Best walks from Chapeltown

Chapeltown Station to Sheffield Station

some beautiful scenery along the way; excellent views over the fields near Chapeltown. A pleasant, quiet route that does a good job joining up green spaces (parks, woodland, cemetery and fields) with only a few roads between, through varied Sheffield suburbs. It has steep sections, many steps and muddy field paths and with uneven steps in Hartley Brook Dyke. Joins up green spaces including Burngreave Cemetery and woodland; good public transport links at both ends so you can start at either. Shops at Ecclesfield in the final stretch.

Tough: steep ascents. 13km.

Steep sections, steep and uneven steps (notably in Hartley Brook Dyke), and muddy field paths; some road crossings without lights (Herries Road, the A6135) need care; kissing gates and narrow barriers throughout.

Lunch: Shops and a chip shop with outside seating along the main road at Ecclesfield.

Documented by Slow Ways — download GPX route

Chapeltown Station to Rotherham Central Station

A mostly flat, well-surfaced walk on towpath, old railway cycle track and pavement and following the Don and the canal through a green corridor between industrial sites. A few unsurfaced but compacted sections and some steps; one significant climb early on. Follows the Trans Pennine Trail along the canal. No services on route. Rotherham Central station building is notably impressive.

11km.

A major road crossing on Meadow Bank Road needs care; use the pelican crossing as the pavement runs out beyond the residential area. The route also negotiates subways and level crossings beneath the M1 at Tinsley.

Lunch: No services on the route.

Documented by Slow Ways — download GPX route

Chapeltown Station to Elsecar Station

A varied mix of woodland, country, golf course, suburban and urban walking, starting with road walking, then a cycle route through woodland, field crossings and a golf-course path and a final steep pavement climb. Some overgrown sections with nettles and brambles; muddy banks and field sections when wet; deep mud in a horse pasture after the M1.

6km.

Crossing the busy A616 bypass, which sees a lot of HGV traffic and has no central refuge, requires extra caution. The golf-course path is overgrown and can be hard to follow; deep mud in the horse pasture after the M1 underpass; a stretch through a haulier's yard at the A6135.

Documented by Slow Ways — download GPX route