Hoyland

Worth seeing in and around Hoyland

10 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
   Wentworth Woodhouse

   Wentworth Woodhouse is a Grade I listed country house in the village of Wentworth, in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham in South Yorkshire, England. The building has more than 300 rooms, with 250,000 square feet of floorspace, including 124,600 square feet of living area, and was – until it ceased to be privately owned – often listed as the largest private residence in the United Kingdom.

   3.6 km · country house in the village of Wentworth, South Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Wentworth Castle

   Wentworth Castle is a grade-I listed country house, the former seat of the Earls of Strafford, at Stainborough, near Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England. It is now home to the Northern College for Residential and Community Education.

   5.9 km · Grade I listed historic house museum in Stainborough, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Holy Trinity Church, Wentworth

   Holy Trinity Church is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England in Wentworth, South Yorkshire.

   2.5 km · church in South Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Barnes Hall

   Barnes Hall is an English country house near Burncross within the City of Sheffield in England. The estate includes the buildings of the adjacent Barnes Hall farm.

   5.8 km · house in Ecclesfield, South Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Locke Park

   Locke Park is a 47-acre public open space and one of the largest outdoor green spaces in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, in South Yorkshire, England. In 1861, Phoebe Locke, widow of railway pioneer Joseph Locke donated the park for the benefit of the people of Barnsley.

   5.9 km · park in Barnsley, UK · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Hoyland Town Hall

   Hoyland Town Hall is a former municipal building in Hoyland, a town in South Yorkshire in England. The town hall, which was previously the offices and meeting place of Hoyland Urban District Council, is currently in residential use.

   300 m · municipal Building in England · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Church of St Mary

   The Church of St Mary is an active Church of England parish church located in Worsbrough Village, South Yorkshire, England. Dating from the 12th century, with substantial 15th- and 19th-century additions, the church was designated a Grade I listed building on 11 November 1966.

   3.2 km · church in the village of Worsbrough, South Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
8. 08
   The Rockingham Mausoleum

   The Rockingham Mausoleum, Wentworth, near Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England is a cenotaph commemorating Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, who was Prime Minister at the time of his death in 1782. The name by which the memorial is now known is in fact a misnomer, since Charles Watson-Wentworth is buried in York Minster.

   5.3 km · Grade I listed building in Wentworth, South Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Elsecar Heritage Centre

   Elsecar Heritage Centre is a visitor attraction centre in Elsecar, Barnsley, England. Operated by Barnsley Museums, it has independent shops, studios, galleries and cafes in former Victorian engineering workshops.

   1.5 km · Living history museum in Elsecar, England · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Hoober Stand

    Hoober Stand is a 30-metre-high tower and Grade II* listed building on a ridge in Wentworth, South Yorkshire in northern England. It was designed by Henry Flitcroft for the Whig aristocrat Thomas Watson-Wentworth, Earl of Malton to commemorate the quashing of the 1745 Jacobite rebellion.

    4 km · tower in Wentworth, South Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Hoyland

Airports

Leeds Bradford (LBA), 43 km · Manchester (MAN), 58 km · East Midlands (EMA), 75 km

Stations

Elsecar railway station, 900 m · Wombwell railway station, 2.6 km · Chapeltown railway station, 4.4 km · Earl Fitzwilliam's private railway station, 1.5 km

• Leeds, West Yorkshire → Hoyland

  34 km · quickest by road, 47 min · £4–5
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• Manchester, Greater Manchester → Hoyland

  53 km · quickest by road, 1h 36m · £6–8
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• Nottingham, Leicestershire → Hoyland

  64 km · quickest by road, 1h 29m · £7–9
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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 Hoyland. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

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