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Route

Start from the roadside parking area at point 1, head down the track towards Strines Reservoir. At point 2 follow the path to the house on the edge of the reservoir. The two obvious routes from the house are the farm track ahead and one towards Strines dam, but we're going half-right (between the two). Look for the rectangular green path marker, go over a stile and follow the path slanting down the slope to a stile on the edge of the wood.

Continue down through the wood to a wooden bridge and beyond where you need to fork right following the obvious path to a stile in the wall (don’t be distracted by paths off to the left). Cross the wall stile and turn left on a level route along the bottom of the field, running alongside the wall for much of the way.

Shortly the path veers right, leaves the wall side and crosses a small stream. Bear slightly right to a stone gap stile into a field. Walk through this field keeping the old wall on your right (though this soon disappears and one follows the line of trees.) Keep going forward on the same line passing a ruined cross wall with three old gate posts and on to the next good wall where there’s a stile.

After this stile turn half right, uphill to a gateway at the wall corner. Go through the gateway and continue forward on the obvious path. Cross a small stream and along the top of a field towards the gateway in the corner. Pass through this gate, staying on the track ahead to the wood at point 3.

Enter the wood via stone steps and follow the clear path forward for about 300 metres to an old wall running down the hillside with two large stone gateposts just to the right of the path, and a three-way sign. Turn left down the old lane to the stile in the reservoir boundary wall at point 4. Cross the stile, here for a shorter walk you can turn left along the waterside back to Strines dam and the start. Alternatively, for the longer route, turn right and follow the path alongside the reservoir passing to the right of a small building and the end of the dam point 5. The path now continues with the spillway on the left and descends down three flights of steps to where the spillway ends and the water becomes the stream down Bradfield Dale. Follow the wide track from the steps to a bridge over the stream and keep to the track as it climbs the opposite hillside to the public road at point 6.

Turn left on the road for just under half a mile to where the road bears right and a track goes straight on point 7.

Leave the road and bear left down a track which divides after a very short distance - go straight ahead, NOT down to the farm. The lane passes above the farm and then joins the access track. Continue straight ahead on the track as it contours along the hillside. The only deviation being at Hallfield, where it passes around the lower side of the garden wall, then continue on this track to Strines dam where we retrace our outward route right uphill back to Mortimer Road.

OS Map: Explorer Map OL1


	Dale Dike 1 Type: Two Boots Route Length: 2-5 miles
	An invigorating walk, this route will appeal to walkers looking for a mixture of woodlands and rough pastures. The diversity of this area means that wildlife flourishes, so keep your eyes peeled along the way. Although the waterside path is fairly easy going, the route can become quite muddy. The walk is 3.7 miles long.
	Location West of Low Bradfield, near Sheffield
	Access There is roadside parking at the top of the track leading to Strines Reservoir and Brogging, point 1 about half a mile from the Strines Inn. There is further parking a mile further north-east along Mortimer Road by the next road junction.


	Route Start from the roadside parking area at point 1, head down the track towards Strines Reservoir. At point 2 follow the path to the house on the edge of the reservoir. The two obvious routes from the house are the farm track ahead and one towards Strines dam, but we're going half-right (between the two). Look for the rectangular green path marker, go over a stile and follow the path slanting down the slope to a stile on the edge of the wood. Continue down through the wood to a wooden bridge and beyond where you need to fork right following the obvious path to a stile in the wall (don’t be distracted by paths off to the left). Cross the wall stile and turn left on a level route along the bottom of the field, running alongside the wall for much of the way. Shortly the path veers right, leaves the wall side and crosses a small stream. Bear slightly right to a stone gap stile into a field. Walk through this field keeping the old wall on your right (though this soon disappears and one follows the line of trees.) Keep going forward on the same line passing a ruined cross wall with three old gate posts and on to the next good wall where there’s a stile. After this stile turn half right, uphill to a gateway at the wall corner. Go through the gateway and continue forward on the obvious path. Cross a small stream and along the top of a field towards the gateway in the corner. Pass through this gate, staying on the track ahead to the wood at point 3. Enter the wood via stone steps and follow the clear path forward for about 300 metres to an old wall running down the hillside with two large stone gateposts just to the right of the path, and a three-way sign. Turn left down the old lane to the stile in the reservoir boundary wall at point 4. Cross the stile, here for a shorter walk you can turn left along the waterside back to Strines dam and the start. Alternatively, for the longer route, turn right and follow the path alongside the reservoir passing to the right of a small building and the end of the dam point 5. The path now continues with the spillway on the left and descends down three flights of steps to where the spillway ends and the water becomes the stream down Bradfield Dale. Follow the wide track from the steps to a bridge over the stream and keep to the track as it climbs the opposite hillside to the public road at point 6. Turn left on the road for just under half a mile to where the road bears right and a track goes straight on point 7. Leave the road and bear left down a track which divides after a very short distance - go straight ahead, NOT down to the farm. The lane passes above the farm and then joins the access track. Continue straight ahead on the track as it contours along the hillside. The only deviation being at Hallfield, where it passes around the lower side of the garden wall, then continue on this track to Strines dam where we retrace our outward route right uphill back to Mortimer Road. OS Map: Explorer Map OL1
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Dale Dike 1