Walk · South Yorkshire

Hatfield Moors

Hatfield Woodhouse · DN7 6DS
N 440 YD
1.9MILES
1hON FOOT
5mCLIMB
Out & backSHAPE
Off-road 95% 5% shares tarmac with cars
Field & moor path 35%Lane & track 60%Road with traffic 5%

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

Starts at
Boston Park car park off the A614 between Hatfield Woodhouse and Blaxton, DN7 6DS, following the brown signs DN7 6DS
Parking
Free accessible car park at Boston Park with disabled toilets and cycle racks; a smaller rough car park at Ten Acre Lake off Remple Lane, DN7 6DT, reached down an unmade track
Directions to the start →

The southern half of the Humberhead Peatlands National Nature Reserve, a lowland raised bog of birch scrub, heather and flooded old workings between Hatfield Woodhouse, Wroot and Blaxton. Natural England has laid out three waymarked walks from the Boston Park car park including an easy access route suitable for wheelchairs with viewing and dipping platforms, bird hides and resting places, plus separate cycle and horse routes. Doncaster Council registers part of Hatfield Moor as open access land, and on open access land the statutory rule is a lead no more than two metres long from 1 March to 31 July and at all times near livestock, which here is about the nightjar, woodlark and other ground-nesting birds the site is internationally important for. Natural England warns of a good adder population across the moors and reserves the right to close areas temporarily for wildlife management or safety, signed on site.

THE SMALL PRINTPart of Hatfield Moor is registered open access land, confirmed by City of Doncaster Council. On open access land dogs must be on a lead no more than two metres long from 1 March to 31 July, and on a lead at all times near livestock. Natural England may temporarily close areas for wildlife management or safety and signs them on site. Adders are present across the moors.

House rules, decoded

Livestock — leads on
REGION · SOUTH YORKSHIRE
GRID · 53.5468, -0.9373
SOURCE · HTTPS://WWW.GOV.UK/RIGHT-OF-WAY-OPEN-ACCESS-LAND/USE-YOUR-RIGHT-TO-ROAM

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