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Walk · South Yorkshire

Gilroyd Recreation Ground

Dodworth · S75 3PA
N 176 YD
0.6MILES
18mON FOOT
15mCLIMB
CircularSHAPE
Off-road 90% 10% shares tarmac with cars
Field & moor path 70%Lane & track 20%Road with traffic 10%

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

Starts at
Gilroyd Recreation Ground, off Gilroyd Lane, Dodworth, S75 3PA S75 3PA
Parking
Free on-street parking on Gilroyd Lane; no car park. Dodworth station is under a mile north for anyone coming by train
Directions to the start →

The recreation ground at Gilroyd on the southern edge of Dodworth, off Gilroyd Lane, with a play area, a multi-use games area, a youth shelter and open grass with a path round it. Barnsley Council lists it among its Dodworth recreation facilities. It is a village rec and takes fifteen minutes to walk round, but the lanes south of it drop towards the Dove valley and the fields, which is where the longer walk is. Dodworth recreation ground is half a mile north.

THE SMALL PRINTBarnsley Council's borough-wide dog fouling and control PSPO of 1 April 2025, in force for three years: remove the faeces, carry and produce the means to pick up when an authorised officer asks, and lead the dog when an authorised officer directs. Dogs must not be taken into fenced or enclosed children's play areas signed as dog exclusion areas, which covers the play area and the games area fencing here, and must be on a lead in every Barnsley cemetery. Fixed penalty £100. There is no general lead requirement in Barnsley parks.

House rules, decoded

Off-lead OK
REGION · SOUTH YORKSHIRE
GRID · 53.5373, -1.5085
SOURCE · HTTPS://WWW.BARNSLEY.GOV.UK/MEDIA/1XBBDLXV/PSPO-DOG-CONTROL.PDF
Also in Dodworth
N 176 YD
Walk SOME LIMITS

Dodworth Recreation Ground

S75 3RG
0.7 MI · 20M · 90% OFF-ROAD

The main open space in Dodworth, off Station Road behind the Miners Welfare, with a play area, an outdoor gym and a perimeter path round the pitches. It is a village rec and nothing more, but Dodworth has little else within walking distance and this is where the village walks its dogs before work. Dodworth station is five minutes away on the Barnsley to Huddersfield line, and Gilroyd recreation ground is half a mile south. For a real walk, the Silkstone Waggonway starts three miles west.

Off-lead OK
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