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Walk · South Yorkshire

Thorncliffe Recreation Ground

Chapeltown · S35 3XR
N 176 YD
0.9MILES
25mON FOOT
20mCLIMB
CircularSHAPE
Off-road 90% 10% shares tarmac with cars
Field & moor path 70%Lane & track 20%Road with traffic 10%

Our drawing of the route — the shape of the walk, not a navigation aid. Carry OS Explorer on the hill.

Starts at
The entrance off Warren Lane by Thorncliffe sports club, Chapeltown, S35 3XR S35 3XR
Parking
Free parking at the sports club off Warren Lane, plus on-street; the club car park is for users on match days, so park on the street then
Directions to the start →

Open ground on the Thorncliffe side of Chapeltown, between High Green and the old Newton Chambers ironworks land, listed by Sheffield City Council among its fifty local green spaces. It is level playing field and rough grass with a path round the edge, used by the sports club and by everybody in Chapeltown and High Green with a dog. Thorncliffe Wood runs up the valley to the north for something longer and rougher. This is a short local walk, not a destination.

THE SMALL PRINTSheffield City Council has no dog control PSPO. Its only PSPO, in force from 7 April 2025 for three years, covers the city centre and prohibits alcohol in the street, begging, loitering, drug use and urination or defecation, with nothing about dogs. Dogs are governed by the council's Responsible Dog Walking Code of Conduct: "keep dogs that do not have reliable recall on a lead", "stick to designated paths", "if another dog is on a lead, put yours on a lead too as a courtesy", and short leads from March to August in ecologically sensitive areas. Guidance, not an order. Fouling is an offence at a £50 fixed penalty or a fine up to £1,000. Keep clear of the marked pitches when games are on.

House rules, decoded

Off-lead OK
REGION · SOUTH YORKSHIRE
GRID · 53.4737, -1.4814
SOURCE · HTTPS://WWW.SHEFFIELD.GOV.UK/PARKS-SPORT-RECREATION/OUTDOOR-SPACES/RESPONSIBLE-DOG-WALKING-CODE-CONDUCT
Also in Chapeltown
N 440 YD
Walk SOME LIMITS

Chapeltown Park

S35 2XA
1.1 MI · 35M · 95% OFF-ROAD

Chapeltown's district park, a long strip of open grass, mature trees and stream running down the valley behind the shops, with a surfaced perimeter path that makes a circuit of about a mile. It is a town park rather than countryside, with a play area, bowling green and sports pitches, and it is the everyday dog walk for most of Chapeltown and Burncross. The station is a few minutes away at the top end, which makes this an easy one to reach without a car. For anything longer, Wheata Woods and Greno Woods are a mile and a half to the south-west.

Off-lead OK
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