Rotherham Round Walk
Rotherham Round Walk – The Route
Rotherham Round Walk - The Competition
The Rotherham Round Walk is a 25 mile walk through some of the best and some of the worst of the countryside surrounding Rotherham. It is an event organised by Rotherham Rotary Club to raise money for charity. It will be back in the Rotherham Walking Festival with a shorter 12 mile Family Ramble or a 5k Fun Walk over part of the course as alternative options for those who cannot manage 25 miles.
The walk starts in All Saints Square at 9am and finishes back there again any time from 5 hours later to 5 days (when even the search parties have given up and gone to the pub). The shorter walks cover part of the full course.
Entry forms will be sent out to previous year’s entrants early the next year. Forms can be obtained from Rotherham Visitor Centre, or can be downloaded from www.rotherhamrotary.org.uk. I haven't checked but I expect that this is one of the dreaded PDF files.
Rotherham Round Walk Competition Results 2010
The 29th sponsored was held on Sunday, 16 May 2010. There was a 25 mile Challenge Walk or the easier 12 mile Round Walk Ramble.
- Men's Event
- Winner 1st Lee Carratt 4hrs 25mins
- 2nd Liam Clark 5hrs 10mins
- 3rd Matthew Parker 5hrs 10mins
- Women's Event
- Winner of the Sheldon Rowley Memorial Salver 1st Megan Collins 5hrs 10mins
- 2nd Jacki Sheriff 5hrs 34mins
- 3rd Janet Clark 5hrs 38mins
Rotherham Round Walk - The Walk
The Rotherham Round Walk is also a recognised Long Distance Footpath, marked on the latest OS Explorer maps. It starts and finishes near All Saints' Parish Church in the town centre, and may be walked any time in full or in part. The complete 25-mile route is a complete clockwise circuit from the northwest of the town round to the southwest. The majority of the walk is on public footpaths over varied terrain. It is mostly fairly easy easy walking including one or two short steepish climbs.