45 Places to Visit in South Yorkshire | Directory
Yorkshire is a county of massive contrasts from the urban south famed for its collieries, the expanses of the coastal east, the wild moors of the west and the north and the rolling countryside in the middle. Much of Britian has been shaped here and although home to some of the UK's more modern and vibrant cities the rural parts remain essentially what Britain is all about.
Barnsley | Doncaster | Renishaw | Rotherham | Sheffield | Silkstone | Wombwell
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Barnsley
- Birdwell Lodge Craft & Antique Centre
- Cannon Hall Country Park
- Cannon Hall Museum
- Cooper Gallery
- Elsecar Heritage Centre
- Lazing Saddles
- Monk Bretton Priory
- Victoria Jubilee Museum
- Wentworth Castle & Gardens
- Worsbrough Country Park
- Worsbrough Mill Museum and Country Park
Doncaster
- Brodsworth Hall and Gardens (EH)
- Conisbrough Castle
- Cusworth Hall Museum of South Yorkshire Life
- Doncaster Aeroventure South Yorkshire Aircraft Museum
- Doncaster Museum & Art Gallery
- Old Smithy and Heritage Centre
- Thorne Memorial Park Railway
- Trolleybus Museum at Sandtoftý
Renishaw
Rotherham
- Clifton Park Museum
- Magna Science Adventure Centre
- Roche Abbey
- Rother Valley Country Park
- Thrybergh Country Park
- Ulley Country Park
- York & Lancaster Regimental Museum
Sheffield
- Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet
- Bishops House
- Fire Police Museum (Sheffield)
- Graves Art Gallery
- Kelham Island Museum
- Millennium Galleries
- Sheffield Botanical Gardens
- Sheffield Bus Museum
- Sheffield Cathedral
- Sheffield Industrial Museums Trust Kelham Island Museum
- Site Gallery (Media, Art, Photography)
- South Yorkshire Railway Co Ltd
- The Big Tops
- Traditional Heritage Museum
- Tropical Butterfly House, Wildlife and Falconry Centre
- Wortley Top Forge
Silkstone
Wombwell
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