Route outline for walk sy112:
Winscar Reservoir - Dunford Bridge - The Barnsley Boundary Walk - Little Moor - The Trans Pennine Trail - The Longdendale Trail - Windle Edge - Upper Windleden Reservoir - Fiddlers Green - South Nab - Lady Cross - Salter's Brook Moss - Gallows Moss - Carr Top - Woodhead Railway Tunnel Air Shaft - Upper Grip Hill - Lower Grip Hill - Winscar Reservoir - Dunford Bridge.
National Trails & Long Paths included on this walk:
Part of this walk follows a section of The Barnsley Boundary Walk, a 117km (73 miles) circular footpath starting and finishing in Ingbirchworth in West Yorkshire, England. The Barnsley Boundary Walk is waymarked by a yellow 'B' logo on a green square. For more walks that include a section of this trail see The Barnsley Boundary Walk.
Part of this walk also follows a section of The Longdendale Trail, an 11km (7 miles) linear footpath connecting Hadfield in Derbyshire, England with Salter's Brook on the border with West Yorkshire, England. The Longdendale Trail also forms part of the Trans Pennine Trail that runs coast to coast across the UK from Southport in Merseyside to Hornsea in The East Riding of Yorkshire.The Longdendale Trail follows part of the former Great Central Railway. This line from Manchester to Sheffield Railway was also known as 'The Woodhead Route'. It passed through the picturesque Longdendale valley which includes five reservoirs surrounded by high moorland. The reservoirs were completed in 1877 & were, at the time, the largest artificial expanse of water in the world. The line itself was closed in 1981 amid much controversy. The Longdendale Trail is waymarked by named discs. For more walks that include a section of this trail see The Longdendale Trail.
Part of this walk also follows a section of The Trans Pennine Trail, a 346km (215 miles) linear footpath connecting Southport in Merseyside, England with Hornsea in East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The Trans Pennine Trail is waymarked by named discs with the trail logo. For more walks that include a section of this trail see The Trans Pennine Trail.
You can find more walks near this one on these unique free-to-access Interactive Walk Planning Maps: (click/TAP to select)
1:25,000 scale OS Explorer Map (the ones with orange/yellow covers):
1:50,000 scale OS Landranger Map (the ones with pink/magenta covers):
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