The Heights

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 16.40 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 5h 45 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 365 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 363 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 300 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 130 m
  • ⚐
    District: Wortley 
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 53.490388° / W 1.53724°
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Description

Start the plot by indicating the starting point. If you know the exact car parking situation, please explain how to park.
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(S) From here, describe the instructions to follow from the starting point.

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The plot has to end by the location where the walk finishes. If it is a loop please write (S/E) at the end of the description. If it is a one way route write (E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 221 m - Start on Park Avenue
  2. 2 : km 0.04 - alt. 223 m - Turn right onto Halifax Road
  3. 3 : km 0.09 - alt. 220 m - Turn left
  4. 4 : km 0.11 - alt. 221 m - Keep right
  5. 5 : km 0.92 - alt. 161 m - Turn right onto Finkle Street Lane
  6. 6 : km 0.95 - alt. 161 m - Turn left onto Plank Gate
  7. 7 : km 1.04 - alt. 163 m - Keep left onto Plank Gate
  8. 8 : km 1.41 - alt. 167 m - Keep left onto Plank Gate
  9. 9 : km 1.47 - alt. 167 m - Keep left onto Plank Gate
  10. 10 : km 1.64 - alt. 184 m - Turn left
  11. 11 : km 2.14 - alt. 232 m - Turn left
  12. 12 : km 2.58 - alt. 267 m - Turn slight left onto Chemistry Lane
  13. 13 : km 2.59 - alt. 265 m - Turn sharp right
  14. 14 : km 3.49 - alt. 278 m - Turn slight left
  15. 15 : km 3.55 - alt. 280 m - Turn right
  16. 16 : km 3.59 - alt. 279 m - Keep right onto Lady Wharncliffe's Road
  17. 17 : km 5 - alt. 281 m - Turn slight left onto Lady Wharncliffe's Road
  18. 18 : km 5.26 - alt. 294 m - Keep right onto Lady Wharncliffe's Road
  19. 19 : km 5.42 - alt. 292 m - Turn slight right
  20. 20 : km 5.96 - alt. 271 m - Keep left
  21. 21 : km 6.6 - alt. 266 m - Keep right
  22. 22 : km 7.04 - alt. 241 m - Turn left onto Mouse Park Gate
  23. 23 : km 7.21 - alt. 240 m - Turn left
  24. 24 : km 7.33 - alt. 245 m - Turn right
  25. 25 : km 7.67 - alt. 260 m - Turn sharp left
  26. 26 : km 7.75 - alt. 267 m - Turn slight right
  27. 27 : km 7.88 - alt. 279 m - Turn right
  28. 28 : km 7.9 - alt. 279 m - Keep left
  29. 29 : km 7.99 - alt. 286 m - Turn right
  30. 30 : km 8.07 - alt. 289 m - Turn sharp left
  31. 31 : km 8.19 - alt. 296 m - Turn slight left onto Woodhead Road
  32. 32 : km 8.48 - alt. 296 m - Turn right
  33. 33 : km 8.54 - alt. 299 m - Turn slight left
  34. 34 : km 8.68 - alt. 279 m - Turn left
  35. 35 : km 8.93 - alt. 262 m - Turn left
  36. 36 : km 8.97 - alt. 265 m - Turn right
  37. 37 : km 9.81 - alt. 183 m - Turn right
  38. 38 : km 9.9 - alt. 179 m - Turn right onto Penistone Road
  39. 39 : km 9.92 - alt. 180 m - Turn left
  40. 40 : km 10.16 - alt. 170 m - Keep right
  41. 41 : km 10.29 - alt. 160 m - Turn left
  42. 42 : km 10.87 - alt. 130 m - Turn left
  43. 43 : km 10.9 - alt. 133 m - Turn right
  44. 44 : km 11.39 - alt. 150 m - Keep right
  45. 45 : km 11.42 - alt. 151 m - Turn right
  46. 46 : km 11.45 - alt. 155 m - Turn left
  47. 47 : km 11.6 - alt. 160 m - Keep left
  48. 48 : km 11.8 - alt. 175 m - Turn left onto Penistone Road
  49. 49 : km 11.82 - alt. 175 m - Turn sharp right
  50. 50 : km 13.34 - alt. 239 m - Turn left onto Smithy Fold Lane
  51. 51 : km 13.46 - alt. 246 m - Turn sharp right
  52. 52 : km 13.74 - alt. 254 m - Turn right
  53. 53 : km 13.9 - alt. 261 m - Turn left onto Bank Lane
  54. 54 : km 14.02 - alt. 259 m - Keep left
  55. 55 : km 14.93 - alt. 218 m - Turn left onto Rough Lane
  56. 56 : km 14.93 - alt. 217 m - Turn right
  57. 57 : km 15.49 - alt. 188 m - Turn right
  58. 58 : km 15.52 - alt. 187 m - Turn right
  59. 59 : km 15.83 - alt. 204 m - Turn right onto Finkle Street Lane
  60. 60 : km 15.85 - alt. 205 m - Turn left
  61. 61 : km 16.01 - alt. 212 m - Turn left
  62. 62 : km 16.08 - alt. 207 m - Turn right
  63. 63 : km 16.28 - alt. 224 m - Turn left onto Penistone Road
  64. 64 : km 16.38 - alt. 223 m - Turn right onto Park Avenue
  65. S/E : km 16.4 - alt. 222 m

Useful Information

Always stay careful and alert while following a route. Visorando and the author of this walk cannot be held responsible in the event of an accident during this route.

Other walks in the area

Walking Wortley including Wharncliffe Crags

Walker
↔13.10 km ↗+217 m ↘-217 m ◔4h 20 ▲Moderate
⚑Departure from Wortley (South Yorkshire)

This walk follows a section of the Barnsley Boundary Walk and explores the countryside to the west of this town. The route also includes Wharncliffe Crags which offer some fine views.

Walking Thurgoland Boundary from Oxspring

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↔13.73 km ↗+237 m ↘-241 m ◔4h 35 ▲Moderate
⚑Departure from Oxspring (South Yorkshire)

The Thurgoland Boundary Walk is just under nine miles long and takes in part of the upper Don valley as well as some of the tributaries of the river Dove. The route includes a short section on the old Dove Valley railway above the Silkstone tunnels and the route crosses the old Woodhead rail route twice.

Walking Silkstone including Cannon Hall Country Park

Walker
↔16.77 km ↗+198 m ↘-192 m ◔5h 20 ▲Moderate
⚑Departure from Silkstone (South Yorkshire)

This Barnsley walk starts in Silkstone and includes an old waggonway, the Cannon Hall country park and sections of the Barnsley Boundary Walk and the Penistone Boundary Walk.

Walking Worrall, Sheffield to Combes Farm round

Walker
↔4.32 km ↗+116 m ↘-108 m ◔1h 35 ▲Moderate
⚑Departure from Bradfield (South Yorkshire)

A short walk in a rural area close to Sheffield along footpaths. Reasonably signposted but care is needed to keep on track. Apt to be muddy. Sheep, horses and sometimes cattle are likely to be encountered.

Walking Broomhead Moor & Ewden Beck

Walker
↔9.62 km ↗+257 m ↘-259 m ◔3h 30 ▲Moderate
⚑Departure from Bradfield (South Yorkshire)

This Peak District walk is another route close to the western outskirts of Sheffield. The walk explores one of the valleys that run eastwards towards the Don - in this case the Ewden Beck. The start is close to Broomhead Hall.

Walking Wentworth Woodhouse and its follies

Walker
↔11.76 km ↗+167 m ↘-165 m ◔3h 50 ▲Moderate
⚑Departure from Barnsley (South Yorkshire)

Barnsley and Rotherham may not be amongst the first places to spring to mind when planning a walk. However the area has many attractive rural locations including one of the country's finest houses, Wentworth Woodhouse, which is passed on this walk. The house featured in the TV series "The Country House Revealed" which visited stately homes not open to the public.

Walking Back Tor, Bradfield Moors and Reservoirs

Walker
↔17.75 km ↗+413 m ↘-421 m ◔6h 15 ▲Difficult
⚑Departure from Bradfield (South Yorkshire)

This Peak District walk explores the moorland and resevoirs that lie between Ladybower and Bradfield. Walking is generally good but do expect some short boggy sections after heavy rain.

Walking Broomhead & Howden Moors

Walker
↔19.91 km ↗+412 m ↘-413 m ◔6h 50 ▲Difficult
⚑Departure from Bradfield (South Yorkshire)

This Peak District walk explores the moors to the east of the Derwent Valley Reservoirs. Including some quiet paths and tracks, the route also visits the popular summit of Back Tor and the monument to the Lost Lad. This valley is particularly impressive and feels quite remote - considering how close it is to the thousands of people that are circuiting around Ladybower.

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