Monk Bretton
Monk Bretton is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England.
Monk Bretton is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England. It lies approximately two miles north-east from Barnsley town centre. Until 1974 it was in the West Riding of Yorkshire.
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Worth seeing in and around Monk Bretton
3 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.
- 01Grimethorpe Hall
Grimethorpe Hall is a manor house in Grimethorpe, South Yorkshire, England. Built circa 1670 for Robert Seaton, it is thought to be in the style of York architect Robert Trollope.
2.2 km · house in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Hodroyd Hall
Hodroyd Hall at South Hiendley in the parish of Felkirk near Barnsley in West Yorkshire, England is an Elizabethan manor house currently used as 3 dwellings. It is Grade II listed.
3.5 km · house in South Hiendley, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Oaks viaduct
Oaks Viaduct spanned the Dearne Valley, in South Yorkshire, England. The viaduct was 1,087 feet long and crossed Pontefract Road at Hoyle Mill, and spanned the Dearne Valley including the Dearne and Dove Canal and the Barnsley Coal Railway.
3.5 km · Railway viaduct in South Yorkshire, England · Wikipedia
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Getting to Monk Bretton
- Airports
- Leeds Bradford (LBA), 36 km · Manchester (MAN), 63 km · East Midlands (EMA), 83 km
- Stations
- Monk Bretton railway station, 1.8 km
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Monk Bretton53 km · quickest by road, 1h 44m · £6–7
- Nottingham, Leicestershire → Monk Bretton71 km · quickest by road, 1h 42m · £8–10
- Liverpool → Monk Bretton64 km · quickest by road, 1h 47m · £7–9
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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No local-transport research exists yet for Monk Bretton
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 Monk Bretton. 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 Monk Bretton
Monk Bretton is 22 km from Sheffield, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Brierleytown in South Yorkshire, UK2.7 km
- South Hiendleyvillage and civil parish in West Yorkshire, UK3.4 km
- Grimethorpevillage in South Yorkshire, UK2.5 km
- Shaftonvillage and civil parish in South Yorkshire, England, UK1.8 km
- Carltonvillage in South Yorkshire, UK2.5 km
- Ardsleyvillage in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley of South Yorkshire, England3.6 km