Walk · South Yorkshire

Underbank Reservoir

Stocksbridge · S36 4GW

2.5MILES

1h 20mON FOOT

80mCLIMB

CircularSHAPE

Off-road 90% 10% shares tarmac with cars

Field & moor path 55%Lane & track 35%Road with traffic 10%

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 eastern end of Underbank Reservoir, off the A616 Manchester Road below Midhopestones S36 4GW

Parking

Yorkshire Water publishes no car park for Underbank. Parking is roadside on the lanes off the A616 between Stocksbridge and Midhopestones and there is very little of it, so on a fine weekend use the f

Directions to the start →

The Yorkshire Water reservoir immediately west of Stocksbridge, below Midhopestones and the A616, with a perimeter walk of about two and a half miles on a mixture of track and field path. Yorkshire Water planted a nine-hectare woodland of more than eighteen thousand trees on the northern bank, so the tree cover here is young and thickening year on year. The sailing club uses the water and the far end runs into farmland. Unlike Langsett, Scout Dike and Winscar, Yorkshire Water publishes no visitor page for Underbank, so there is no car park, no toilet and no marked trail: treat it as a local walk rather than a day out.

THE SMALL PRINTUnderbank is Yorkshire Water land and Yorkshire Water's published rule for its sites applies: "Keep your dog on a lead, or keep it in sight at all times, be aware of what it's doing and be confident it will return to you promptly on command", do not let it "stray off the path or area where you have a right of access", and "Dogs to be kept on a short lead between 1 March and 31 July, to help protect ground nesting birds, and all year round near farm animals". Yorkshire Water also states that dogs must not swim in or drink from its reservoirs because blue-green algae is poisonous and can kill them. Sheffield City Council has no dog control PSPO; fouling is the offence, at a £50 fixed penalty or a fine up to £1,000.

House rules, decoded

Livestock — leads on

REGION · SOUTH YORKSHIRE

GRID · 53.4880, -1.6210

SOURCE · HTTPS://WWW.YORKSHIREWATER.COM/THINGS-TO-DO/VISITOR-SAFETY/

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