME/PUBLIC-SPACES-PROTECTION-ORDER-2025

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