Once again, we cross the River Don and immediately start the steep ascent that I promised you in the last post. It's worth the effort thoufg as the reward is a visit to the Blake Hotel, one of Sheffield's better free houses.
Not far away is the Blinf Monkey. another great pub with some fine beers. It's Retired Martin's local.
Upwards into Walkley, once reached by Sheffield's trams (single deck ones).
Sadly, the Old Heavygate Inn has now gone, but here's a reminder of it.
Thankfully, the Walkley Cottage is still open.
Downhill now, into the valley of the River Loxley and the old tram terminus at Malin Bridge. Modern day trams also serve this location.
Motor buses of Sheffield Corporation connected with trams at Malin Bridge.
Following the Loxley downstream, we soon come to the centre of Hillsborough. Some of Sheffield's old trams used to terminate here.
South Yorkshire PTE buses once served Hillsborough.
Today, both Firstbus and Stagecoach buses can be found in Hillsborough.
Stagecoach also operate the Supertram through Hillsborough.
On the northbound platform of Hillsborough tram stop is the Rawson Spring. In my opinion, it's one of the better Wetherspoons.
Across the road, again alongside the tram stop, the Beer House.
Les than a hundred yards away, another newish pub, the Hillsborough Tap.
Along Langsett Road was the George IV, now sadly closed, but it was home to Kai the dog - a BIG dog!
Not far away, another lost pub. The Hillsborough Hotel.
Beneath the pub was the now defunct Crown Brewery.
Down in the valley, the excellent New Barrack Tavern.
Northwards now to Herries Road, where South Yorkshire PTE had a depot.
If you're lost, don't forget that you can follow the route on this map. Herries Road, near Wadsley Bridge, passes under the Five Arches viaduct, seen here with a Great Central Railway (GCR) local train passing over it.
Wadsley Bridge station, latterly only used for football specials, was on the GCR's Woodhead route.
The signal box survived into the late 1970s.
On the other side of the valley, the terminus of the Supertram at Middlewood, a Park & Ride facility.
As we head into Oughtibridge (also called Oughty Bridge), we pass Middlewood Mill.
The GCR had a station at Oughty Bridge, again on the Woodhead line. Note the elevated signal box in the upper photo, later replaced by the standard GCR one see in 1979 in the lower picture.
The remains of the station in 2007, with just a single line for traffic to Stocksbridge.
That's it for now. Next time, we'll head towards Barnsley.
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