Orgreave
Orgreave is a village and civil parish on the River Rother in South Yorkshire. It is in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, about 4.5 miles east of the centre of Sheffield and a similar distance south of the centre of Rotherham.Places of Interest
Highlights include Woodhouse railway station and Catcliffe Glass Cone.
Woodhouse railway station
Railway station
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Woodhouse railway station serves Woodhouse and Woodhouse Mill in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. The station is 5.25 miles east of Sheffield station on the Sheffield to Lincoln Line.
Catcliffe Glass Cone
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The Catcliffe Glass Cone is a glass cone in the village of Catcliffe in South Yorkshire, England. It is the oldest surviving structure of its type in Western Europe, and it is a Grade I listed building and Scheduled Ancient Monument.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rotherham and Richmond.
Rotherham
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Rotherham is a large town in South Yorkshire, Its traditional industries were coal-mining, glass-blowing and steel-making: much of this gone, but Rotherham is still a big steel producer, albeit more focused on specialist engineering steel rather than mass production.
Richmond
Suburb
Photo: John Poyser, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Richmond is a suburb of Sheffield in South Yorkshire, England. It lies in the eastern part of the city. Richmond was historically a small settlement consisting of a few cottages and Richmond Hall Farm, built in 1668 and demolished in 1966.
Swallownest
Village
Photo: Alan Heardman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Swallownest is a village located in the civil parish of Aston cum Aughton within the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England. The village lies 4 mi south of Rotherham and 7 mi from Sheffield.
Orgreave
- Type: Locality
- Location: Rotherham, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.3762° or 53° 22′ 34″ northLongitude
-1.3604° or 1° 21′ 37″ westElevation
174 feet (53 metres)Open location code
9C5W9JGQ+FRGeoNames ID
7290893
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