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Yorkshire And The Humber

Cut Gate Track

Yorkshire And The Humber

Barnsley

Langsett

Cut Gate Track

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Cut Gate Track

Recommended by 29 hikers out of 30

This Highlight is in a protected area

Please check local regulations for: Peak District National Park

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Location: Langsett, Barnsley, Yorkshire And The Humber, England, United Kingdom

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2. View of Langsett Reservoir – Langsett Reservoir loop from Midhopestones

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3. Langsett Reservoir – Langsett Woods loop from Midhopestones

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Catherine

August 14, 2024

This ancient track was used by farmers in the Upper Derwent and Woodlands Valley to take their livestock to the nearest market, which was at Penistone. The Cut Gate track runs from the reconstructed Slippery Stones bridge at the head of the Howden Reservoir up Bull Clough and over Featherbed Moss to Mickleden Edge before dropping over Hingcliff Hill into Langsett. Stone Age arrow heads have ben found in the peat close to the Cut Gate track, so it seems that these now bleak and inhospitable moors have seen signs of human activity for many thousands of years.
Near the bridge are the remains of Brookhouse Farm, which was one of several which were depopulated in the interests of water purity when the reservoir was built at the start of the 20th century. In 1588, so a story says, the rent for this farm was a red rose at Christmas and a snowball at midsummer!

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Elevation 260 m

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Location: Langsett, Barnsley, Yorkshire And The Humber, England, United Kingdom

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Cut Gate Track

1. Langsett Woods – View of Langsett Reservoir loop from Midhopestones

2. View of Langsett Reservoir – Langsett Reservoir loop from Midhopestones

3. Langsett Reservoir – Langsett Woods loop from Midhopestones

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