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Ingbirchworth Reservoir

Ingbirchworth · S36 7GN
N 440 YD
1.5MILES
50mON FOOT
35mCLIMB
CircularSHAPE
Off-road 90% 10% shares tarmac with cars
Field & moor path 75%Lane & track 15%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
Wellthorne Lane, Ingbirchworth, S36 7GN, at the eastern end of the dam S36 7GN
Parking
On-street on Wellthorne Lane only, free and unrestricted but genuinely limited; Yorkshire Water lists no car park and no facilities at this reservoir. The Fountain Inn car park at the top of the lane
Directions to the start →

A mile and a half round a small Yorkshire Water reservoir on the moor edge above Penistone, with the best of it along the nineteenth-century dam wall looking back over the water to the Pennines. There is no car park and no toilet: parking is on-street on Wellthorne Lane in Ingbirchworth village, S36 7GN, which is a narrow lane where residents need to get past. The far half at the shallow western head is grassier and wetter than the dam end. The Fountain Inn is a hundred yards from the parking, which makes this the shortest walk-and-a-pint pairing in the patch.

THE SMALL PRINTYorkshire Water's visitor rules for Ingbirchworth: "Keep your dog on a lead" and "clean up after your dog"; the site also asks you to stick to the path, not to light fires or barbecues and to take litter home. Dogs must not swim in or drink the reservoir because of blue-green algae, dangerous machinery and strong currents. Yorkshire Water asks for a short lead between 1 March and 31 July for ground-nesting birds. Barnsley Council's borough-wide dog control PSPO of 1 April 2025 requires clearing up, carrying the means to do so, and leading the dog on an authorised officer's direction; fixed penalty £100.
REGION · SOUTH YORKSHIRE
GRID · 53.5516, -1.6740
SOURCE · HTTPS://WWW.YORKSHIREWATER.COM/THINGS-TO-DO/RESERVOIRS/INGBIRCHWORTH-RESERVOIR/
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1.5MILES
50mTIME
40mCLIMB
95%OFF-ROAD

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