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Middlewood Park to the closed Middlewood Tavern to enter Beeley Wood by the Rocher footbridge. The alternative from Wardsend goes by Herries Road South, Clay Wheels Lane and Beeley Wood Lane. The final mile of the walk through Beeley Wood is on a hard surfaced path which can be used by cyclists and is much used by runners and dog walkers. The path emerges in the centre of Oughtibridge (
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At its annual general meeting in June 2022, the Upper Don Trail Trust announced various plans to extend the trail in the future. Extensions beyond
Oughtibridge include a new section of riverside trail at the site of the former British Tissues paper mill between Oughtibridge and Wharncliffe Side which
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Middlewood Road with the route leaflet recommending a visit to the Niagara weir at the bottom of the Winn Gardens estate, however the weir was damaged in the 2007 floods and is now only half of its original height of 10 feet and not so impressive.
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The Upper Don Walk Trust was formed in 2004 as a registered charity and was made up of interested people, organisations and planners. They are committed to creating a walk that can be used by walkers, cyclists, wheelchair users, prams, canoeists and anglers. The walk links with the
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quarter of the city, an important area of industrial heritage which was formerly known as
Millsands, it was the site of the Town corn mill from the 12th century onwards and was later developed by the
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family as a steel making site. The walk continues on a tarmac path on the south bank of the river passing the
Nursery Street footbridge and a stone rectangular column which is the memorial to the
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Morehall tip where the
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