Walk · South Yorkshire

The Delves

Thorne · DN8 4AA

2MILES

1hON FOOT

5mCLIMB

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Off-road 95% 5% shares tarmac with cars

Field & moor path 85%Lane & track 10%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 Delves, Field Side, Thorne, DN8 4AA, by the Lake View Cafe DN8 4AA

Parking

Free on-site parking at The Delves beside the cafe; it is the only recreational site in Thorne with its own car park, and it fills on fine weekends and match afternoons

Directions to the start →

Thorne's own recreation ground off Field Side, rebuilt by the town council and reopened in 2023, with fishing lakes, a woodland play trail, surfaced accessible paths, picnic benches and the Lake View Cafe looking out over the water. It is the best walk inside Thorne itself: flat, well surfaced and long enough to be worth driving to, with on-site parking, which the canal towpath and the moors both lack. The lakes are the catch under the borough PSPO, which requires a lead on all footpaths around lakes and ponds, so most of the circuit here is lead-on. Anglers fish the lakes from pegs on the bank, so a dog that goes into water is a problem here rather than a novelty.

THE SMALL PRINTDoncaster's dog control PSPO applies to all council open space: dogs must be on a lead on all footpaths around lakes and ponds and in cemeteries and churchyards, must be kept out of fenced children's play areas signed as dog exclusion areas, and must be leaded on council sports fields when in use for an organised authorised event. You must pick up and be able to produce a bag on request. £100 fixed penalty.

REGION · SOUTH YORKSHIRE

GRID · 53.6140, -0.9731

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

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