Google rivelin valley fire station on rivelin valley road, park sensibly nearby and just passed the fire station is the entrance to the mouse hole Ross the litre bridge over the river and then there’s a sign showing to the left, follow this path passed the pond and keep going up to the park, passed that an keep following it all the way till you get to the old rivelin post office at the junction with Manchester road, that is the nature trail and there’s loads of old ponds and waterfalls along the way

Not steep but as there are stepping stones across the river it may not be suitable for the elderly or for prams or pushchairs

Regarding the cafe, not to sure as we don't have a dog, but you are able to eat outside.

only the part nearest to the city is as these are wide paths or have tarmac, not long into the route it goes off this and would then not be suitable as route has stepping stones, mud track with tree routes and narrowing paths. Sections further up can be visited with limited access from the various car parks.

depends on which direction you want to walk it. at the top end there is a car park on rails road (believe this is free, rough postcode of S6 6GF). at the other side i would say free on the roadside of stannington road by where the path starts (S6 5FL)

At the station, hop straight onto the tram for Malin Bridge (buy a return ticket on tram). Easy Walk from there.

There are parts which are suitable for prams near the park and cafe. However further along each way it is more rough, some bits are gravel others are woodland paths with roots etc. They can also be quite narrow in places. I once took our buggaboo there and didn't get very far.

not oldfield rd that's a right walk ! 81 or 82 get off at rivelin park rd it's 5 min walk down there past holly bush pub straight across road that's the start of rivelin go down hill over bridge turn right paddling pools on right enjoy

You can park I believe just past the fire station which is around a ten minute walk - which is situated towards Hillsborough. Alternatively if you want a longer stroll ( around 40 mins ) drive past the paddling pools along Rivelin Valley Road for about 1 mile and turn left onto Rails Road where you will see a small car park (FOC). This enables you to be able to walk along the nature trail back to the pool and cafe .

The valley its self never closes only the cafe at certain times of the year.