Kexbrough
Kexbrough is a village in the Barnsley district, in the county of South Yorkshire, England, on the border with West Yorkshire.

Kexbrough is a village in the Barnsley district, in the county of South Yorkshire, England, on the border with West Yorkshire. The village falls within the Darton West ward of Barnsley MBC. It is located west of the M1 motorway, just south of Junction 38 at an elevation of around 351 feet (107 m) above sea level. Historically the village was known as Kexborough, and includes the hamlets of Haigh and Swithin. Until 1974 it was in the West Riding of Yorkshire.
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Worth seeing in and around Kexbrough
5 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.
- 01Cannon Hall
Cannon Hall is a country house between the villages of Cawthorne and High Hoyland some 5 miles west of Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England. Originally the home of the Spencer and subsequently the Spencer-Stanhope family, it houses collections of fine furniture, paintings, ceramics and glassware.
3.5 km · country house museum in Cawthorne, South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 02Church of All Saints
The Church of All Saints is the parish church in the village of Darton in South Yorkshire, England. It is a Church of England church in the Diocese of Leeds.
800 m · Anglican church in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Church In Bretton Park
St Bartholomew's Chapel is a former estate church in the grounds of Bretton Hall, in West Bretton near Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England. The redundant Grade II* listed chapel has been restored as gallery space for the Yorkshire Sculpture Park.
3.9 km · church building in West Bretton, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 04Church of All Saints, Silkstone
The Church of All Saints is the parish church in the village of Silkstone in South Yorkshire, England. It is a Church of England church in the Diocese of Leeds.
3.8 km · Anglican church in Silkstone, South Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Pot House Hamlet
Silkstone glassworks is situated at Pot House Hamlet, a historic former industrial site in Silkstone, South Yorkshire, England. A glass works was established at Silkstone around 1659 by John Pilmey, who had emigrated from France some years earlier.
3.8 km · industrial site in Silkstone, South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
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Getting to Kexbrough
- Airports
- Leeds Bradford (LBA), 33 km · Manchester (MAN), 55 km · East Midlands (EMA), 84 km
- Stations
- Darton railway station, 1.1 km · Staincross and Mapplewell railway station, 3.6 km
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Kexbrough47 km · quickest by road, 1h 34m · £5–7
- Nottingham, Leicestershire → Kexbrough75 km · quickest by road, 1h 41m · £8–11
- Liverpool → Kexbrough96 km · quickest by road, 2h 20m · £11–14
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Kexbrough
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 Kexbrough. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Go nextOther easy day trips include Bradford, Saltaire, Haworth and Sheffield.
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Next door to Kexbrough
Kexbrough is 22 km from Sheffield, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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- Silkstonevillage in South Yorkshire, England, UK3.8 km
- Cawthornevillage in South Yorkshire, United Kingdom2.5 km
- Dartonvillage in South Yorkshire, England, UK700 m
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- Gawbervillage in South Yorkshire, England, UK2.8 km