Location

The route begins and ends at Piccadilly Road, Swinton, South Yorkshire. Use the map controls to zoom in or open a larger map. Time to complete walk: around 2 hours.

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Route Guide

Click the 'Play' button for a slideshow, or use the arrow buttons to step through the photos manually.

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Places Of Interest

A few links to locations encountered on the walk:

Creighton Woods
Swinton Heritage Society — Swinton history, including Creighton Woods

Hoober Stand
Hoober Stand — Wikipedia
Fitzwilliam Wentworth Estate — Hoober Stand Information Sheet (pdf) 
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Pottery Ponds
​Historic England listing for Rockingham Pottery
Swinton Heritage Society — A History of Pottery Making in Swinton
Rockingham Pottery — Wikipedia

Wath Wood
Wath Wood Information Leaflet (pdf)

Roman Ridge
Roman Ridge — Wikipedia

Warren Vale Colliery & Collier Brook
Warren Vale Colliery — Wikipedia
​Warren Vale Colliery (a.k.a. Rawmarsh Colliery) — 1850 map showing tramway alongside Collier Brook
​Swinton Heritage Society — Swinton Industry & Business (inc. Warren Vale Colliery)

Sandhill Nature Trail
Sandhill Park & Nature Trail Facebook Page

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Comments

Off The Beaten Track

Completely unrelated to this, or any other walk, if anyone is interested in vintage, old-time radio science fiction shows, you may like to visit A Woodland Walk's sister site, scifimike.com

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Thank you for visiting. Hope you enjoyed your virtual ramble.

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