Walk · South Yorkshire

Scout Dike Reservoir

Penistone · S36 7EZ
N 440 YD
2MILES
1hON FOOT
50mCLIMB
CircularSHAPE
Off-road 95% 5% shares tarmac with cars
Field & moor path 80%Lane & track 15%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
Scout Dike Reservoir car park off the A629 Huddersfield Road, by the Barnsley Trout Club at Thurlstone, S36 7EZ S36 7EZ
Parking
Free Yorkshire Water car park with disabled bays and a picnic area, but only 32 spaces, and Yorkshire Water's own note is that they fill up quickly most days. There is no alternative parking on the A6
Directions to the start →

A two-mile perimeter circuit of a small Yorkshire Water reservoir just north of Penistone, reached off the A629 Huddersfield Road by the Barnsley Trout Club. Most of it is a well-made surfaced path, which makes it one of the few reservoir rounds in this corner of the borough that stays walkable in bad weather; only the last stretch at the shallow north-western head turns rough and wet. There are steps on the circuit, and Yorkshire Water signs a moderately steep ramp as the way round them. The car park is small and there is a picnic area at the dam end.

THE SMALL PRINTYorkshire Water's visitor rules for Scout Dike: "Keep your dog on a lead" and "clean up after your dog". Dogs must not swim in or drink the reservoir, which holds dangerous machinery, strong currents and seasonal blue-green algae. 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, in force 1 April 2025 for three years, requires you to clear up, to carry the means to do so, and to lead the dog when an authorised officer directs; fixed penalty £100.
REGION · SOUTH YORKSHIRE
GRID · 53.5402, -1.6478
SOURCE · HTTPS://WWW.YORKSHIREWATER.COM/THINGS-TO-DO/RESERVOIRS/SCOUT-DIKE-RESERVOIR/
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