Silkstone Common

Worth seeing in and around Silkstone Common

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.

1. 01
   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.

   3.1 km · Grade I listed historic house museum in Stainborough, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Church 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.

   1.4 km · Anglican church in Silkstone, South Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Pot 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.

   1.4 km · industrial site in Silkstone, South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia

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Getting to Silkstone Common

Airports

Leeds Bradford (LBA), 37 km · Manchester (MAN), 52 km · East Midlands (EMA), 80 km

Stations

Silkstone Common railway station, 100 m · Dodworth railway station, 2.2 km

• Manchester, Greater Manchester → Silkstone Common

  45 km · quickest by road, 1h 26m · £5–6
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• Nottingham, Leicestershire → Silkstone Common

  70 km · quickest by road, 1h 36m · £8–10
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• Liverpool → Silkstone Common

  95 km · quickest by road, 2h 24m · £10–14
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No local-transport research exists yet for Silkstone Common

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 Silkstone Common. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

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