Walks from Barnsley Interchange
MapBeautiful walks starting or ending at Barnsley Interchange Station.
Alternatively, view walks you can reach directly from Barnsley Interchange by train.
Barnsley Interchange to Dodworth
Derelict Barnsley Canal towpath, riverside paths, a stillwater fishery and field paths into Dodworth. Industrial heritage of coal and glassmaking.
Walk details: Penistone Line Trail / Penistone Line Partnership (PDF).
Wombwell to Barnsley Interchange
Trans Pennine Trail through ancient woods, farmland and disused railway viaducts, past Dearne Valley Park (good for kingfishers), Monk Bretton Priory ruins and the old Barnsley Canal aqueduct.
Monk Bretton Priory: The ruins of a monastery founded in 1154 as a Cluniac house, now in the care of English Heritage.
Dearne Valley Park: A green corridor extending two miles along the River Dearne and one of the best places to see kingfishers in the valley.
Walk details: Penistone Line Trail / Penistone Line Partnership (PDF).
Penistone to Barnsley Interchange
A walk that is an uninspiring pavement plod out of Barnsley along the main road, then footpaths and farm tracks west of Dodworth that can be quite muddy, with a steep climb giving good views and before crossing fields and woodland into Penistone. Passes a pack-horse bridge with an informative plaque, and a viewpoint over Penistone viaduct with a bench. Silkstone has two pubs just off the route.
Time: 3h30–6h30
1 lunch spot: the Bells
Warnings: Several busy, fast roads to cross, including the B6462 in Penistone, the A628 near Silkstone and the A629, plus a motorway slip road where cars accelerate fast. There are lots of high stiles. Can be muddy.
Walk details: Slow Ways.