Introduction2 -3 mile walk
Approx 1 -2 Hours walk
Refreshments available at the start and finish of walk in the shopping area
Shopping area and cafe at Rother Valley Country Park
Rother Valley Country Park is an area made up of reclaimed gravel pits. The park was created in the early 1980's and is a centre for watersports.
For the Rother Valley Website that will give you all the info you need about the activities on and around the lake click here.
There is an limited bus service to Rother Valley visit SYPTE for more details. Most people arrive here by car.
This walk is extremely simple to follow and circles the lake.
Rother Valley Watersports centre
There is often a Burger Van in the car park at the watersports centre.
Yacht next to the Watersports centre
From the watersports centre head through the gate at the land end of the centre and follow the path across an area of grass on your right hand side. This will bring you onto a tarmaced road. Follow the road until you reach a gate on your left hand side. As you proceed along the road there are some good views of the lake.
Looking back down the lake.
Pass through the gate to continue on the walk. If you carry on down the road you will very shortly reach the water ski centre.
This is where you may be pulled round part of the lake by a cable system.
Water Skiing on Rother valley
Once you have passed through the gate follow the path you will eventually go round the end of the lake and start walking up the other side.
View up the Lake
At this point the path becomes part of the transpennine trail that runs from Hull to Liverpool.
View of the path up the lake.
You will eventually pass through a gate. Pass through the gate and continue along the path. At this point you are directly across the lake from the watersports centre.
Watersports centre from across the lake.
You will eventually come to the end of the main lake where you can turn right across a causeway and cross to the other side of the lake and on to the finish or carry straight on and follow the path round the next lake.
The causeway at the end of the first lake
If you choose to follow the path round the next lake keep on the main path round the head of the lake. As you reach the opposite side you pass through a gate and the path becomes tarmaced.
View from the head of the lake
You will shortly pass the opposite end of the causeway
Path down the side of the lake
From here join the path next to the lake and head back to the shopping area.
Wildlife on Rother Valley lake
There are a lot of ducks and other water birds along this path.
View of the shopping area.
Copyright P Gillott 2001