Walk · South Yorkshire

Thrybergh Country Park

Thrybergh · S65 4NU
N 176 YD
1.5MILES
50mON FOOT
30mCLIMB
CircularSHAPE
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
Thrybergh Country Park car park, Doncaster Road (A630), Thrybergh, Rotherham S65 4NU S65 4NU
Parking
Council car park off Doncaster Road by the visitor centre; Rotherham charges for parking at its country parks, so read the signs on arrival. It fills on fine weekend mornings and when the campsite is
Directions to the start →

A reservoir and nature reserve on Doncaster Road between Thrybergh and Hooton Roberts, opened as a country park in 1983 on what had been a Victorian water supply reservoir. A made path runs the whole way round the water, with rangers on site, a fly fishing beat worked under Rotherham Council permits, a play area and a cafe open daily from 09:30 to 16:00 for takeaway food and drink. There is also a caravan and camping site, booked through the council. The circuit is flat apart from the short rise at the dam and is one of the more sheltered walks in east Rotherham on a windy day.

THE SMALL PRINTRotherham Council publishes no site-specific dog rule for Thrybergh Country Park and there is no borough-wide dogs-on-leads order. The order that applies is the borough-wide Dog Fouling PSPO 2020, in operation from 29 January 2025 for three years: failing to remove dog faeces from land covered by the order is an offence, with a fixed penalty up to £100 or a fine up to £1,000 on conviction, and an exemption for registered blind people and users of accredited assistance dogs. The lead requirement in the Town Centre and Clifton Park PSPO 2025 does not extend out here. Anglers use pegs all round the water, so a lead near the fishing stands is only manners.

House rules, decoded

Off-lead allowed
REGION · SOUTH YORKSHIRE
GRID · 53.4468, -1.2795
SOURCE · HTTPS://WWW.ROTHERHAM.GOV.UK/COMMUNITY-SAFETY-CRIME/PUBLIC-SPACES-PROTECTION-ORDER-BOROUGH-WIDE-DOG-FOULING
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A micropub in a converted barn in the Deer Park Farm complex on the A630 Doncaster Road at Thrybergh, on the road between Rotherham and Conisbrough, with three handpumps leaning on Chantry and other local micros. Seating runs over two floors, it is warmed by a log burner and there is some outside seating and a big car park, which makes it a genuinely easy stop with a wet dog after Thrybergh Country Park. Deli food and cakes come across from the tea room on the same site. CAMRA's WhatPub entry lists the tap as dog friendly with no area excluded; that is the published record rather than the bar's own words.

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Lakeside Cafe

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