Walking Britain Silkstone Circular & Cannon Hall Country Park
Introduction to Walk 2825
County/Area - South Yorkshire
Author - Andy Chaplin
Length - 10.4 miles / 16.9 km
Ascent - 850 feet / 258 metres
Time - 6 hours 0 minutes
Grade - moderate
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. A GPS File is available for download (see walk description).
Maps | |||
| Ordnance Survey Explorer OL1 | Sheet Map | 1:25k | BUY |
| Anquet OS Explorer OL1 | Digital Map | 1:25k | BUY |
| Ordnance Survey Landranger 110 | Sheet Map | 1:50k | BUY |
| Anquet OS Landranger 110 | Digital Map | 1:50k | BUY |
It is recommended you take a map. The preferred scale is 1:25k. | |||
Other walks nearby
2.4 miles / 3.8 km away
Stainborough Castle, Wentworth Castle & Worsbrough
Grade - easy/mod
Length - 8.9 miles / 14.5 km
2.5 miles / 4.1 km away
Thurgoland Boundary Walk from Oxspring
Grade - easy/mod
Length - 8.6 miles / 14 km
3.0 miles / 4.7 km away
Penistone to Shepley linear
Grade - easy/mod
Length - 8.0 miles / 13 km
3.5 miles / 5.6 km away
Penistone Circular from Scout Dike Reservoir
Grade - moderate
Length - 8.3 miles / 13.5 km
4.3 miles / 6.8 km away
Wortley round including Wharncliffe Crags
Grade - easy/mod
Length - 8.1 miles / 13.2 km
5.9 miles / 9.5 km away
Newmillerdam Country Park from Notton
Grade - easy
Length - 5.7 miles / 9.3 km
6.0 miles / 9.6 km away
From Langsett to Crowden via Woodhead
Grade - moderate
Length - 11.0 miles / 17.9 km
6.3 miles / 10.2 km away
Hordron Road and the Little Don without a car
Grade - easy/mod
Length - 5.0 miles / 8.1 km
Note : The distances quoted to other walks in the vicinity are measured in a straight line. The distance by road may be further.
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