Walk · South Yorkshire

Damflask Reservoir Circuit

Low Bradfield · S6 6LB

3.3MILES

1h 35mON FOOT

45mCLIMB

CircularSHAPE

Off-road 85% 15% shares tarmac with cars

Field & moor path 70%Lane & track 15%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

The Sands recreation ground in Low Bradfield, beside the cricket field, S6 6LB S6 6LB

Parking

Yorkshire Water states there is no car park at the reservoir itself and that roadside parking is possible; in practice people use the verges on New Road at the dam end (S6 6SQ) and the village parking

Directions to the start →

Forty-seven hectares of open water inside the Peak District National Park boundary, five miles from the middle of Sheffield, with a made-up perimeter path that was widened and resurfaced so wheelchairs and buggies can get round it. Three rowing clubs and the Viking Sailing Club use the water, so there is always something moving on it. Yorkshire Water asks for dogs on a lead and off the water: it states plainly that it is not safe for dogs to swim here or drink from it, because of blue-green algae, cold water and machinery under the surface. The circuit starts and finishes in Low Bradfield, where there are pubs, a cafe and public toilets, and the going is level all the way round.

THE SMALL PRINTYorkshire Water's visitor rules for Damflask: "don't swim, take your litter home, stick to the path, keep your dog on a lead, clean up after your dog, don't light fires or BBQs." On dogs in the water it is explicit: "No, it's not safe for dogs to swim in Damflask Reservoir and they shouldn't drink the water. Blue-green algae can form on the surface, which is poisonous and can kill them." This is the landowner's rule; Sheffield has no dog control PSPO, and the only fineable dog offence is fouling at £50.

REGION · SOUTH YORKSHIRE

GRID · 53.4238, -1.6060

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

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