Penistone Line Trail
A 54-mile long-distance path in South Yorkshire and West Yorkshire linking the railway stations of Sheffield and Huddersfield via the Yorkshire countryside. With map, statistics, and GPX route file.
Statistics and Files
Grid Ref: SK 358 869
Distance: 54 miles (87 km)
Time: 22–27 hours
Duration: 3–5 days
Ordnance Survey Explorer Maps (1:25,000):
OL1 The Peak District – Dark Peak Area
278 Sheffield, Barnsley and Rotherham
288 Bradford, Huddersfield and East Calderdale
Summary
The Penistone Line Trail is a 54-mile walking route linking Sheffield Railway Station and Huddersfield Railway Station. The trail covers a variety of typical landscapes, ranging from urban terraced streets to leafy suburbia and through to woodland, riverside, moorland, and managed farmland. Generally, the trail follows the rivers Don and Dearne to reach the upper Don Valley before crossing into the Holme Valley.
Geographical features and areas of interest visited along the walk include the Sheffield and Tinsley Canal, Attercliffe, Meadowhall, Woolley Wood, Ecclesfield Common, Chapeltown, Westwood Country Park, Tankersley, Skier’s Spring Wood, Hoyland, Elsecar, Hemingfield, Wombwell, Ardsley, Barnsley, Dearne Valley Park, Honeywell, Gawber, Higham, Dodworth, Silkstone Common, Penistone, Cat Hill, Gunthwaite Hall, Upper Denby, Denby Dale, Shepley, Thunder Bridge, Thurstonland, Honley, Berry Brow, Armitage Bridge, and Crossland Moor Bottom. The trail shares sections with several other well-known paths, including the Sheffield Country Walk, Trans Pennine Trail, Barnsley Boundary Walk, Dearne Way, and Holmfirth Hills and Hamlets Walk.