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Photo: Stanage Edge, a viewpoint near Hathersage in the Peak District, Derbyshire, central England.

Stanage EdgePhoto Adam Dore / Unsplash

Places to explore near Barnsley

Coal built Barnsley, a South Yorkshire market and mining town whose colliery bands and blunt welcome are part of its character. The Pennine foothills climb westward towards the Peak District. The Georgian mansion and farm park of Cannon Hall sit in parkland to the north-west, and Wentworth Woodhouse, which has the longest façade of any house in England, lies south amid its estate. Closer to Sheffield, the gritstone edge of Wharncliffe Crags looks out over the Don valley.

84 places within 25 km — the standouts first, nearest first within each group. 3 are national icons.

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Worth the tripnational icons and local highlights within reach

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.

4.1 km SW

Photo of Yorkshire Sculpture Park, a garden near West Bretton, West Yorkshire, northern England.Highlight

Yorkshire Sculpture Park

Garden near West Bretton

Five hundred acres of Bretton Hall parkland dotted with Moore, Hepworth and Goldsworthy sculpture, plus formal gardens and galleries.

8.8 km NW

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.

9.9 km SE

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.

12.1 km SW

Photo of Nostell Priory, a Grade II* registered house & garden near Wakefield, West Yorkshire, northern England.Highlight

Nostell Priory

House & garden near Wakefield

A Palladian house holding one of the finest Chippendale furniture collections anywhere.

12.8 km NE

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.

14.9 km SW

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.

16.1 km E

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.

18.3 km SE

Photo of Holmfirth, a village in West Yorkshire, northern England.Highlight

Holmfirth

Village

Huddled Holme Valley town of terraced hillsides, famous as the setting for Last of the Summer Wine.

20.4 km W · West Yorkshire

Photo of Derwent Reservoir, a reservoir near Edale in the Peak District, Derbyshire, central England.Highlight

Derwent Reservoir

Reservoir near Edale

The middle of three Derwent Valley reservoirs in the Peak District, its stone dam a Dambusters training ground below Bleaklow.

23.4 km SW

Photo of Ladybower Reservoir, a reservoir near Hope in the Peak District, Derbyshire, central England.Iconic

Ladybower Reservoir

Reservoir near Hope

Dambusters crews trained over the dams and drowned villages of this Derwent Valley reservoir in the Peak District.

24.5 km SW

Photo: Stanage Edge, a viewpoint near Hathersage in the Peak District, Derbyshire, central England.Iconic

Stanage Edge

Viewpoint near Hathersage

A four-mile gritstone escarpment above Hathersage, the spiritual home of British rock climbing with vast views over the moors.

24.9 km SW

Also nearbygood places nearby, nearest first

Photo of Dearne Valley Country Park, a country park near Barnsley, South Yorkshire, northern England.

Dearne Valley Country Park

Country park near Barnsley

A country park in South Yorkshire.

0.8 km NE

Monk Bretton Priory

Priory · Monastery near Barnsley

Monk Bretton Priory Cluniac and Benedictine monastery: monastic precinct and two fishponds

2.7 km E

Photo of Worsbrough Mill Country Park, a country park near Barnsley, South Yorkshire, northern England.

Worsbrough Mill Country Park

Country park near Barnsley

A country park in South Yorkshire.

2.7 km S

Photo of Netherwood Country Park, a country park near Barnsley, South Yorkshire, northern England.

Netherwood Country Park

Country park near Barnsley

A country park in South Yorkshire.

4.6 km SE

Photo of Spencer's Arms, a pub near Cawthorne, South Yorkshire, northern England.

Spencer's Arms

Pub near Cawthorne

Village pub near Cannon Hall's parkland on the edge of Barnsley.

6.3 km W

Photo of Cawthorne, a village in South Yorkshire, northern England.

Cawthorne

Village

Pretty conservation village near Barnsley beside Cannon Hall's parkland, with a village museum and tearooms.

6.3 km W · South Yorkshire

Cannon Hall Park

Country park near Cawthorne

A country park in South Yorkshire.

6.9 km W

Cannon Hall Farm

Farm & farm shop near Cawthorne

Working farm, farm shop and family attraction beside Cannon Hall's parkland near Barnsley.

7.6 km W

Photo of Cannon Hall, a garden near Cawthorne, South Yorkshire, northern England.

Cannon Hall

Garden near Cawthorne

Georgian house in seventy acres of walled gardens and pleasure grounds near Barnsley, with a children's farm alongside.

7.7 km W

Everything else within 25 km (63) — reserves, earthworks & places to check before travelling

Ordered by how far each place is worth travelling for, then by distance. Distances are straight-line to the nearest edge of each place — paths wind, of course.