Compass Rose
Compass Rose is a work of art in Shafton, Barnsley, England. Compass Rose is situated nearby to Lund Hill Lane Bridge, as well as near the community center Meadow Crescent Centre.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Church of St John the Baptist and Monckton Coke Works.
Church of St John the Baptist
Church
Photo: Chemical Engineer, Public domain.
The Church of St John the Baptist is the parish church in the village of Royston in South Yorkshire, England. It is a Church of England church in the Diocese of Leeds. Church of St John the Baptist is situated 3,000 feet southwest of Compass Rose.
Monckton Coke Works
Photo: Alan Murray-Rust, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Monckton Coke Works was a coking plant near Royston in South Yorkshire, England. The plant opened in 1884 and was closed 130 years later in 2014, being one of the last remnants of the coal industry in Yorkshire. Monckton Coke Works is situated 1,700 feet northeast of Compass Rose.
Wayside cross known as Kirk Cross
Archaeological site
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wayside cross known as Kirk Cross is an archaeological site, which is situated 1 mile southwest of Compass Rose.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Royston and Carlton.
Royston
Town
Photo: Chemical Engineer, Public domain.
Royston is a suburban village within the Metropolitan borough of Barnsley, in South Yorkshire, England. Historically, the village formed part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, but was incorporated into the Metropolitan borough of Barnsley in 1974 and is now on the border with West Yorkshire.
Carlton
Village
Photo: Michael Patterson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Carlton is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England. It is situated between the villages of Athersley and Royston.
Shafton
Village
Shafton is a civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England, on the border with West Yorkshire. At the 2001 census it had a population of 2,840, increasing to 3,447 at the 2011 Census.
Compass Rose
- Type: Work of art
- Artwork type: sculpture
- Category: tourism
- Location: Shafton, Barnsley, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.60053° or 53° 36′ 2″ northLongitude
-1.43896° or 1° 26′ 20″ westOpen location code
9C5WJH26+6COpenStreetMap ID
node 13522939105OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=artworkOpenStreetMap attribute
artwork_type=sculpture
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