Walk · South Yorkshire

Dearne Valley Country Park

Barnsley · S71 1HS

2.4MILES

1h 15mON FOOT

35mCLIMB

CircularSHAPE

Off-road 95% 5% shares tarmac with cars

Field & moor path 70%Lane & track 25%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

Dearne Valley Country Park car park, Pontefract Road, Barnsley S71 1HS S71 1HS

Parking

Free council car park on Pontefract Road, with a second free area just off Eaming View at the western end; the Pontefract Road end fills at weekends

Directions to the start →

Eighty hectares of woodland, wet woodland, ponds and grassland along the River Dearne between Barnsley town centre and Stairfoot, including the ancient oak and silver birch of Cliffe Wood. Yorkshire Wildlife Trust's stated dog rule is "On a lead. Some more remote areas are suitable for running free", which is a rare piece of honesty from a landowner and worth reading twice before you unclip. The paths are good tarmac with a range of DDA compliant routes, so it is one of the few sites in the borough that genuinely works with a wheelchair or a bad knee. Park on Pontefract Road, or off Eaming View at the western end.

THE SMALL PRINTYorkshire Wildlife Trust: "On a lead. Some more remote areas are suitable for running free." Barnsley's borough-wide dog control PSPO applies: faeces removed immediately, a means of picking up carried, no dogs in fenced children's play areas, and a lead on request from an authorised officer.

House rules, decoded

Off-lead allowed

REGION · SOUTH YORKSHIRE

GRID · 53.5534, -1.4567

SOURCE · HTTPS://WWW.YWT.ORG.UK/NATURE-RESERVES/DEARNE-VALLEY-COUNTRY-PARK

Dearne Valley Country Park

House rules, decoded

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