With Graham Hague – Rotherham town centre, though modest in size, has some interesting corners and is grouped around its magnificent Parish Church, now Minster. The afternoon begins at Clifton House Museum.
Clifton Museum, by Clifton Museum and Rotherham MBC
This was built in 1783 by John Carr of York for Joshua Walker, son of Samuel Walker (died 1782) the iron founder. There is a popular cafe in the museum and the house adjoins Clifton Park which contains the Roman remains from the Templeborough Roman fort. Please note that there are many entrances into the museum – we will set off from the entrance with the colonnaded porch by the main road. We suggest that attendees might take the opportunity to look around the Museum before the walk. It opens at 10.00am and has a cafe.
Getting to the Museum from Sheffield:
The X1 and X2 buses to Maltby pass Clifton Park Museum. They depart from Arundel Gate AG6 near the enquiry office. There are 4 buses per hour and the journey time is approximately 40 minutes.
You can park at the Museum in the pay and display car park.
This walk will take 1 hour and covers a distance of about 1 mile. It is mainly downhill, although we have to go uphill to the “Crofts” area.
We end the walk Rotherham’s famous chapel on the Bridge dating from 1483.
From here we can return to Sheffield either by the X1, 2 or 3 bus or the half hourly Supertram tram train.
If you have parked at the Museum, you will have a steady uphill walk back to the Museum or you can catch a bus to get there.