Bluebells, King's Wood
Date: Wednesday, 1st May 2024
Start time: 10:15
Grade: Easy
Distance: Approximately 4.0 miles
Walk description
Today’s walk is a woodland walk starting at Elsecar Heritage Centre. We walk along the canal and then in and around Simon and King’s Woods, where hopefully we will see the bluebells in their full glory. We return along a track through the hamlet of Barrow, down Mill Lane and Burying Lane, around Elsecar Reservoir and back to the Heritage Centre.
Meeting point and parking
Meeting point: Car Park, Elsecar Heritage Centre, Wentworth Road, Elsecar, Barnsley, South Yorkshire
Parking: As above. First car park.
GPS Coordinates: 53.4930499, -1.4216137
Grid Reference: SK 38473 99749
What3Words: quieter.scribble.bluntly
Nearest Postcode: S74 8EP
Joining Us
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