Wales
Worth seeing in and around Wales
6 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.
- 01Norwood Tunnel
Norwood Tunnel was a 2,884-yard-long, 9-foot-3-inch-wide and 12-foot-high brick lined canal tunnel on the line of the Chesterfield Canal with its Western Portal in Norwood, Derbyshire and its Eastern Portal in Kiveton, South Yorkshire, England.
1 km · Chesterfield Canal, Derbyshire / South Yorkshire, England · Wikipedia - 02Rother 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.
2.6 km · country park in South Yorkshire, England · Wikipedia - 03Church 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.
2.6 km · Grade I listed church in Aston cum Aughton, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Church 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.
3.7 km · church in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Church of All Hallows, Harthill
The All Hallows Church is an Anglican parish church in the Diocese of Sheffield, located in Harthill, South Yorkshire, England. It is a Grade I listed building.
2.4 km · Grade I listed church in Harthill, South Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Kiveton Hall
Kiveton Hall is a Grade II listed house in Kiveton Park, Wales, near Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England.
2 km · house in Wales, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Wales
- Airports
- East Midlands (EMA), 57 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 64 km · Manchester (MAN), 66 km
- Stations
- Kiveton Park railway station, 2.8 km · Kiveton Bridge railway station, 1.1 km · Beighton railway station, 3.8 km · Killamarsh West railway station, 3.6 km
- Nottingham, Leicestershire → Wales44 km · quickest by road, 1h 7m · £5–6
- Leeds, West Yorkshire → Wales54 km · quickest by road, 1h 11m · £6–8
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Wales65 km · quickest by road, 1h 58m · £8–10
- 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 Wales
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 Wales. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inof Ireland) are available, which include the ferry from Holyhead to Dublin Port.
- Get inSee also: Ferry routes to British Mainland It's possible to take several ferry routes from Ireland to Wales, the main routes are Holyhead (which is on Holy Island, linked to the island of Anglesey by a causeway, and Anglesey is linked by bridge to mainland Wales) and Fishguard on the south-west coast.
- Get inThese tend to be the cheapest and fastest, if you hunt around between the different ferry companies.
- Get inStenaline and Irish Ferries offer multiple daily services for passengers and vehicles.
- Get inStena operate the route to Fishguard, Irish Ferries operate the route to Pembroke Dock, and both operate to Holyhead.
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Next door to Wales
Wales is 13 km from Sheffield, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Killamarshtown and civil parish in North East Derbyshire, England3 km
- Todwickvillage and civil parish in South Yorkshire, United Kingdom1.8 km
- Harthillvillage in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, England2.8 km
- Ulleyvillage in South Yorkshire, England, UK3.5 km
- Aston cum Aughtoncivil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham in South Yorkshire, England3.3 km
- Kiveton Parkvillage in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham in South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom1.4 km