The Trans Pennine Trail (TPT) is the first long distance multi-user trail in the UK. It stretches 215 miles (346km), from Southport on the west coast to Hornsea on the east, taking in the Peak District National Park and linking the cities of Liverpool, Manchester and Hull. It is part of the National Cycle Network (NCN) and is signed by the white number 62 in a red box.

It is a trail for those who want to walk and cycle and many miles are also available for horse riders. Easy gradients and surfaced paths along disused railways make much of the route suitable for wheelchair users. For more information about the Trans Pennine Trail visit the official website: www.transpenninetrail.org.uk

The Penistone Section of the Trail

The Trail in the Penistone District has sections of the path with their own local names such as Upper Don Trail, Dove Valley Trail and Timberland Trail but they are all part of the coast to coast route.

At Oxspring travellers have a choice of two routes, one leading directly east along the Dove Valley Trail to Silkstone Common, Stainbrough and Worsbrough, with links to Wakefield and Leeds. The other continues south through the Thurgoland Tunnel to Finkle Street, where there is a choice of two routes.

One goes via the Timberland Trail to Wortley, Tankersley and Elsecar before joining the Dove Valley Trail again, and the other travels south through Wharncliffe Woods to Sheffield

The following list is of some of the places and things to see along the Trail in the Penistone District, working from west to east. Ordnance Survey Grid References are given for each of the Trail entrance/exit points

Upper Don Trail

Dunford Bridge Car Park: SE 158024; Link to NCN 68 (Holmfirth); Pub; Rocky's Western Adventure Riding Trail

Cote Bank Bridge: SE187027; (via track) Langsett - Youth Hostel; Pub; Cafe

Hazlehead Bridge: SE195029; Flouch Thai Restaurant SE198015 (via road); Hazlehead Hall Farm Shop

Bullhouse Bridge: SE214024; Bullhouse Chapel 1692 (Sun. Service only)

Millhouse, Shore Hall Lane: SE224027; Royd Moor - Viewpoint (SE215042); Windmills (1.3mls/2km uphill)

Thurlstone, Leapings Lane: SE230033; Pubs- Food and Drink; Heritage Walk

Penistone Recreation Ground: SE242034; Pubs and Cafes; Shops; Market; Paramount Cinema; Station; Heritage Trail

Penistone Church: SE246035;

Penistone Railway Station: SE249034;

Oxspring: SE268020; Willow Bridge (Packhorse Bridge); Pub

Thurgoland, Cote Lane: SE292003; Wortley Top Forge (Sunday); Pubs

Cote Green Car Park: SK298993; Pennine Equine; Wortley Top Forge

Dove Valley Trail

Oxspring, Coates Lane: SE276027; Wentworth Castle (via Bird Lane 3.5 miles)

Silkstone Common, Nabs Lane: SE289041; Pubs; Silkstone Church 2 mls; Cawthorne 4.5mls; Cannon Hall 5.5 mls.

Silkstone Common, Moor End: SE295040; Huskar Memorial, Nab's Wood

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.

More details can be found in the leaflet and and map which is available from tourist information points in the area, Cubley Hall and Penistone Library.

Click here to see the map.

You can also download a low resolution PDF of the leaflet and map for printing by clicking here (right-click the link to save to your computer).

NB - due to the orientation of the content it's not suitable for viewing on your computer - unless you don't mind rotating your head 90°! A better quality version will be made available here soon.

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.

A map is available from the tourist information points.

Thurgoland Boundary Walk is a 9 mile walk mainly on footpaths through lovely well-wooded 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.

We hope to have a map of this walk available soon.

The Silkstone Waggonway is a recreational and Industrial History Trail, from Moorend in the Dove valley up the hill to Silkstone Common, down to Silkstone Village and along the Silkstone Valley for 2.5 miles to the site of the canal basin at Barnby Bridge, Cawthorne. The trail follows the route of a horse drawn railway (waggonway), built in 1809 from Cawthorne to Silkstone, which transported coal mined in the area to the canal. Read more about the Silkstone Waggonway including its history, and the walk itself (new page).