Walk · South Yorkshire

Sandall Beat Wood

Doncaster · DN2 6JP

1.6MILES

50mON FOOT

15mCLIMB

Out & backSHAPE

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

Car park at the bottom of Sandall Beat Road, off Leger Way behind the racecourse, DN2 6JP DN2 6JP

Parking

Free council car park at the wood entrance on Sandall Beat Road; it is busy at weekends and on racedays at Doncaster Racecourse when Leger Way traffic backs up

Directions to the start →

A hundred and forty acres of council-owned woodland behind Doncaster Racecourse, designated a local nature reserve in 1966 and an SSSI in 1984 for its rare insects. A network of wide rides and footpaths runs through it from the car park at the bottom of Sandall Beat Road, mostly flat, with Covill's Trail the surfaced two-kilometre circuit that takes a pushchair or a wheelchair. Doncaster's dog control PSPO does not impose any blanket lead requirement on open council land, so dogs can be off lead through the trees, but they must be kept out of the fenced children's play areas and put on a lead on any footpath running round a pond. There are toilets on site open 9am to 3pm Monday to Friday and an environment centre by the main entrance.

THE SMALL PRINTDoncaster's dog control PSPO applies. Dogs must not be taken into fenced or enclosed children's play areas signed as a dog exclusion area, and must be on a lead on all footpaths around lakes and ponds. A £100 fixed penalty applies to a breach, and you must be able to produce a bag on request.

House rules, decoded

Off-lead allowed

REGION · SOUTH YORKSHIRE

GRID · 53.5281, -1.0784

SOURCE · HTTPS://WWW.DONCASTER.GOV.UK/SERVICES/ENVIRONMENTAL/PUBLIC-SPACES-PROTECTION-ORDER-DOGS-AND-DOG-CONTROL

Sandall Beat Wood

House rules, decoded

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