We are the Wakefield and District Ramblers. We open the way for everyone in our local community to enjoy the pleasures of walking.
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Pleasant countryside and industries old and new all feature in this interesting round in a relatively unwalked corner of Wakefield.
On leaving Alverthorpe we skirt the old mill pond and climb to the now-dismantled Wakefield-Bradford railway before threading our way through a new business park and crossing Dewsbury Road into Roundwood for extensive views over the valley of Spring Mill Beck towards Ossett.
Spring Mill Lane on Shepherd's Hill will provide a welcome lunch stop before we dodge a few industrial units to re-cross Dewsbury Road at Flushdyke. Then, on the ascent to Lodge Hill Farm, the scenery becomes truly rural and we are rewarded with extensive open views from the highest point of the walk.
Dropping down to Low Laithes and getting ready to duck as we cross the golf course, we then rejoin the dismantled Bradford-Wakefield railway for the last stage of our journey
No stiles or livestock
Meet Car Park for St Paul's C of E School, Batley Road, Alverthorpe, WF2 0BT
