A circular walk around Cawthorne

A steady uphill walk across farmland and through woodland providing views in High Hoyland back down towards Cannon Hall and Cawthorne. An easy downhill return across farmland.

Technical sheet

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A Cawthorne walk posted on 20/11/18 by wendy kirkland. Last update : 28/12/22
  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 5.47 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 1h 55 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Moderate

  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 123 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 131 m

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    Highest point: 199 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 80 m
  • ⚐
    District: Cawthorne 
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    Start/End: N 53.568837° / W 1.57147°

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Description

Start : Junction between Church street and Darton Road at the Post Office. (S75 4HL)

(S/E) Park down a side street near the village shops in Cawthorne. From the post office, head down Darton Road and turn left (North) down a signed track just after the Beatson House restaurant. Don't follow the path right but walk quite steeply down a track (for around 350m) keeping the allotments on your right.

(1) Follow the path down (North-North-West) as it opens out and carry on straight ahead over a small footbridge. Carry on straight ahead up across the fields and head for the woods. Walk through a small section of woodland before emerging into pastures again.

Carry on up with the main woodland on your right before entering the wood again in front of you. Follow the path up through the wood (ignoring paths from left and right) to emerge into the open. The path turns into a track with houses on your left and the main road through High Hoyland in front of you.

(2) At the top turn left (South-West) onto the main road. Just past the village pub, The Cherry Tree, take the left fork heading down towards Cawthorne and Cannon Hall. Take in the views. Head down the road and after you pass the first house on the left you will see the sign post further ahead on the left.

(3) A tricky stile leads you down across a field (South-East). Head for the gate slightly to your left but practically straight ahead.

(4) As your enter the wood take the right path and follow it slightly to the right. Emerge into a field again and continue straight (South-East) across the next two fields downhill over the stiles. In the third field go straight across for about two thirds of the field and then head towards the pylon next to the left hand hedge. The stile is hiding on the right behind the pylon. This is an awkward bridge type of stile. Head diagonally across the next field almost to the bottom left corner where you will see a gateway over the stream.

(5) Go over the stream and up the field (South) with the boundary close on your right and through the gate/stile in front. Again continue this time with the boundary on your left. A gate/ stile appears in the left hand corner.

(6) Continue on a green track out of the field and over a bridge. As the path forks take the right branch then continue on the track steeply up through the hedges back into Cawthorne village. Trace your steps back to your car. (E)

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 103 m - Park near village shops in Cawthorne
  2. 1 : km 0.48 - alt. 80 m - Small footbridge
  3. 2 : km 2.39 - alt. 187 m - Main road
  4. 3 : km 3.01 - alt. 186 m - Sign post - Stile
  5. 4 : km 3.29 - alt. 153 m - Woods
  6. 5 : km 4.3 - alt. 93 m - Gateway over stream
  7. 6 : km 5.1 - alt. 84 m - Gate/ stile - Bridge
  8. S/E : km 5.47 - alt. 103 m - Return to parking near village shops

Useful Information

Start : Junction between Church street and Darton Road at the Post Office. (S75 4HL)

Parking :__ There is lots of off-road parking in the village of Cawthorne.

Terrain: Note the woodland paths are quite wet and sludgy in winter, and there are quite a number of wooden stiles. A lot of the fields had sheep and cattle grazing so our dogs were on leads.

Facilities : After the walk if you don't fancy a pint at the Spencer Arms pub in Cawthorne then if you head to Cannon Hall by turning right out of Cawthorne you can access several cafes, a garden centre and can exercise your dogs further in the beautiful gardens and parkland.

Always stay careful and alert while following a route. Visorando and the author of this walk cannot be held responsible in the event of an accident during this route.

Reviews and comments

4.2 / 5
Based on 2 reviews

Clarity of route description
4.5 / 5
Clarity of route map
3 / 5
Walk interest
5 / 5
Delphinium
Delphinium

Hi Judith,
Thank you for taking the time to give this feedback. Do you have any suggestions for the route map or the description to be improved?
Enjoy your walks

Judith Emmott
Judith Emmott

Overall rating : 3.3 / 5

Date of walk : 07/12/22
Clarity of route description : ★★★★☆ Good
Clarity of route map : ★☆☆☆☆ Very disappointing
Walk interest : ★★★★★ Very good

The walk was perfect for what we wanted. A couple of hours on a frosty day. I think maybe towards the end of the walk the description went awol but it wasn’t that difficult to find our way back to the village.

Tiatiatia3
Tiatiatia3

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of walk : 20/07/19
Clarity of route description : ★★★★★ Very good
Clarity of route map : ★★★★★ Very good
Walk interest : ★★★★★ Very good

great walk

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