Best walks to or from Wombwell

Wombwell Station to Barnsley Interchange Station

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.

9km.

Highlights: Monk Bretton Priory (The ruins of a monastery founded in 1154 as a Cluniac house, now in the care of English Heritage) and 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).

Documented by Penistone Line Trail / Penistone Line Partnership (PDF).

Elsecar Station to Wombwell Station

Canal basin, greenway along old railway lines and ancient Wombwell Woods, from the historic model village of Elsecar with its Newcomen Beam Engine.

4km.

Highlights: Elsecar Heritage Centre (A visitor attraction in former Victorian workshops housing the Newcomen Beam Engine, a steam railway and canal basin).

Documented by Penistone Line Trail / Penistone Line Partnership (PDF).