Distance Covered: 4 miles Time to Complete Walk 2.5 hours
Suitable for dog walking: Yes
A great idea for a walk in South Yorkshire ideal for your four legged friends. Starting at Treeton and then down to Treeton Dyke and over the railway bridge this is ideal for a nice bit of fresh air. Just outside Sheffield, parking can be found free of charge on the roadside at the side of the walk on Washfield Lane in Treeton.
General Safety Tips:
A very safe walk with no issues
The Treeton Walk
Getting There
Parking is on the roadside on Washfield Lane Treeton near the cricket grounds. Postcode for your SatNav is S60 5PU. Parking is free.
Maps of the Treeton Walk
From the roadside parking head up to the top of the lane on the pavement.
At the top turn right and head out of Treeton passing houses.
Just before leaving the village head right into Winders Way on a new housing estate.
Head down the road and turn left and then left again into Coal Crescent which bends to the right.
Go through a gap in the road on your left and head down the wide track.
Head down the track and turn right into the woods beside the lake.
Head over a bridge and walk beside the lake.
Head on the path ahead with great views of the lakes and the birdlife.
At a fork in the path keep left and head to a gate.
Head through the gate and pass the houses and at the top of the road turn right.
Keep to the pavement and over a railway bridge until you come to recreation grounds on your right.
Keeping to the right follow the path ahead.
Keeping right on a grassy path on to another path and follow it as it bends to the left.
Follow this path beside the river Rother until you reach a waymarker.
Double back to the left and follow the path as it bends to the right.
Now beside the lake head up a hill and then follow the clear path ahead.
Keep on the path with views of the lakes on your right. Some brilliant birdlife are on the lakes.
Head right over a bridge and then beside a fence beside a housing development.
Keep on the path heading towards the woods with the lake on your right.
Head to the right as the path bends around a power station and then head over a bridge.
After the railway bridge emerges onto a street follow the road back up to Washfield Lane and where you parked your car.
There is evidence of Mesolithic and Neolithic settlement in this area. In 1954 a Neolithic polished stone axe was found at Gregory Hill Field, and in 1957 Mesolithic flint cores were found in Treeton Wood. There was a Roman fort at Templeborough, about 2.8 miles (4.5 km) north west of Treeton, and remnants of the Roman road called Icknield Street (sometimes Ryknild or Riknild Street) have been found in nearby Brinsworth.
The name Treeton is Old English in origin and may mean 'tree farmstead' or 'farmstead built with posts'. The earliest known written record of Treeton is the Domesday book of 1086, in which it is referred to as Trectone or Tretone. The Domesday Book also mentions that the village had two mills and a church. The present parish church the Church of St Helen was originally built in the 12th century, but may have included parts of an earlier church. The church was expanded in the 14th century and extensively restored in the 19th century.
The North Midland Railway built a railway through the village in 1840, this later became the Midland Railway. There was a station at Treeton until 1951. A colliery was built at Treeton starting in 1875, and 400 houses were built between 1881 and 1905 to house miners' families. Treeton Colliery closed in 1990 and the site has since been redeveloped for homes.
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