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In the Penistone District there are three complete boundary walks that have been
published, and one longer route around the whole of Barnsley Borough, over half of which is in the Penistone area.
The three walks are:
and details can be found below.
Penistone Boundary Walk
Penistone Boundary Walk is a 25km (16 mile) waymarked walk that covers a wonderful variety of undulating landscape of hills, valleys and trees.
It starts and finishes at Cubley Hall, 1 mile south of Penistone. Highlights of the walk include the view from Hartcliffe Hill, the 1692 Bullhouse non-conformist chapel, Royd Moor viewpoint, Gunthwaite Spa and Boulder Bridge, 18th Century packhorse bridge at Spring Vale, Penistone.
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Oxspring Boundary Walk
The Oxspring Boundary Walk has been divided into two walks each 5.5 miles long.
They both start and finish at a pub, the Waggon and Horses, Oxspring and The Britannia at Spring Vale.
Much of the walk follows the eastern side of the Penistone walk and the western side of the Thurgoland walk.
Thurgoland Boundary Walk
Thurgoland Boundary Walk is a 9 mile walk mainly on footpaths through lovely wellwooded countryside.
It passes 4 pubs along the way, also the site of the Huskar Pit disaster in Nab's Wood, the 17th Century water powered ironworks at Wortley Top Forge and the Romtickle railway viaduct which now carries the Trans Pennine Trail.