View of Deffer Wood, High Hoyland, South Yorkshire
Deffer Wood, High Hoyland, South Yorkshire
Date: Saturday, 11th September 2021
Start time: 11:00
Grade: Moderate
Distance: 6.5 miles
Walk description

Leaving the Cherry Tree car park we pass through woodland and fields before heading along past Hollin House Farm to Deffer Wood. Emerging from the woods we enter rolling countryside to reach the midway point at Cannon Hall Country Park for our lunch stop.

After lunch we leave the parkland, continue past Cawthorne Cricket Club, walking beside the stream and ascending along the Barnsley boundary to pass through Hood Wood and Margery Wood on our return to the village of High Hoyland.

It will take approx 3 – 3.5 hours plus lunch stop.

Meeting point and parking
Meeting point: S75 4BE : The Cherry Tree (Upper Car Park), High Hoyland Lane, High Hoyland, Barnsley, South Yorkshire
GPS Coordinates: 53.5864932, -1.589756
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