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Thrybergh Country Park, South Yorkshire

Thrybergh

(4.9 miles, 7.9 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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Monk BrettonPpriory in winter

Barnsley

(5.4 miles, 8.7 km, direction NW)

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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Rotherham

Rotherham

(5.9 miles, 9.6 km, direction S)

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

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Sprotbrough Canal

Sprotbrough

(7.3 miles, 11.7 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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A picture of Whiston

Whiston

(7.6 miles, 12.2 km, direction S)

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

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St James Church, Braithwell village, South Yorkshire

Braithwell

(8.4 miles, 13.4 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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Maltby, South Yorkshire

Maltby

(9.3 miles, 15.0 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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Wadworth south Yorkshire

Wadworth

(9.7 miles, 15.5 km, direction E)

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

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A river in Doncaster

Doncaster

(9.7 miles, 15.7 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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Stainton church, Stainton, South Yorkshire

Stainton

(9.9 miles, 15.9 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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The Dearne Valley, South Yorkshire

Dearne Valley

(2.2 miles, 3.5 km, direction E)

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

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at Monk Bretton Priory, Cudworth, South Yorkshire

Monk Bretton Priory

(3.9 miles, 6.3 km, direction NW)

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Howell Wood Lake

Howell Wood Country Park

(4.6 miles, 7.5 km, direction N)

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Thrybergh Country Park in South Yorkshire, England

Thrybergh Country Park

(5.1 miles, 8.1 km, direction SE)

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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Carlton Marsh Nature Reserve

Carlton Marsh

(5.7 miles, 9.1 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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Conisbrough Castle, 5 miles west of Doncaster

Conisbrough Castle

(5.8 miles, 9.4 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

(6.0 miles, 9.6 km, direction NE)

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

Wentworth Castle

(6.4 miles, 10.3 km, direction W)

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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Rabbit Ings Country Park,  Royston

Rabbit Ings Country Park

(6.6 miles, 10.6 km, direction NW)

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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Sprotbrough Flash from the woods

Sprotbrough Flash Nature Reserve

(7.1 miles, 11.5 km, direction E)

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