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Thrybergh Country Park, South Yorkshire

Thrybergh

(4.0 miles, 6.5 km, direction S)

Thrybergh is a pretty South Yorkshire village with a history stretching back to the time of the Doomsday Book, for centuries it was little more than a small rural village with scattered housing and farms...

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Sprotbrough

Sprotbrough

(5.1 miles, 8.2 km, direction E)

Sprotbrough lies in the valley of the River Don, it is a lovely rural location with fertile fields and meadows leading from leafy lanes whose hedgerows are full of wild plants and flowers...

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Misty March morning

Rotherham

(6.2 miles, 9.9 km, direction S)

This town was formerly a Saxon market town which remained largely unaltered until the Industrial Revolution...

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St James Church, Braithwell

Braithwell

(6.6 miles, 10.7 km, direction SE)

Braithwell lies at the centre of a largely rural community, the surrounding landscape is mostly of farms and leafy lanes siding fields full of grazing cattle and sheep...

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Village Green with Methodist Chapel in the background, Whiston (nr Rotherham), South Yorkshire.

Whiston

(7.3 miles, 11.7 km, direction S)

Whiston is surrounded by fine countryside, leafy lanes lead towards Morthen and Wickersley...

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The Old Glassworks, in snow.

Barnsley

(7.4 miles, 11.9 km, direction W)

This is an attractive town laid out along the River Dearne, it is enclosed by spectacular Pennine scenery and is an ideal place from which to discover the limestone hills and fresh green valley's of the Yorkshire Dales...

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A river in Doncaster

Doncaster

(7.6 miles, 12.2 km, direction E)

Doncaster lies in what was once a great sweep of Yorkshire coalfields. It is home to one of the finest racecourses in the country where the classic St.Leger Stakes has been run each September since 1776, making the race four years older than the Derby...

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Wadworth church, Wadworth, South Yorkshire

Wadworth

(7.6 miles, 12.2 km, direction SE)

This is a pleasant South Yorkshire village lying in lush countryside a few miles from the city of Rotherham...

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War Memorial, Top of Maltby crags.

Maltby

(7.8 miles, 12.5 km, direction SE)

The town was mentioned in the Doomsday Book, and several historic properties can be found in the region from shortly after this time, of these, of particular note are the handsome ruins of Roche Abbey, a Cistercian foundation of 1147...

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St Winifred's church Stainton

Stainton

(8.1 miles, 13.0 km, direction SE)

This picturesque South Yorkshire village was mentioned in the Doomsday Book, but there is considerable evidence that it existed as a settlement long before 1086...

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Thrybergh Country Park in South Yorkshire, England

Thrybergh Country Park

(3.8 miles, 6.2 km, direction S)

Thrybergh Country Park evolved out of Thrybergh Reservoir built in the 1800's to supply the borough of Doncaster with water. .....

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Conisbrough Castle, 5 miles west of Doncaster

Conisbrough Castle

(3.8 miles, 6.2 km, direction SE)

The dilapidated ruins of Conisbrough Castle make an impressive sight, particularly its keep, which is unusual in design. The.....

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Brodsworth Hall at night

Brodsworth Hall

(4.3 miles, 6.9 km, direction NE)

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Howell Wood Lake

Howell Wood Country Park

(4.8 miles, 7.8 km, direction N)

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Sprotbrough Flash from the woods

Sprotbrough Flash Nature Reserve

(4.9 miles, 8.0 km, direction E)

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A picture taken across the lake looking up at Cusworth Hall, Nr Doncaster

Cusworth Hall & Museum

(5.6 miles, 9.0 km, direction E)

Cusworth Hall is a mid 18th century house built for the Wrightson family, with wings added later by James Paine. The house.....

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Brodsworth Community Woodland autumn colours, South Yorkshire

Brodsworth Community Woodlands

(5.7 miles, 9.1 km, direction NE)

"This picturesque woodland is rapidly developing into one of the most attractive wildlife sites in the region. With its mixture.....

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at Monk Bretton Priory, Cudworth, South Yorkshire

Monk Bretton Priory

(5.7 miles, 9.2 km, direction NW)

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Carlton Marsh Nature Reserve

Carlton Marsh

(7.0 miles, 11.3 km, direction NW)

A wetland nature lover’s delight and a core wildlife site of the Dearne Valley, Carlton Marsh hugs the Cudworth Dyke and is.....

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A picture of Doncaster Minster

Doncaster Minster

(7.3 miles, 11.7 km, direction E)

St.Georges is the Minster Church of Doncaster. It was built to a design by Sir Gilbert Scott, architect, who was instructed to.....

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