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

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Places to explore near Rotherham

Steel and coal built Rotherham, set where the River Rother joins the Don in the heart of South Yorkshire; its medieval minster still rises above the town centre. Just north stands Wentworth Woodhouse, whose facade is the longest of any house in England, raised on the wealth of the coalfield. The tranquil ruin of Roche Abbey lies in a limestone gorge to the east, country parks ring the town at Ulley and Thrybergh, and the gritstone edge of Wharncliffe Crags points west towards the Peak District.

94 places within 25 km — the standouts first, nearest first within each group. 5 are national icons.

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Worth the tripnational icons and local highlights within reach

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

Wentworth Woodhouse

House & garden near Wentworth

Britain's longest country-house facade.

6 km NW

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

Conisbrough Castle

Castle near Doncaster

Circular white keep that inspired Ivanhoe.

10.4 km NE

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

Roche Abbey

Abbey · Monastery near Blyth

Cistercian ruin in a Capability Brown valley.

11.7 km E

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

Peak District

National Park near Castleton

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

14.2 km W

Photo of Renishaw Hall, a Grade II* registered house & garden near Sheffield, Derbyshire, central England.

Renishaw Hall

House & garden near Sheffield

The Sitwell family seat since 1625, with an Italianate garden of clipped rooms.

14.2 km S

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

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.

15.2 km NW

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

Brodsworth Hall

House & garden near Doncaster

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

15.9 km NE

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

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.

20.7 km SW

Photo of Welbeck Farm Shop, a farm & farm shop in Nottinghamshire, central England.

Welbeck Farm Shop

Farm & farm shop near Welbeck

Farm shop on the historic Welbeck estate with an award-winning butchery, part of a food-focused Nottinghamshire estate.

22.1 km SE

Photo of St Mary and All Saints, Chesterfield, a church in Derbyshire, central England.

St Mary and All Saints, Chesterfield

Church near Chesterfield

Derbyshire's largest church, known across the country for its famously twisted and leaning crooked spire.

22.1 km S

Photo of Bolsover Castle, a motte & bailey near Langwith - Whaley Thorns, Derbyshire, central England.

Bolsover Castle

Motte & bailey · Castle near Langwith - Whaley Thorns

Flamboyant Jacobean mock-castle on a ridge.

22.5 km S

Photo of Hathersage Swimming Pool, a lido in the Peak District, Derbyshire, central England.

Hathersage Swimming Pool

Lido near Hathersage

A heated 1936 open-air pool in the Hope Valley, with its original bandstand beside the water and open all year.

22.8 km SW

Photo of Welbeck Abbey, a Grade II registered house & garden near Whitwell (Derbys), Nottinghamshire, central England.

Welbeck Abbey

House & garden near Whitwell (Derbys)

A private Dukeries estate famous for a reclusive duke's warren of Victorian tunnels.

23 km SE

Photo of Hathersage, a village in the Peak District, Derbyshire, central England.

Hathersage

Dark Peak village below Stanage Edge, with Little John's reputed grave and Charlotte Bronte connections that fed Jane Eyre.

23 km SW · Derbyshire

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

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.

23.2 km W

Photo: Bamford Edge, a viewpoint in the Peak District, Derbyshire, central England.

Bamford Edge

Viewpoint near Bamford

Gritstone edge high above Bamford, giving one of the most celebrated views over Ladybower Reservoir and the Hope Valley.

23.4 km W

Photo: Froggatt Edge, a viewpoint near Grindleford in the Peak District, Derbyshire, central England.

Froggatt Edge

Viewpoint near Grindleford

Wooded gritstone edge above Froggatt village, running north from Curbar with climbing crags and moorland views.

24.3 km SW

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

Ladybower Reservoir

Reservoir near Hope

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

24.6 km W

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

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.

24.6 km NW

Photo: Curbar Edge, a viewpoint near Baslow in the Peak District, Derbyshire, central England.

Curbar Edge

Viewpoint near Baslow

Gritstone edge sheltering the village below, with sweeping views over the Derwent Valley and a scatter of abandoned millstones.

24.7 km SW

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

Nostell Priory

House & garden near Wakefield

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

24.9 km N

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Photo of the Sheffield & South Yorkshire Navigation, a river navigation running from Sheffield to Keadby, England.

Sheffield & South Yorkshire Navigation

River navigation

The Don valley's waterway — river, cut and canal linking Sheffield's basin to the Trent at Keadby.

0.3 km W · South Yorkshire & Lincolnshire

Photo of Thrybergh Country Park, a country park near Rotherham, South Yorkshire, northern England.

Thrybergh Country Park

Country park near Rotherham

A country park in South Yorkshire.

5.2 km NE

Photo of Ulley Country Park, a country park near Rotherham, South Yorkshire, northern England.

Ulley Country Park

Country park near Rotherham

A country park in South Yorkshire.

5.3 km SE

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

Wentworth

Estate village below Wentworth Woodhouse, England's longest country-house facade, with a garden centre, antique shops and an old church.

6 km NW · South Yorkshire

Photo of Holy Trinity Old Church, Wentworth, a church in South Yorkshire, northern England.

Holy Trinity Old Church, Wentworth

Church near Wentworth

Ruined medieval church kept beside its grand Victorian replacement in the Fitzwilliam estate village.

7.2 km NW

Photo of Rother Valley Country Park, a country park near Rotherham, South Yorkshire, northern England.

Rother Valley Country Park

Country park near Rotherham

A country park in South Yorkshire.

8.9 km S

Photo of Norfolk Heritage Park, a Grade II* registered house & garden near Sheffield, South Yorkshire, northern England.

Norfolk Heritage Park

House & garden near Sheffield

Parkland the Duke of Norfolk gave to Sheffield in 1848, with a wooded ravine.

9.3 km SW

Photo of Sheffield General Cemetery, a Grade II* registered house & garden in South Yorkshire, northern England.

Sheffield General Cemetery

House & garden near Sheffield

One of the first commercial landscape cemeteries, of 1836, with Egyptian gateways.

11.2 km SW

Photo of the Chesterfield Canal, a 46-mile canal running from West Stockwith to Chesterfield, England.

Chesterfield Canal

Brindley's last canal, from the Trent at West Stockwith through Retford toward Chesterfield — restored in stretches either side of the collapsed Norwood Tunnel.

11.3 km S · Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire & South Yorkshire

Everything else within 25 km (64) — reserves, earthworks & places to check before travelling

Netherwood Country ParkCountry park11.8 km N
Phoenix ParkCountry park12.4 km N
Worsbrough Mill Country ParkCountry park12.8 km NW
Renishaw Hall VineyardVineyard14.2 km S
Beauchief AbbeyAbbey14.5 km SW
Dearne Valley Country ParkCountry park14.6 km N
Monk Bretton PrioryPriory14.9 km N
Langold ParkCountry park15.5 km SE
Cusworth ParkCountry park15.8 km NE
Poolsbrook Country ParkCountry park18.6 km S
Bradgate BrickworksSSSIaccess unclear1.8 km W
Kimberworth motteEarthworks of a former castleaccess unclear2.6 km W
Wincobank hillfortHillfortaccess unclear5.5 km W
CownhillCounty topaccess unclear8.5 km E
Neepsend BrickworksSSSI8.7 km SW
Dearne Valley WetlandsSSSI8.9 km N
Castle Hills motte (South Yorkshire)Castleaccess unclear9 km NE
Neepsend Railway CuttingSSSIaccess unclear9.1 km W
Castle Hill motte (South Yorkshire)Castleaccess unclear9.7 km SE
Ashfield Brick PitsSSSIaccess unclear9.9 km NE
Wood Lee CommonSSSI10.2 km E
Denaby IngsSSSIaccess unclear10.5 km NE
Roche Abbey WoodlandsSSSIaccess unclear10.6 km E
Cadeby QuarrySSSIaccess unclear11.1 km NE
Sprotbrough GorgeSSSIaccess unclear11.2 km NE
Wadsley Fossil ForestSSSIaccess unclear11.2 km W
Maltby Low CommonSSSI11.3 km E
Moss Valley MeadowsSSSIaccess unclear11.4 km SW
New Edlington BrickpitSSSIaccess unclear11.7 km NE
Edlington WoodSSSIaccess unclear12.3 km E
Moss ValleySSSIaccess unclear12.5 km S
Stannington RuffsSSSIaccess unclear12.6 km W
Stairfoot BrickworksSSSIaccess unclear13 km N
Anston Stones WoodSSSIaccess unclear13.2 km SE
Moss Valley WoodsSSSIaccess unclear13.2 km S
Sandbeck Park and Roche AbbeyHouse & gardenaccess unclear13.4 km E
Wharncliffe CragsSSSI13.4 km W
WortleyVillage13.9 km NW
Fir Hill - Harthill FieldCounty topaccess unclear14.6 km SE
Lindrick Golf CourseSSSIaccess unclear14.8 km SE
Totley WoodSSSIaccess unclear14.8 km SW
Bilham Sand PitsSSSIaccess unclear15 km NE
Carlton Main BrickworksSSSIaccess unclear15.2 km N
Cherry Tree InnPub15.2 km NW
Cusworth MotteEarthworks of a former castleaccess unclear15.3 km NE
Crabtree WoodSSSIaccess unclear15.3 km S
Dyscarr WoodSSSI15.5 km E
Castle Hill motte, High BradfieldCastleaccess unclear15.9 km W
Tickhill CastleCastleaccess unclear16.2 km E
Ginny Spring, Whitwell WoodSSSIaccess unclear16.3 km SE
Bailey Hill motteEarthworks of a former castleaccess unclear16.4 km W
Eastern Peak District MoorsSSSI16.6 km W
Shireoaks HallHouse & gardenaccess unclear17.1 km SE
Canyards HillsSSSI17.3 km W
Potteric CarrSSSIaccess unclear17.6 km NE
Styrrup QuarrySSSIaccess unclear17.6 km E
Wall of Roman fortRoman archaeological siteaccess unclear18 km NE
Stancil Roman villaRoman archaeological siteaccess unclear18.1 km E
Dark PeakSSSI18.3 km W
Castle Hills motte, Adwick le StreetCastleaccess unclear18.5 km NE
Castle Hill motte (Derbyshire)Castleaccess unclear18.8 km SW
Hollinhill and Markland GripsSSSIaccess unclear18.8 km SE
Markland Grips promontory fortPromontory fortaccess unclear19.3 km SE
Castle Hill (South Yorkshire)Castleaccess unclear19.4 km NE

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.