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Places to explore in South YorkshireEngland · Yorkshire and the Humber

Steel and coal built South Yorkshire, but its western edge belongs to the moors. The gritstone uplands of the Derwent and Howden Moors roll up to the Peak District boundary above Sheffield, and climbers have long worked the crags at Wharncliffe. Eastward the land drops into the coalfield and the Don valley, where Norman power left the great cylindrical keep of Conisbrough Castle, the model for Walter Scott's Ivanhoe. Later wealth raised Wentworth Woodhouse, whose east front is the longest of any country house in England, while the Cistercians left their ruins in a wooded valley at Roche Abbey.

The best of South Yorkshireworth the trip

Photo of the Peak District, a National Park in England.Iconic

Peak District

National Park near Castleton

Britain's first national park: gritstone edges in the Dark Peak, limestone dales in the White.

1,438 km²

Photo of Langsett Reservoir & Moors, a reservoir near Wortley in the Peak District, South Yorkshire, northern England.Highlight

Langsett Reservoir & Moors

Reservoir near Wortley

Gateway to the Peak's northern moors, a lakeside and woodland walk below the gritstone edges west of Barnsley.

Photo of Wentworth Castle Gardens, a garden near Stainborough, South Yorkshire, northern England.Highlight

Wentworth Castle Gardens

Garden near Stainborough

Sixty acres of Grade I gardens with a Victorian conservatory, follies and national camellia and rhododendron collections near Barnsley.

Photo of Brodsworth Hall, a Grade II* registered house & garden near Doncaster, South Yorkshire, northern England.Highlight

Brodsworth Hall

House & garden near Doncaster

An Italianate Victorian mansion kept as found, its faded interiors left unrestored.

Photo of Conisbrough Castle, a ruined castle near Doncaster, South Yorkshire, northern England.Highlight

Conisbrough Castle

Castle near Doncaster

Circular white keep that inspired Ivanhoe.

Photo of Wentworth Woodhouse, a Grade II* registered house & garden in South Yorkshire, northern England.Highlight

Wentworth Woodhouse

House & garden near Wentworth

Britain's longest country-house facade.

Photo of Roche Abbey, a ruined abbey near Blyth, South Yorkshire, northern England.Highlight

Roche Abbey

Abbey · Monastery near Blyth

Cistercian ruin in a Capability Brown valley.

Houses & gardens in South Yorkshire 7

Castles & strongholds in South Yorkshire 12

Abbeys & priories in South Yorkshire 2

Lakes & lochs in South Yorkshire 1

Protected landscapes in South Yorkshire 1

Nature reserves in South Yorkshire 50

Show all 50 nature reserves in South Yorkshire

Hills & peaks in South Yorkshire 4

Pubs & restaurants in South Yorkshire 3

Roman sites in South Yorkshire 3

Villages & towns in South Yorkshire 3

Ancient stones in South Yorkshire 2

Churches in South Yorkshire 2

Waterways in South Yorkshire 2

Country estates in South Yorkshire 1

Farms, vineyards & producers in South Yorkshire 1