Doorstep Walks
Rotherham Council plans that everyone in the Borough will have access to
a short, local walk, hence the name 'Doorstep'. It it hoped that children (and parents)
will be encouraged to get out and about and enjoy healthy exercise. Follow the Doorstep
Waymarks.
These walking time are supposed to be based on an adult walking fairly slowly and taking
several rests. Must be very slow indeed I can do the ones that I've tried in much less
time.
Doorstep Walk 1 - Laughton-en-le-Morthen
A 2 hour walk taking in All Saints Church, the remains of the motte and bailey castle,
fields and woodlands around the pretty village of Laughton. Visit Laughton onsite at
Rotherham Villages > >
Laughton-en-le-Morthen.
Doorstep Walk 2 - Laughton and Roche Abbey
A 2 hour walk around the village of Laughton taking in the remains of Roche Abbey. The
rest of this route is very similar to that taken on Route 1.
Visit Roche Abbey onsite at Tourism in Rotherham >> Out & About in the Borough
of Rotherham > >
Roche
Abbey.
Doorstep Walk 3 - Letwell the St Leger Walk
A 1½ hour walk around the village of Letwell. This is a nice flat walk which takes
you right out of the Borough of Rotherham and back again.
Doorstep Walk 4 - The Waleswood Walk around Rother Valley
A 1½ hour walk hour from the Visitors' Centre at Rother Valley Country Park
around the lakes. There is also a leg that takes you into the centre of Aston.
Visit Rother Valley Country Park onsite at Recreation in Rotherham >> Parks
>> Country Parks >>
Rother Valley Country
Park.
Doorstep Walk 5
Not yet available
Doorstep Walk 6 - The Village Walk at Ulley Country Park
This walk uses permissive paths to explore the hills around Ulley Country Park and the
Village of Ulley.
Doorstep Walk 7 - The Farmland Trail at Ulley Village
This walk takes about 2 hours and uses more permissive paths to explore the area around
Ulley.
Doorstep Walk 8 - The Scholes Walk via Keppel's Column
This walk takes about 1½ hours and starts and ends in Scholes Village. For some
reason this walk misses entirely the Iron Age fort called misleadingly 'Caesar's
Camp' shown on Ordnance Survey maps of the area as 'Settlement' but you can a
bit of a detour to add it in if you want.
Doorstep Walk 9 - The Wentworth Countryside Walk
This walk is 4 mile long and takes about 2 hours. It starts and finishes in Wentworth
Village and passes through the hamlet of Street, past the Needle's Eye, Elsecar
Heritage Centre and King's Wood. NB it can be very muddy in King's Wood.
Doorstep Walk 10 - Linear Link Paths from Moorgate and Whiston to the Trans-Pennine Trail
at Canklow Bridge
There is a one way 1½ mile walk from the Belvedere on Moorgate through Boston Park
and Canklow Wood. There is another route from the Chequers in Whiston - a one way
1½ mile walk through Whiston Meadows and Canklow Wood. Both end up at Canklow
Bridge. To form a longer walk The Trans-Pennine Trail goes either north along the River
Rother or south through housing estates but you'll need the Ordnance Survey map as
these are not covered by the leaflets. Of course you can join the two walks up but if you
came by car there is a hike along Moorgate Road to get back to where you started.
Doorstep Walk 11 - The Hail Mary Wood Walk at Treeton
This is a walk from Treeton through Hail Mary Wood.
Looks like I've missed number 12.
Doorstep Walk 13 - The Town Walk around Wath upon Dearne
A 2 mile walk around Wath.
Doorstep Walk 14 - The Three Doomsday Villages Walk
A 5 mile walk around Kiveton, Todwick and South Anston.
Doorstep Walk 15 - The Whiston Countryside Walk
A 2½ mile walk around the Village of Whiston.
Leaflets are available from Rotherham Visitor Centre or Rights of Way Tel. 01709 822268.
For details about Rotherham Visitor Centre please visit Tourism in Rotherham >> Tourist
Information & Advice >> Rotherham Visitor Centre. There is
also a CD called Doorstep Walk and Rides - Disc1 is now available - the only problem that I had
with it was that my system would not read the pdf files direct. I had to go into the Adobe
Acrobat file which then read them fine.
Doorstep Walks Wardens are being sought to keep an eye on the routes by walking them
occasionally and reporting any problems. Tel. Richard on 01709 822168 if you are
interested.
For information about Doorstep Rides visit onsite at Recreation in Rotherham >> Sport
>> Cycling or Horse Riding >> Doorstep Rides.
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