This nice short walk is a great way to escape the crowds being close to Sheffield but away from the usual honeypots. It starts high then drops down towards Strines before coming back past the Boots Folly on Sugworth Edge.
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SK2427689581 Cross Ughill moor and drop down gently towards the reservoirs below.
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SK2438490767 Cross three small roads and drop steeply down the hill next to a plantation.
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SK2398990974 Join the Sheffield Country Walk as it drops down to the end of the Dale Dike reservoir. The Sheffield Country Walk is an 85km walk that takes a huge ring around Sheffield.
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SK2336390379 Walk steeply up the hill above the impressive grass sloping dam of the Strines reservoir.
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SK2314989956 Take a little detour across the field to the square tower of Boots Folly (aka Sugworth Tower or Strines Tower). Built in 1927 by Charles Boot, the son of Henry Boot who set up Henry Boot & Sons in 1886. It is unclear whether it was built to keep workers busy during the depression, or so that Charles could see the churchyard in High Bradfield where his wife was buried. The internal staircase has now disappeared.
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SK2327289668 Go left around the Rhododendrons of Sugworth Hall over a gate and across the field away from the path marked on OS maps.
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SK2329289291 Follow the road out of Sugworth Hall and then go up another path opposite to cross the moor back towards your start.
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