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Route Information

The following information describes the route from Rotherham Central Station to Rotherham Minster (All Saints Church).
The route is approximately 0.2 miles.
The route takes approximately 5 minutes.
The route covers Central Road, Bridge Street, Corporation Street, Bridgegate and Church Street.
The route is block paved and tarmac.
There is some street signage along the route.
The potential hazards along this route include busy roads, narrow paths and moderate slopes.

Exit Rotherham Central Station via the main entrance and cross over Central Road on the left.
The crossing is level.
The crossing is not marked.
There is tactile paving on both sides of the crossing.
Traffic could come from both directions.
After crossing Central Road, go over the bridge and turn to the left and follow the path round.
This leads onto Bridge Street.

Continue along Bridge Street.
The path along this section starts of narrow but widens once across the bridge.
There is an easy to moderate slope downwards on the far side of the bridge.
The path changes from paving slabs to block paving.
At the point where the path changes you will pass some gates that lead to a loading area.
There is the potential of traffic from both sides.
Continue along Bridge Street.
There is another easy slope as you cross over the river
Once over the second bridge you will come to two pedestrian crossings.
Both of the crossings have tactile paving.
Both of the crossings have dropped kerbs.
There are visual indicators at the crossing.
The height to the button is 117cm.
There is no buzzer on these crossings.
There is a cone underneath the button.
The height to the cone is 111cm.
At the first crossing the traffic comes from the right.
At the second crossing the traffic comes from both directions.
The second crossing is over a bus lane.
Once over the crossings turn right along Corporation Street.

Once across Corporation Street turn right.
Head forwards along Corporation Street.
The pathway narrows after approximately 10m.
There is a crossing here leading to a loading dock and rear access to some of the local shops.
The crossing is level.
Traffic could come from both the left and the right.
Once passed this crossing continue along Corporation Street to Bridgegate.
Turn left onto Bridgegate.