Wortley Top Forge, Wortley
Date: Sunday, 8th December 2019
Start time: 10:30
Grade: Moderate / Strenuous
Distance: 10.0 miles
Walk description
From Deepcar, we follow part of the Little Don river to Fox Valley retail park (brief toilet stop).
After steadily ascending a steep section to Hunshelf Bank, we cross the Barnsley boundary and an area of five quarries.(Stone from Green Moor Delph was used to pave outside Houses of Parliament,Sheffield City Hall and the Clock Tower War Memorial in Stocksbridge). After a break and views from the picturesque village of Green Moor, we’ll take a glimpse of Wortley Top Forge.
Built in 1639, it’s the oldest surviving heavy iron forge in the world and is said that cannonballs were made here during the English Civil War. From there, we cross Finkle Street Lane then head over to Wharncliffe Crags and back to Deepcar.
Meeting point and parking
Meeting point: S36 2SQ : Station Road, Deepcar, Sheffield, South Yorkshire
GPS Coordinates: 53.4784947, -1.5621185
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