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Great value grub. Breakfast butties are amazing.

Lovely little hideaway on TPT. Tea n insta coffee, snacks and fab bacon sarnie in proper soft breadcake (if you are from Sheff) or teacake if you are from Barnsley!

Take a photo trying to pull the cyclist wearing the Wellies out of the embankment for a bit of fun.

Its open 09.00-14.30 Mon-Fri, and 09.00-13.00 Saturdays.

Easy access to the garden seating area via the door/gate to the right of the shop. There is access into the shop from the garden. Very nice coffee and cakes too. Safe parking for our bikes in the garden area.

Langsett Reservoir boasts well-maintained paths suitable for various abilities, making it ideal for walking, cycling, or even a leisurely stroll. The surrounding woodland and moorland offer diverse landscapes, changing beautifully with the seasons. The dam wall itself is an impressive feat of engineering, and walking across it provides great views of the reservoir and surrounding countryside.

Torside Dam was completed in the early 1970s to create Torside Reservoir for water supply. The earth-fill dam is approximately 1,800 meters long and 35 meters high, effectively holding back the reservoir's waters. The reservoir supports a variety of wildlife, making it an important site for both recreation and environmental conservation.

Silkstone Common’s water supply comes from underground reservoirs behind the house. Water is pumped up to keep them filled and flows from there to all the houses in the area by gravity. Down the hill to the main road which in the late 18th and early 19th Century was a toll road. A toll being charged at the gate built at the beginning of the then newly made stretch of the road. The gates having spikes on top, stopping people on horseback leaping the gate, hence the name ‘turnpikes’ from the revolving spikes.