A lovely easy walk through the fields between the villages of Havercroft and Kinsley, in-between Wakefield and Barnsley.
The Route
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- Start Point: Bus stops on Cow Lane, near the corner of East Street, Havercroft, WF4 2HQ
- Finish Point: WF4 2HQ
- Distance: 5 Miles
GPX Route Map
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From the bus stops on B6428 Cow Lane, walk towards and turn down East Street, and then left onto the access road to walk behind the houses. Follow this road around and turn left at the end onto a track called Tup Lane. Continue along the track, through the trees and around the business park, turning left at the corner to reach the entrance of the park. Carry on, with the business park on your left along Westoff Lane to meet houses at the edge of the village of South Hiendley.
At the corner with the farm lane on the left, turn right to follow Tun Lane. At the triangle junction with the main road, turn left and then left at the roundabout onto George Street. Just before the triangle School roadsign, turn left down the footpath snicket and follow this past the school. At the junction of paths, turn left and follow the path between the trees and across the field following the clear path on the ground. At the track, turn right, and then left at the first triangle junction, then right at the second triangle junction.
Follow this almost straight boundary between two fields, and eventually, you reach the outskirts of Kinsley. The path goes behind houses on the left, then turns left, crossing Tumbridge Crescent, to go behind houses on the other side of the road. At the end of the house, turn right, follow the field, then turn left Halfway along this field, a clear path on the right takes a diagonal across a field. Carry straight on, then left diagonally across another field, and then another. Turn right, walking at the back of some houses before reaching the B6428. Turn left to get back to the bus stop.
