Walk · South Yorkshire

Gilroyd Recreation Ground

Dodworth · S75 3PA

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. 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

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 allowed

REGION · SOUTH YORKSHIRE

GRID · 53.5373, -1.5085

SOURCE · HTTPS://WWW.BARNSLEY.GOV.UK/MEDIA/1XBBDLXV/PSPO-DOG-CONTROL.PDF

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