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Recommended towns & villages near Monk Bretton Priory

The Old Glassworks, in snow.

Barnsley

(2.0 miles, 3.1 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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Thrybergh Country Park, South Yorkshire

Thrybergh

(8.8 miles, 14.1 km, direction SE)

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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Countryside 5 minutes out of Featherstone, West Yorkshire

Featherstone

(8.8 miles, 14.2 km, direction N)

Featherstone is a large town lying between Wakefield and Pontefract in West Yorkshire. For the past couple of centuries the town was known chiefly for its coal mines...

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St. Mary's Church.

Bolsterstone

(9.1 miles, 14.7 km, direction SW)

Bolsterstone is a hilltop village, about 1.000 feet above sea level, situated about 8 miles North west of Sheffield, Yorkshire. It has Anglo Saxon roots and lies on a Salt Route.....

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Rotherham

Rotherham

(9.2 miles, 14.8 km, direction S)

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

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Wakefield Cathedral, West Yorkshire. Viewed from Westgate

Wakefield

(9.4 miles, 15.1 km, direction N)

Wakefield was the capital of Yorkshire's woollen industry for more than 700 years, it was an important weaving and dying centre as far back as the 13th century...

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River Don at Sprotbrough

Sprotbrough

(10.5 miles, 16.9 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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The Park Lake Spring 2009

Pontefract

(10.7 miles, 17.3 km, direction NE)

Pontefract has a ruined castle which has seen many tragedies, Richard II was murdered there in 1400, and later it was the scene of bitter, bloody battles between Roundheads and Royalists...

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Postbox in Whiston, South Yorks

Whiston

(11.1 miles, 17.9 km, direction SE)

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

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Tofts Lane

Stannington

(11.9 miles, 19.2 km, direction S)

A picturesque village in South Yorkshire..

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Recommended attractions near Monk Bretton Priory

Carlton Marsh Nature Reserve

Carlton Marsh

(2.3 miles, 3.7 km, direction N)

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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Rabbit Ings Country Park,  Royston

Rabbit Ings Country Park

(3.2 miles, 5.1 km, direction N)

Rabbit Ings is a country park near Royston in South Yorkshire, and is located on the former colliery yard and spoil heap of the.....

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Howell Wood Lake

Howell Wood Country Park

(4.1 miles, 6.6 km, direction NE)

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A good view of Stainborough Castle at Wentworth Castle Gardens near Barnsley

Wentworth Castle

(4.1 miles, 6.7 km, direction SW)

Wentworth Castle Gardens have been the subject of an ambitious plan to restore the magnificent estate, once home to the Earls of.....

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The Dearne Valley, South Yorkshire

Dearne Valley

(5.7 miles, 9.2 km, direction SE)

An area in South Yorkshire along the river Dearne...

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A view of Newmillerdam taken near the memorial, West Yorkshire.

Newmillerdam Country Park

(5.8 miles, 9.4 km, direction NW)

This attractive country park offers a rich and varied country landscape, it is dominated by a large lake ringed by numerous trees.....

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Anglers Country Park

Anglers Country Park

(6.0 miles, 9.7 km, direction N)

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Cannon Hall park

Cannon Hall Country Park

(6.6 miles, 10.6 km, direction W)

Outstanding country park originally landscaped in the 1760's by Richard Woods. The park surrounds a magnificent hall designed by.....

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Yorkshire Sculpture Park, West Bretton, West Yorkshire

Yorkshire Sculpture Park

(6.9 miles, 11.1 km, direction NW)

This is an exciting, fascinating tourist attraction that is both fun and thought provoking for all the family. It has fast.....

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Nostell Priory

Nostell Priory

(6.9 miles, 11.1 km, direction N)

18th-century architectural masterpiece with Adam interiors, Chippendale furniture, fine collections and landscape park and.....

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