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Silkstone Waggonway

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Silkstone Waggonway

Silkstone Waggonway

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    1. Pot House Hamlet – Silkstone Waggonway loop from Barugh Green

    5.55km

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

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    August 18, 2024

    Easy walking on good surfaces. Keep an eye out for the remains of the Silkstone Waggonway. The Waggonway is one of the oldest plate ways in the country, built in 1809, to transport the coal mined in the valley down to the Canal Basin at Barnsley Bridge, Cawthorne. The stone sleeper blocks drilled to locate and position the iron rails can best be seen between the stocks and Barnsley Road. Make sure you see the reconstructed Waggon pass-bye with replica iron rails and a wall plaque. The Waggonway was a single track and at convenient places pass-byes to allow passage of the full and empty wagons.

    D The spoil heap on the left of the Waggonway indicates the site of Joseph Popplewell and Partners Colliery known locally as ‘Pop Pits’ worked first in the early 1800s after the Waggonway was built.

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

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