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Bolton upon Dearne

Bolton upon Dearne is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England, in the part of the Dearne Valley through which the River Dearne passes.

The place

Bolton upon Dearne is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England, in the part of the Dearne Valley through which the River Dearne passes. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is approximately 7 miles (11 km) east of Barnsley, 10 miles (16 km) west of Doncaster and 8 miles (13 km) north of Rotherham.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Bolton upon Dearne

7 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Hickleton Hall

    Hickleton Hall is a Grade II* listed Georgian stately home in Hickleton, South Yorkshire, England, about 6 miles west of Doncaster. For more than 50 years it was a Sue Ryder Care home.

    3.6 km · country house in South Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Church of All Saints

    The Church of All Saints is the parish church in the village of Darfield in South Yorkshire, England. It is a Church of England church in the Diocese of Sheffield.

    3.9 km · Anglican church in Darfield, South Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    St Andrew's Church

    The Church of St Andrew the Apostle is an active Church of England parish church located on High Street in Bolton upon Dearne, South Yorkshire, England. The building contains surviving pre-Conquest Anglo-Saxon stonework alongside Norman and late medieval additions.

    300 m · church in Bolton upon Dearne, Yorkshire, England · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Church of St John the Baptist

    St John the Baptist Church is the parish church of Mexborough in South Yorkshire, in England. The church was built in the 12th century, and the core survives from this period.

    3.9 km · church in Mexborough, South Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    St John and St Mary Magdalene Church, Goldthorpe

    St John the Evangelist and St Mary Magdalene Church is a parish church in the Church of England Diocese of Sheffield in Goldthorpe, near Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England.

    2 km · grade II listed church in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    St Peter's Church, Barnburgh

    St Peter's Church, Barnburgh is a parish church of the Church of England situated at the centre of the village of Barnburgh, near Doncaster in South Yorkshire. Famous for the legend of the 'Cat and Man', the church serves the communities of Barnburgh and Harlington.

    2.9 km · Grade I listed church in Barnburgh, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    St Wilfrid's Church, Hickleton

    St Wilfrid's Church, Hickleton, is a parish church of the Church of England in Hickleton, near Doncaster in South Yorkshire.

    3.7 km · Grade I listed church in Hickleton, South Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting to Bolton upon Dearne

Airports
Leeds Bradford (LBA), 45 km · Manchester (MAN), 67 km · East Midlands (EMA), 77 km
Stations
Bolton-on-Dearne railway station, 200 m · Swinton railway station, 3.8 km · Thurnscoe railway station, 2.9 km · Goldthorpe railway station, 1.6 km · Mexborough railway station, 3.6 km
  • Leeds, West Yorkshire → Bolton upon Dearne
    35 km · quickest by road, 1h 1m · £4.5–6
  • Manchester, Greater Manchester → Bolton upon Dearne
    61 km · quickest by road, 1h 49m · £7–9
  • Nottingham, Leicestershire → Bolton upon Dearne
    64 km · quickest by road, 1h 39m · £7–9
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Bolton upon Dearne

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Bolton upon Dearne. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    315 km
  2. 02
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    336 km
  3. 03
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    346 km
  4. 04
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    370 km
  5. 05
    Isle of JuraGB

    10 ways of moving, 19 sources

    398 km

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Around it

Next door to Bolton upon Dearne

Bolton upon Dearne is 18 km from Sheffield, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Mexboroughtown in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster in South Yorkshire, England3.5 km
  • Wath upon Dearnetown in Dearne Valley in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England2.6 km
  • Barnburghvillage in South Yorkshire, England, UK3 km
  • Billingleyvillage in South Yorkshire, England, UK2.6 km
  • Swintontown in South Yorkshire, England3.6 km
  • Adwick upon Dearnevillage and civil parish in South Yorkshire, United Kingdom2.7 km