Get outdoors this summer!

GUIDED WALKS by TRAIN

guided walks by train departing from HUDDERSFIELD, BARNSLEY, MEADOWHALL, SHEFFIELD,
RETFORD, WORKSOP,
GAINSBOROUGH,
LINCOLN SAXILBY

Get outdoors in 2013!

You are invited to ‘take the train for a walk !’

Organised by the Penistone Line Partnership (PLP), these walks are promoted by the RAMBLERS’ ASSOCIATION to encourage use of the train service to visit some of South & West Yorkshire’s finest countryside. Walks also take place in North Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire.

Join us for an enjoyable day out – all are welcome ! Walks are free but fares apply.
Bring along a flask and sandwiches.
Suitable footwear and clothing are recommended.        

Walks are at an easy pace.
Take care, walk safe, beware of traffic: walks are carefully planned but you are responsible for your own safety. Free car parking at SAXILBY and MEADOWHALL.

GUIDED WALKS by TRAIN, departing from HUDDERSFIELD,   BARNSLEY,  SHEFFIELD, MEADOWHALL, RETFORD, WORKSOP, GAINSBOROUGH, LINCOLN, SAXILBY

LINCOLNSHIRE WOLDS
WALKING FESTIVAL

18th MAY - 2nd JUNE 2013
over 100 walks exploring the delightful Lincolnshire Wolds

free colour programe available
from 1st March
tel: Louth 01507- 609740
email: lwwf@lincsheritage.org
www.woldswalkingfestival.co.uk
www.lincswolds.org.uk


RAMBLERS
at the heart of walking

Join us!    tel: 020-7339 8500
Reg. Charity No.1093577
www.ramblers.org.uk


Health Note: Walking is good for you!
Regular walking can help improve your health and has been described as ‘most nearest to perfect exercise’
 - it’s sociable and great fun too !

Train services are operated by NORTHERN RAIL

NORTHERN customer helpline
0845 00 00 125

NATIONAL RAIL Enquiries
08457 48 49 50
www.nationalrail.co.uk

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www.transportdirect.info
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 TrainTracker™ text station name to 8 49 50 for live departure & arrival times to your mobile

West Yorkshire Metro
0113  - 245 7676
Travel South Yorkshire        
01709 - 51 51 51

Useful Websites for Walkers

South Yorks NE Derbys

West Yorks

East Yorks

Lincs

Notts

Sheffield

Doncaster

Chesterfield

Peak & Northern FP

Youth Hostels Assoc

Walkers are Welcome

 

PENISTONE LINE PARTNERSHIP
www.southpenninesrail.co.uk

1993 - 2013

celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the Penistone Line Partnership, a guided walk is being held every Saturday this summer.

Saturday  MAY  4th   2013
With A Spring In Our Step !

Rural Barnsley in all it’s glory, ambling through Wombwell Wood, Worsborough Mill and Stainborough Park.
(Bus opt out at Hood Green 7 miles)
Start: 9.10am at WOMBWELL   Finish:Silkstone Common
Distance:  10 miles. (bus opt out  7m)   Leader: David Cook
Depart: Huddersfield 08.10, Penistone 08.42, Barnsley 08.58, Lincoln 07.00, Saxilby 07.10, Gainsborough Lea Rd 07.22, Retford 07.40, Worksop 07.52 Sheffield 08.36, Meadowhall 08.42 to WOMBWELL

Saturday  MAY  18th 2013
The Bells! The Bells !

A walk with a 'woody' theme as we pass through places like Shireoaks, Turnerwood, Woodsetts, Lindrick Dale in our pursuit of "hyacinthoides non-scripta".

Start: 10.20am at SHIREOAKS  
Finish: KIVETON PARK
Distance: 9 miles.                     
Leader: John Harker
Depart: Huddersfield 08.10, Penistone 08.42, Leeds 08.37, Wakefield Kirkgate 08.55, Barnsley 08.58 / 09.14, Meadowhall 09.20 / 09.33,  Sheffield 09.44, Darnall 09.49, Lincoln 09.25, Saxilby 09.34, Gainsborough Lea Rd 09.48, Retford 10.02, Worksop 10.14 to SHIREOAKS.   

Saturday  JUNE  1st  2013
- A Bit Of Brigantia !

A moderate walk from Lockwood to Newsome, Castle Hill, Farnley Tyas, Stocksmoor and Shepley.
Start: 9.45am at LOCKWOOD   
Finish: SHEPLEY
Distance: 10 miles.
Leader: Pete Watson
Depart: Huddersfield 09.13,Lincoln 07.00, Saxilby 07.10, Gainsborough Lea Rd 07.22, Retford 07.40, Worksop 07.52 Sheffield 08.36, Meadowhall 08.42, Barnsley 09.01, Penistone 09.18 to LOCKWOOD     

Saturday  JUNE  1st   2013 
Viking Way By Train !

As part of the Lincolnshire Wolds Walking Festival, this long walk ventures from under the Humber Bridge at Barton and follows the Viking Way in North Lincolnshire via South Ferriby to Barnetby.

Start: 9.50am at BARTON-ON-HUMBER       Finish: BARNETBY
Distance: 15 miles. 
Leader: Stuart Parker
Depart: Lincoln 08.12, Market Rasen 08.30,
Barnetby 08.52, (change Habrough 09.00)
Cleethorpes 09.00, Grimsby 09.08, Habrough 09.24 to BARTON-ON HUMBER.   


Saturday  JUNE   8th 2013
Oh For The Wings !

A walk along the Trans Pennine Trail from the site of the onetime Wombwell Central station, turning west at Aldam Junction onto the Dove Valley Trail, up the Worsborough Incline, listening for the ghost of Gresley's Garratt or the whine of an EM1 !

Start: 10.10am at WOMBWELL 
Finish: Silkstone Common
Distance: 9 miles.
Leader: John Musselwhite
Depart: Huddersfield 09.13, Penistone 09.44, Barnsley 10.01, Lincoln 07.00, Saxilby 07.10, Gainsborough Lea Rd 07.22, Retford 07.40, Worksop 07.52,
Sheffield 09.36, Meadowhall 09.42  to WOMBWELL. 

Saturday  JUNE  15th  2013 
In The Footsteps Of The White Canons !

From the station and up to Dronfield church we walk into the Cordwell Valley along Rumbling Street and Millthorpe and up to Holmesfield. Then across to Beauchief Abbey finishing at Dore.

Start: 10.15am at DRONFIELD 
Finish: DORE & TOTLEY
Distance: 10 miles. 
Leader: David Blackburn
Depart: Huddersfield 08.10, Penistone 08.42, (change Barnsley), Leeds 09.05, Wakefield Kirkgate 09.23, Barnsley 09.40, Meadowhall 09.52, Sheffield 10.04  Lincoln 08.25, Saxilby  08.34, Gainsborough Lea Rd 08.48, Retford 09.02, Worksop 09.14  change Sheffield 10.04 to DRONFIELD.

Saturday  JUNE   22nd  2013
Close To The Edge !

A walk which will get very close to the Peak District National Park at an       ex-railway station on an ex- railway line whose closure still attracts controversy.

Start: 9.40am at DENBY DALE   

Finish: PENISTONE
Distance:  12 miles.                    
Leader: John Harker

Depart: Huddersfield 09.13,Lincoln 07.00, Saxilby 07.10, Gainsborough Lea Rd 07.22, Retford 07.40, Worksop 07.52,  Sheffield 08.36, Meadowhall 08.42, Barnsley 09.01, Penistone 09.18 to DENBY DALE. 

Saturday  JUNE   29th  2013
In A Fine Pickle !

A walk to the south of Lincoln via South Common and the Viking Way with great views of the city, on to Bracebridge Heath and Branston. Return to Lincoln on the Water Rail Way riverside path. Make it a long day and enjoy a look around the city. (Bus opt outs at Branston 7 miles or at 10 miles)

Start: 10.10am at LINCOLN    
Finish: LINCOLN
Distance:  12 miles (bus opt out 7m, 9m) Leader: David Cook
Depart: Huddersfield 07.10, Penistone 07.42, Barnsley 07.58, Meadowhall 08.21 Sheffield 08.44, Worksop 09.13, Retford 09.23, Gainsborough Lea Rd  09.37, Saxilby 09.51 to LINCOLN .

Tuesday  JULY   2nd  2013 
Bagden And Back !

A summer’s evening circular walk.
(joint with the Kirklees Countryside Volunteers)
Start: 6.50pm at DENBY DALE     
Finish: DENBY DALE
Distance:  4½ miles         
Leader: Tony Pogson
Depart: Huddersfield 18.24, Sheffield 17.36, Barnsley 18.03, Penistone 18.27  to DENBY DALE.

Further information from Stuart on tel: 01522 534655 OR text: 07908 450444

Saturday  JULY  6th  2013 – To The Windmill On The Hill !
Supporting the Saturdays-only direct train service from Sheffield to Cleethorpes via Brigg, this walk follows the River Ancholme to Hibaldstow and across field paths to finish at the Mount Pleasant windmill tearooms in ample time before catching the 16.02 train back to Sheffield from Kirton Lindsey.

Start: 9.20am at BRIGG  
Finish: KIRTON LINDSEY
Distance: 8 miles. 
Leader: Stuart Parker
Depart: Huddersfield 06.10, Penistone 06.42, Barnsley 06.58, Meadowhall 07.21, Sheffield 08.03, Worksop 08.32, Retford 08.42, Gainsborough Central 08.57, Kirton Lindsey 09.10 to BRIGG. (Return train Depart: Kirton Lindsey 16.02 to Sheffield)  

Saturday  JULY  13th  2013
The World Of Wentworth !

Rural villages, meadows, fieldpaths and woodland treks lead us to the ‘World of Wentworth’ for an extended stay for lunch break and a walk in the garden (approx. 2 hours). Then onward across a Palladian bridge to Menagerie House and a climb back to our destination.

Start: 9.10am at DODWORTH
Finish: DODWORTH
Distance: 8 miles.  
Leader: Geoff Ryder
Depart: Huddersfield 08.10, Penistone 08.42,
Lincoln 07.00, Saxilby 07.10, Gainsborough Lea Rd 07.22, Retford 07.40, Worksop 07.52, Sheffield 08.36, Meadowhall 08.42, Barnsley 09.01 to DODWORTH.       

Saturday  JULY  20th  2013 – Full Circle !
A summer walk circling Cawthorne and Cannon Hall.

Start: 9.15am SILKSTONE COMMON     Finish: Silkstone Common.
Distance: 10 miles
Leader: Joy Rawlings
Depart: Huddersfield 08.10, Penistone 08.42,
Lincoln 07.00, Saxilby 07.10, Gainsborough Lea Rd 07.22, Retford 07.40, Worksop 07.52, Sheffield 08.36, Meadowhall 08.42, Barnsley 09.01 to SILKSTONE COMMON 

Saturday  JULY  27th  2013
Two Kirks & Three Tons !

A walk with lows and highs, topographically if not scenically. We thread the needle between settlements on paths trodden by generations of mill workers and farm labourers.

Start: 9.50am at HUDDERSFIELD      
Finish: SHEPLEY
Distance:  10 miles. 
Leader: John Harker
Depart: Lincoln 07.00, Saxilby 07.10,
Gainsborough Lea Rd 07.22, Retford 07.40,
Worksop 07.52, Sheffield 08.36, Meadowhall 08.42, Barnsley 09.01, Penistone 09.18 to HUDDERSFIELD. 

Saturday  AUGUST 3rd  2013
Up & Down & Round Castle Hill !

Up hill, down dale, through woods, over streams – then around Castle Hill and so down to Berry Brow, where there may be time to pop into the Railway Hotel  before the train journey home. (joint walk with the Kirklees Countryside Volunteers)

Start: 9.35am at SHEPLEY     
Finish: BERRY BROW
Distance: 9 miles.
Leader: Liz Colquhoun
Depart: Huddersfield 09.13, Lincoln 07.00, Saxilby 07.10, Gainsborough Lea Rd 07.22, Retford 07.40, Worksop 07.52, Sheffield 08.36, Meadowhall 08.42, Barnsley 09.01, Penistone 09.18 to SHEPLEY. 

Saturday  AUGUST 10th  2013 – The Only Way Is Up !
Up to Hill Top, Dropping Well, through Grange Park, passing Thundercliffe Grange, Butterthwaite Farm and Ecclesfield Common.

Start: 9.45am at MEADOWHALL 
Finish: CHAPELTOWN
Distance: 10 miles. 
Leader: John Musselwhite
Depart: Huddersfield 08.13, Penistone 08.42, Barnsley 08.58, Lincoln 07.00, Saxilby  07.10, Gainsborough Lea Rd 07.22, Retford 07.40, Worksop 07.52,  Sheffield 09.36 to MEADOWHALL.

Saturday AUGUST 17th  2013
There’s No Tottie On This Walk !

A Brockholes circular taking in Round Wood, Town End, Shaley Top, Scholes Moor and Strines Moor. The ‘Kirklees Way’ meanders to Hepworth, Jackson Bridge, Hole Bottom and New Mill. A climb to Hill Top takes us onto the ‘Hills & Hamlets Walk’ and back to the train. 

Start: 9.40am at BROCKHOLES  
Finish: BROCKHOLES
Distance: 12 miles.
Leader: Geoff Ryder
Depart: Huddersfield 09.13, Lincoln 07.00, Saxilby 07.10, Gainsborough Lea Rd 07.22, Retford 07.40, Worksop 07.52 Sheffield 08.36, Meadowhall 08.42, Barnsley 09.01, Penistone 09.18 to BROCKHOLES.

Saturday  AUGUST 24th  2013 –
Not Quite Midsomer !

A pleasant walk through rolling countryside, woods and parkland.

Start: 9.35am at SHEPLEY 
Finish: DODWORTH
Distance: 11 miles. 
Leader: Judith Parkes
Depart: Huddersfield 09.13, Lincoln 07.00, Saxilby 07.10, Gainsborough Lea Rd 07.22, Retford 07.40, Worksop 07.52, Sheffield 08.36, Meadowhall 08.42, Barnsley 09.01, Penistone 09.18 to SHEPLEY.

Saturday  AUGUST 31st  2013
The Black Horse !

A good countryside walk.

Start: 10.10am at DODWORTH  
Finish: Silkstone Common
Distance: 8 miles. 
Leader: Pete Watson
Depart: Huddersfield 09.13, Penistone 09.44, Lincoln 07.00, Saxilby 07.10, Gainsborough Lea Rd 07.22, Retford 07.40, Worksop 07.52, Sheffield 09.36, Meadowhall 09.42, Barnsley 10.01 to DODWORTH.