Leader: John

Phone: 07720499772

Date: 22/06/2024

Difficulty: Leisurely

Start time: 10:45am

Start point: Bolton-on-Dearne station, S63 8NY

End point (if not circular): Circular

Distance (in miles): 9

Ascent (in meters): 70

Full description:

A walk in an area the group doesn't often visit, linking together the perimeter of a number of RSPB nature reserves in the Dearne valley.

We start from Bolton on Dearne station and head to the village of Harlington on the Trans Pennine Trail. We then head through the Adwick Wash nature reserve, through Barnburgh woodland and then alongside the lake at Manvers. Our walk then takes us around the perimeter of the Old Moor nature reserve (calling in at the cafe if possible), which offers a decent view out over the marshland and lake. We then head back to Bolton Station on the Trans Pennine Trail.

This is a fairly flat walk, mostly on good quality paths but please come prepared for patches of mud etc. in places dependent on the weather. We will go at a fairly gentle pace and take a break for lunch and then again at the Old Moor cafe. We won't actually enter the Old Moor nature reserve so no admission charges (but a good view of them all the same).

Public transport or car sharing options:

Train to Bolton on Dearne. The 10:15 from Sheffield arrives at 10:43 (the Leeds stopping service).

Car parking: either on street in Bolton on Dearne or use the station car park (you may need to buy a low value train ticket as is for rail users only).