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Woodsetts

Woodsetts is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham in South Yorkshire, England, on the border with Nottinghamshire.

Woodsetts
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The place

Woodsetts is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham in South Yorkshire, England, on the border with Nottinghamshire. It lies between the towns of Dinnington and Worksop at an elevation of around 60 metres above sea level, and has a population of 1,746 at the 2011 Census. The village originated as a medieval farming hamlet, the name Woodsetts was first recorded in 1220, but there is evidence of human settlement in the area from 80 BC. The village grew rapidly in the late 19th century when a colliery was sunk at Dinnington. Woodsetts now serves as a commuter base for people working in nearby towns.

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Getting to Woodsetts

Airports
East Midlands (EMA), 58 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 66 km · Manchester (MAN), 73 km
  • Nottingham, Leicestershire → Woodsetts
    44 km · quickest by road, 1h 17m · £6–7
  • Leeds, West Yorkshire → Woodsetts
    56 km · quickest by road, 1h 19m · £6–9
  • Manchester, Greater Manchester → Woodsetts
    72 km · quickest by road, 2h 6m · £8–11
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Woodsetts

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 Woodsetts. 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

    296 km
  2. 02
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    339 km
  3. 03
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    356 km
  4. 04
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    391 km
  5. 05
    VlielandNL

    10 ways of moving, 47 sources

    409 km

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Around it

Next door to Woodsetts

Woodsetts is 20 km from Sheffield, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.