Walk · South Yorkshire

Doncaster Lakeside

Doncaster · DN4 5PJ

1.6MILES

45mON FOOT

5mCLIMB

CircularSHAPE

Off-road 95% 5% shares tarmac with cars

Field & moor path 95%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

Lakeside, Doncaster, by the boathouse on White Rose Way DN4 5PJ

Parking

Free parking at Lakeside Village outlet shopping and at the Keepmoat and athletics stadium car parks; the stadium side is closed off or charged on matchdays and event days

Directions to the start →

A made lake on the south-east edge of the city, ringed by a wide surfaced path and used constantly by runners, cyclists and wheelchairs because it is completely flat and lit for part of its length. The council has put fifteen wooden posts with QR codes round the water as its Discover Lakeside trails, which give local history and questions as you go, so it works as a walk with something to look at rather than just a lap. This is the clearest case in Doncaster of the PSPO lakeside rule: the whole circuit is a footpath around a lake, so the lead stays on the entire way round. Parking is free and plentiful at the outlet village and the athletics stadium, which makes it the easiest of the city walks to get to.

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.

REGION · SOUTH YORKSHIRE

GRID · 53.5070, -1.1071

SOURCE · HTTPS://WWW.DONCASTER.GOV.UK/SERVICES/CULTURE-LEISURE-TOURISM/DISCOVER-LAKESIDE

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