Wortley Hall Grounds Trail – Blackburn Valley Cycle Route loop from Hollow Meadows

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Wortley Hall Grounds Trail – Blackburn Valley Cycle Route loop from Hollow Meadows

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Wortley Hall Grounds Trail – Blackburn Valley Cycle Route loop from Hollow Meadows

03:42

61.2km

830m

Gravel riding

Hard gravel ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 13, 2026

Tips

Cycling is not permitted along parts of this route

After 42.9 km for 101 m

After 51.2 km for 196 m

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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12.5 km

Plank Gate, Trans Pennine Trail

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

A little bit of wilderness close to the city!

This section of the Trans Pennine Trail is a wide, groomed, gravel path through the woodland linking Wortley to Oughtibridge. It's undulating but there aren't any very steep climbs.

It's less than 6 miles (10 km) out of Sheffield city centre but it feels like you could be in the middle of nowhere, even though the busy A6102 runs just to the west of it.

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21.0 km

Wortley Hall Grounds Trail

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

This lovely, wide gravel track through the old grounds of Wortley Hall is part of the Trans Pennine Trail and Timberland Trail. It's one of the best bits of gravel in Barnsley.

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31.2 km

Chapeltown Cycle Path

Highlight • Cycleway

Good stretch of surfaced cycle path that runs alongside Chapeltown Park. It links up to the Transpennine Trail and on to Meadowhall and the Five Weirs path into Sheffield

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36.5 km

Blackburn Valley Cycle Route

Highlight • Cycleway

Great path at the side of the motorway. (sounds bad but actually really nice)

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42.9 km

Salmon Pastures Nature Reserve

Nature Reserve

44.8 km

Grey to Green Cycle Path

Highlight • Trail

Sheffield's newest stretch of traffic-free, segregated cycle lane along the side of the Don is much nicer than the old road system that used to be there.

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49.8 km

Endcliffe Wood

Forest

51.3 km

Shepherd Wheel Dam

Lake

52.3 km

Porter Brook Trail in Whiteley Woods

Highlight • Forest

North Bank of the Porter Brook, wide but reasonably natural, fun & pretty cycleway alongside the water. Gradual downhill all the way to Endcliffe Park & Hunter's Bar. Makes a great link with The Porter Brook Trail all the way up to Ringinglow & Lady Cannings

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52.8 km

Carr Bridge singletrack

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

This track leads you from Forge Dam into the spectacular countryside on the outskirts of Sheffield, heading towards the Peak District. You can link to lots of other gravel trails nearby. It’s a great way of linking Endcliffe Park to the Peaks amid pretty countryside.

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