Section 17 of The Trans-Pennine 100 leaves The Parish Hall along Wath Road and finds the Trans Pennine Trail just before the bridge. 

This part of the TPT follows the old Elsecar Cut branch of the larger Dearne canal systems, we follow the Barnsley Boundary route under the Dearne Valley Parkway (follow the signs to Barnsley) to find the TPT again through a small industrial park. 

We TL and follow this multiuse trail all the way back to the School Driveway.

• Elsecar is unique as a name. It is thought to derive from the Old English personal name of Aelfsige (mentioned in Cartulary of Nostell Priory, 1259–66) and the Old Norse word kjarr, used to denote a marsh or brushwood.
  • It has its own Elsecar goods station (called Rockingham Station) on the Elsecar Steam Railway, with a running shed behind the main center. During some special events, trips are run to Hemingfield Basin. There are plans to extend the line to Cortonwood and build two stations (one at Cortonwood and the other at Hemingfield). The railway's depot is home to a selection of steam locomotives as well as a diesel locomotive.
  • It comprises shops, businesses, galleries, art and craft studios and an exhibition hall. It runs craft workshops, special events, and a monthly antiques fair.

  • Elsecar Heritage Centre hosts the 16mm Garden Railway Show every year which is organised by the Yorkshire Group of 16mm Narrow Gauge Modellers Ltd.

• The Dearne and Dove Canal ran for almost ten miles through South Yorkshire, from Swinton to Barnsley through nineteen locks, rising 127 feet (39 m). The canal also had two short branches, the Worsbrough branch and the Elsecar branch, both about two miles long with reservoirs at the head of each. The Elsecar branch also has another six locks. The only tunnel was bypassed by a cutting in 1840.

• The Barnsley Boundary Walk is a 116 km / 72 miles walk made up of twelve short walks mainly through the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, but also in parts of Kirklees, Wakefield, Doncaster and Sheffield. The circular route visits Ingbirchworth, Cannon Hall Country Park, Bretton Hall (Yorkshire Sculpture Park), Old Royston, Brierley, Bolton upon Dearne, Elsecar, Tankersley, Wharncliffe Wood, Wortley Station, Langsett and Winscar Reservoirs. Public transport is available at many points along the route. Created by Barnsley Borough Council in association with the publishing arm of the Barnsley Chronicle, the Walk aims to provide a view of the varied countryside, industrial heritage and other points of interest in the Borough.

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