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Rother Valley Country Park

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Rother Valley Country Park

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Rother Valley Country Park

Name: Rother Valley Country Park
Rating: 2

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Location: Wales, Rotherham, Yorkshire And The Humber, England, United Kingdom

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1. Rother Valley Country Park loop

6.45km

01:38

20m

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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2. Wishing Well at Bedgrave Mill – Rother Valley Country Park loop from Swallownest

7.70km

02:01

60m

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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3. Wishing Well at Bedgrave Mill – Rother Valley Country Park loop from Sothall

5.25km

01:21

30m

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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November 10, 2022

A 740-acre (300 ha) country park on the site of an old open-cast coal mine. The site cost £4 million to remediate with the four artificial lakes filling the old extraction sites. The River Rother was so polluted that water from The Moss was used to fill the lakes. The reed beds and remediation process has cleaned up the Rother and the lakes and country park also act as a flood prevention scheme, holding water and managing the flow downstream.

It's also a popular leisure destination with cable water skiing and a narrow-gauge railway as well as a network of well-maintained paths.

The visitor centre has information about the history of the site and the flood defence scheme. There are toilets and the Stables Cafe.

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February 25, 2021

Park information and opening times at rvcp.co.uk.

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November 20, 2024

The park was formerly a mixture of meadows and marshy bullrush beds before the open cast excavation started. At the eastern side of the lake stands the Bedgrave Mill courtyard, where the visitor centre is located displaying the flood defence map and the original mill mechanism "flour into grain" exhibition from when it was a water mill. There is also a craft centre and "The Stables" cafe.

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Location: Wales, Rotherham, Yorkshire And The Humber, England, United Kingdom

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Rother Valley Country Park

1. Rother Valley Country Park loop

2. Wishing Well at Bedgrave Mill – Rother Valley Country Park loop from Swallownest

3. Wishing Well at Bedgrave Mill – Rother Valley Country Park loop from Sothall

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