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Route Information

The following information describes the route from Rotherham Central Station to Rotherham Town Hall.
The route is approximately 0.4 miles.
The route takes approximately 8- 10 minutes.
The route covers Central Road, Bridge Street, Corporation Street, Ship Hill, Moorgate Street and The Crofts.
There is some street signage along the route.
The route is mainly block paved and tarmac.
The potential hazards along this route are busy roads and narrow pathways.
There are some easy and moderate slopes along this route.

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.

Heads 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.
Continue forward along Corporation Street.
You will come to Market Street.
This street is pedestrianised, however there are sometimes delivery vehicles to be aware of.
Traffic could come from both directions.
There is no designated crossing.
Once across Market Street continue forward along Corporation Street.
The path here narrows slightly.
After approximately 70m you will come to Moorgate Street.
There 2 pedestrian crossings here.
Continue ahead to the second crossing.
This crossing has dropped kerbs.
This crossing has tactile paving.
There are visual indicators at this crossing.
The height of the button is 117cm.
The height of the cone is 114cm
There is an audible buzzer.
Traffic comes from the left at this crossing.
Once across Moorgate Street, follow the path to the right.
After approximately 8m turn left onto Ship Hill.

After turning left onto Moorgate Street, continue ahead for approximately 20m.
The path surface is made of paving slabs.
You will come to a crossing.
This crossing is not marked, however there is tactile paving and dropped kerbs.
The road can be busy at times.
Traffic will come from the right.
Once over this crossing turn right.
You will come to a second crossing over The Crofts.
This crossing also had tactile paving and dropped kerbs.
Traffic here could come from the left or the right.
Once over this crossing Rotherham Town Hall is ahead and on your left.
After approximately 10m you will come to the stepped access to Rotherham Town Hall.
After approximately 20m you will come to the ramped access to the Rotherham Town Hall.