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Swallownest

Swallownest is a village located in the civil parish of Aston cum Aughton within the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England.

Swallownest
Swallownest · Wikimedia Commons
The place

Swallownest is a village located in the civil parish of Aston cum Aughton within the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England. The village lies 4 mi (6.4 km) south of Rotherham and 7 mi (11 km) from Sheffield.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Swallownest

8 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
    Church of All Saints, Aston cum Aughton

    The Church of All Saints is a 12th-century parish church of Aston cum Aughton, located in the village of Aston in South Yorkshire, England. It is a Church of England church in the Diocese of Sheffield.

    1.8 km · Grade I listed church in Aston cum Aughton, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Church of St Helen, Treeton

    The Church of St Helen is the parish church in the village of Treeton in South Yorkshire, England. It is a Church of England church in the Diocese of Sheffield.

    3 km · Grade I listed church in Treeton, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Rother Valley Country Park

    The Rother Valley Country Park is a country park in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England, close to Rotherham's border with Sheffield and Derbyshire. It covers 3 square kilometres and has four artificial lakes, recreational activities and nature reserves.

    2.8 km · country park in South Yorkshire, England · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Ulley Reservoir

    Ulley Reservoir is a reservoir a few hundred yards to the west and downhill of the village of Ulley, 4 miles south of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England. It is 2.5 miles away from junction 33 of the M1 motorway.

    2.1 km · reservoir in South Yorkshire, England · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Hackenthorpe Hall

    Hackenthorpe Hall is a 17th-century manor house located in Hackenthorpe, Sheffield, England. The building dates back to 1653, and was built by John and his wife Alice Newbould, and was the historic residence of the Hounsfield family thereafter.

    3.7 km · house in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Church of St Mary the Virgin, Beighton

    The Church of St Mary the Virgin is situated in Beighton, a suburb of the City of Sheffield, England. It is located just off High Street, it is the parish church for the parish of Beighton and a Grade II* listed building.

    2 km · church in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Crystal Peaks

    Crystal Peaks is a shopping centre and retail park in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. Established in 1988, the centre attracts around 11 million visitors a year.

    2.9 km · shopping mall in Sheffield, England · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Woodhouse Cemetery

    Woodhouse Cemetery is a cemetery located on Stradbroke Road, Woodhouse, Sheffield.

    3.5 km · cemetery in Sheffield, England · 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 Swallownest

Airports
East Midlands (EMA), 59 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 60 km · Manchester (MAN), 63 km
Stations
Woodhouse railway station, 2.2 km · Beighton railway station, 1.4 km · Crystal Peaks bus station, 3 km · Orgreave Colliery platform, 3.2 km · Woodhouse Mill railway station, 1.6 km
  • Nottingham, Leicestershire → Swallownest
    47 km · quickest by road, 1h 6m · £5–7
  • Leeds, West Yorkshire → Swallownest
    50 km · quickest by road, 1h 7m · £5–7
  • Manchester, Greater Manchester → Swallownest
    62 km · quickest by road, 1h 54m · £7–10
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Swallownest

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

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Go nextFor a day trip by public transport, the most accessible is along the Hope Valley railway line through Grindleford, Hathersage, Hope and Edale.

From Wikivoyage: Sheffield, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

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

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    297 km
  2. 02
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    333 km
  3. 03
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    348 km
  4. 04
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    383 km
  5. 05
    Isle of JuraGB

    10 ways of moving, 19 sources

    410 km

If you know how people move in Swallownest – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Swallownest

Swallownest is 10 km from Sheffield, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Orgreavevillage and civil parish in South Yorkshire, UK3.3 km
  • Ulleyvillage in South Yorkshire, England, UK1.9 km
  • Aston cum Aughtoncivil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham in South Yorkshire, England400 m
  • Treetonvillage in South Yorkshire, UK3 km
  • Beightonhuman settlement in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England3.3 km
  • Waverleysettlement and civil parish in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England, UK3.9 km