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

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.
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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.
- 01Church 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 - 02Church 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 - 03Rother 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 - 04Ulley 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 - 05Hackenthorpe 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 - 06Church 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 - 07Crystal 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 - 08Woodhouse Cemetery
Woodhouse Cemetery is a cemetery located on Stradbroke Road, Woodhouse, Sheffield.
3.5 km · cemetery in Sheffield, England · Wikipedia
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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 → Swallownest47 km · quickest by road, 1h 6m · £5–7
- Leeds, West Yorkshire → Swallownest50 km · quickest by road, 1h 7m · £5–7
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Swallownest62 km · quickest by road, 1h 54m · £7–10
- 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 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.
- Go nextFor a day trip by public transport, the most accessible is along the Hope Valley railway line through Grindleford, Hathersage, Hope and Edale.
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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