Silkstone Common railway station
The present Silkstone Common railway station, which opened by British Rail on 14 May 1983 serves the village of Silkstone Common, near Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: John Fielding, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Railway station
- Description: railway station in South Yorkshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Silkstone Common Railway Station”, “Silkstone Common Station”, and “SLK”
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Huskar Pit and Church of All Saints, Silkstone.
Huskar Pit
Memorial
Huskar Pit was a coal mine on the South Yorkshire Coalfield, sunk to work the Silkstone seam. It was located in Nabs Wood, outside the village of Silkstone Common, in the then West Riding of Yorkshire. Huskar Pit is situated 2,300 feet southeast of Silkstone Common railway station.
Church of All Saints, Silkstone
Church
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Church of All Saints is the parish church in the village of Silkstone in South Yorkshire, England. It is a Church of England church in the Diocese of Leeds. The building is Grade I listed and dates back to at least the 12th century. Church of All Saints, Silkstone is situated 1 mile north of Silkstone Common railway station.
Silkstone glassworks
Commercial area
Silkstone glassworks is situated at Pot House Hamlet, a historic former industrial site in Silkstone, South Yorkshire, England. A glass works was established at Silkstone around 1659 by John Pilmey, who had emigrated from France some years earlier. Silkstone glassworks is situated 1 mile north of Silkstone Common railway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Silkstone Common and Silkstone.
Silkstone Common
Village
Photo: John Fielding, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Silkstone Common is a village in the metropolitan borough of Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England. It is to the south of Silkstone.
Silkstone
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Silkstone is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England. It is situated in the foothills of the Pennines, around 4 miles west of Barnsley.
Dodworth
Village
Photo: ChicXulub, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dodworth is a village in the metropolitan borough of Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it has a population of 5,742, increasing to 5,900 at the 2011 Census. Dodworth is situated 1½ miles east of Silkstone Common railway station.
Silkstone Common railway station
- Categories: station and transportation
- Location: Silkstone, Barnsley, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.53535° or 53° 32′ 7″ northLongitude
-1.56303° or 1° 33′ 47″ westElevation
558 feet (170 metres)Operator
Northern TrainsNetwork
National RailAbbreviation
“SLK”Open location code
9C5WGCPP+4QOpenStreetMap ID
node 21625873OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stationOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesGeoNames ID
6953570Wikidata ID
Q1882359
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to French—“Silkstone Common railway station” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “station Silkstone Common”
- Dutch: “Station Silkstone Common”
- Egyptian Arabic: “محطة سيلكستون كومون”
- French: “gare de Silkstone Common”
- French: “Silkstone Common”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Silkstone Common railway station”. Photo: John Fielding, CC BY-SA 2.0.