Walk · South Yorkshire

Kilnhurst Ings

Kilnhurst · S64 5UB

1.4MILES

45mON FOOT

10mCLIMB

CircularSHAPE

Off-road 95% 5% shares tarmac with cars

Field & moor path 70%Lane & track 25%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

The reserve entrance off Highthorn Road, Kilnhurst, beside the River Don S64 5UB

Parking

No dedicated car park. Roadside parking on Highthorn Road and Hooton Road in Kilnhurst, both residential, so park considerately and walk in. The reserve is a short walk from Kilnhurst along the rivers

Directions to the start →

A post-industrial washland on the River Don between Kilnhurst and Swinton, turned into wetland by Sheffield and Rotherham Wildlife Trust and now a mosaic of grassland, scrub, hedgerow and mature trees with drains and ditches running through it. It is flat, low-lying ground beside the river and the Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation, which means it can be genuinely wet underfoot after rain, and that is the point of a washland. It is a short, level circuit rather than a day out, and it pairs well with the canal towpath running north towards Swinton.

THE SMALL PRINTSheffield and Rotherham Wildlife Trust's instruction on the reserve page is plain: "Please keep dogs on leads and always follow the Countryside Code." That is the landowner's rule and it applies all year. Rotherham Council's only dog order is the borough-wide Dog Fouling Public Spaces Protection Order, in operation from 29 January 2025 for three years, with a fixed penalty of up to £100 and a fine up to £1,000 on conviction; Rotherham has no order requiring leads and no order excluding dogs from open space.

REGION · SOUTH YORKSHIRE

GRID · 53.4742, -1.2984

SOURCE · HTTPS://WWW.WILDSHEFFIELD.COM/RESERVES/KILNHURST-INGS/

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