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Barnsley, South Yorkshire. Town hall in the full bloom of summer.

Barnsley

(6.0 miles, 9.6 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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Countryside 5 minutes out of Featherstone, West Yorkshire

Featherstone

(6.5 miles, 10.4 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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Went Valley in Autumn 2008

Pontefract

(7.8 miles, 12.5 km, direction N)

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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Kingfisher at Sprotbrough Flash

Sprotbrough

(8.0 miles, 12.8 km, direction SE)

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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St Leonards church, Thrybergh, South Yorkshire

Thrybergh

(8.9 miles, 14.2 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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Wakefield High Street, West Yorkshire

Wakefield

(9.7 miles, 15.6 km, direction NW)

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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A river in Doncaster

Doncaster

(9.7 miles, 15.6 km, direction SE)

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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Castleford

Castleford

(9.8 miles, 15.8 km, direction N)

This is a large Northern town with roots stretching back to the Romans and beyond, as proven by the recent finding of a Bronze Age male skeleton and his chariot...

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All Saints Square in Rotherham, South Yorkshire

Rotherham

(10.5 miles, 16.9 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

(11.2 miles, 18.0 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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Carlton Marsh Nature Reserve

Carlton Marsh

(3.6 miles, 5.7 km, direction W)

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

(4.1 miles, 6.5 km, direction W)

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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at Monk Bretton Priory, Cudworth, South Yorkshire

Monk Bretton Priory

(4.1 miles, 6.6 km, direction SW)

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Brodsworth Hall at night

Brodsworth Hall

(4.6 miles, 7.3 km, direction E)

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The Dearne Valley, South Yorkshire

Dearne Valley

(4.8 miles, 7.8 km, direction S)

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

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Nostell Priory

Nostell Priory

(5.2 miles, 8.4 km, direction N)

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

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Anglers Country Park

Anglers Country Park

(5.7 miles, 9.2 km, direction NW)

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Brodsworth Community Woodland autumn colours, South Yorkshire

Brodsworth Community Woodlands

(5.9 miles, 9.4 km, direction E)

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

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

Newmillerdam Country Park

(7.1 miles, 11.4 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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A picture taken across the lake looking up at Cusworth Hall, Nr Doncaster

Cusworth Hall & Museum

(7.7 miles, 12.4 km, direction SE)

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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