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Wath upon Dearne

Wath upon Dearne is a town south of the River Dearne in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England, 5 miles (8 km) north of Rotherham and almost midway between Barnsley and Doncaster.

Wath upon Dearne
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The place

Wath upon Dearne is a town south of the River Dearne in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England, 5 miles (8 km) north of Rotherham and almost midway between Barnsley and Doncaster. It had a population of 11,816 at the 2011 census. It is twinned with Saint-Jean-de-Bournay in France.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Wath upon Dearne

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
    Wentworth Woodhouse

    Wentworth Woodhouse is a Grade I listed country house in the village of Wentworth, in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham in South Yorkshire, England. The building has more than 300 rooms, with 250,000 square feet of floorspace, including 124,600 square feet of living area, and was – until it ceased to be privately owned – often listed as the largest private residence in the United Kingdom.

    5.3 km · country house in the village of Wentworth, South Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    St Andrew's Church

    The Church of St Andrew the Apostle is an active Church of England parish church located on High Street in Bolton upon Dearne, South Yorkshire, England. The building contains surviving pre-Conquest Anglo-Saxon stonework alongside Norman and late medieval additions.

    2.4 km · church in Bolton upon Dearne, Yorkshire, England · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Church of All Saints

    The Church of All Saints is the parish church in the village of Darfield in South Yorkshire, England. It is a Church of England church in the Diocese of Sheffield.

    4 km · Anglican church in Darfield, South Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Elsecar Heritage Centre

    Elsecar Heritage Centre is a visitor attraction centre in Elsecar, Barnsley, England. Operated by Barnsley Museums, it has independent shops, studios, galleries and cafes in former Victorian engineering workshops.

    5.3 km · Living history museum in Elsecar, England · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    St Michael and All Angels Church, Great Houghton

    St Michael and All Angels Church is the parish church of Great Houghton in South Yorkshire. The church is dedicated to St Michael, and was originally a private chapel and was built by Sir Edward Rodes, the High Sheriff of Yorkshire, who was a conspicuous Parliamentarian.

    5.8 km · church in Great Houghton, South Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Old Town Hall, Wombwell

    The Old Town Hall is a former municipal building in the High Street, Wombwell, South Yorkshire, England. The structure, which since 2012 has been used as a public house, is a locally listed building.

    4.4 km · municipal Building in England · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    The Rockingham Mausoleum

    The Rockingham Mausoleum, Wentworth, near Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England is a cenotaph commemorating Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, who was Prime Minister at the time of his death in 1782. The name by which the memorial is now known is in fact a misnomer, since Charles Watson-Wentworth is buried in York Minster.

    4.5 km · Grade I listed building in Wentworth, South Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Greasbrough War Memorial And Railed Enclosure

    Greasbrough War Memorial is a Grade II listed war memorial located in the centre of Greasbrough, in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England. It was erected to commemorate local residents who died in military service during the First World War.

    5.5 km · war memorial in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England, UK · 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.

Go there

Getting to Wath upon Dearne

Airports
Leeds Bradford (LBA), 46 km · Manchester (MAN), 65 km · East Midlands (EMA), 75 km
Stations
Wombwell railway station, 5.3 km · Elsecar railway station, 5.8 km · Bolton-on-Dearne railway station, 2.6 km · Swinton railway station, 2.9 km · Thurnscoe railway station, 5.2 km
  • Leeds, West Yorkshire → Wath upon Dearne
    35 km · quickest by road, 57 min · £4.5–6
  • Manchester, Greater Manchester → Wath upon Dearne
    59 km · quickest by road, 1h 45m · £6–8
  • Nottingham, Leicestershire → Wath upon Dearne
    62 km · quickest by road, 1h 33m · £7–9
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Wath upon Dearne

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

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

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    313 km
  2. 02
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    336 km
  3. 03
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    343 km
  4. 04
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    370 km
  5. 05
    Isle of JuraGB

    10 ways of moving, 19 sources

    398 km

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Around it

Next door to Wath upon Dearne

Wath upon Dearne is 16 km from Sheffield, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Wombwelltown in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England4.2 km
  • Mexboroughtown in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster in South Yorkshire, England3.9 km
  • Great Houghtonvillage and civil parish in South Yorkshire, England5.4 km
  • Barnburghvillage in South Yorkshire, England, UK5 km
  • Brampton Bierlowvillage and civil parish in South Yorkshire, United Kingdom2.3 km
  • Billingleyvillage in South Yorkshire, England, UK3.2 km