Walk · South Yorkshire

Kilnhurst Ings

Kilnhurst

1.4MILES

45mON FOOT

10mCLIMB

CircularSHAPE

Off-road 90% 10% shares tarmac with cars

Field & moor path 55%Lane & track 35%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

Wharf Road, Kilnhurst, Rotherham — the reserve entrance is about five minutes' walk from the bus stops

Parking

No car park is published for the reserve. On-street parking on Wharf Road and around Kilnhurst is the only option, and it is a working residential street, so park with care

Directions to the start →

A post-industrial washland on the River Don between Kilnhurst and Swinton, rewetted by Sheffield and Rotherham Wildlife Trust into grassland, scrub, hedgerow and scrapes, with the protected remains of Kilnhurst Forge still on the ground. Snipe overwinter on the scrapes in good numbers and kingfishers work the Don along the eastern boundary. Cattle graze the reserve every year from April to October, which is the main reason the Trust asks for dogs on leads. The Trust publishes no car park here; buses 217 and 218 from Rotherham town centre stop on Wharf Road, five minutes' walk away, and that is the practical way in.

THE SMALL PRINTSheffield and Rotherham Wildlife Trust: "Please keep dogs on leads and always follow the Countryside Code." Annual grazing takes place on the reserve from April to October. Rotherham has no borough-wide dogs-on-leads order, but the borough-wide Dog Fouling PSPO 2020 applies, in operation from 29 January 2025 for three years, with a fixed penalty up to £100 or a fine up to £1,000 on conviction.

House rules, decoded

Livestock — leads on

REGION · SOUTH YORKSHIRE

GRID · 53.4682, -1.3163

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

Kilnhurst Ings

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