Forge Halt
Forge Halt is a railway station in Wortley, Barnsley, England. Forge Halt is situated nearby to the museum Wortley Top Forge, as well as near the forest Forge Wood.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Wortley Top Forge and Holy Trinity Church.
Wortley Top Forge
Museum
Photo: Chris Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wortley Top Forge is an historic former finery forge and ironworks originally dating back to the seventeenth century, although evidence suggests iron working took place in the vicinity as early as the fourteenth century.
Holy Trinity Church
Church
Photo: Martin Speck, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Holy Trinity Church is situated 1 mile northwest of Forge Halt.
Saint John’s, Deepcar
Church
Photo: Richard Sockett, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Saint John’s, Deepcar is a church, which is situated 1¼ miles southwest of Forge Halt.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wortley and Green Moor.
Wortley
Village
Wortley is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England. At the 2001 census it had a population of 579, increasing to 626 at the 2011 Census. Wortley is mentioned in the 1086 Domesday Book as Wirtleie.
Green Moor
Village
Green Moor is a village near Wortley in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England, in the parish of Hunshelf and close to Penistone and Oxspring. Green Moor used to be a stone quarry in the last century but has since become a predominantly commuter and retirement village.
Thurgoland
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Thurgoland is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England, on the A629 road. The village is less than 6 miles from Barnsley, the nearest major town.
Forge Halt
- Type: Railway station
- Categories: station and transportation
- Location: Wortley, Barnsley, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.4944° or 53° 29′ 40″ northLongitude
-1.55794° or 1° 33′ 29″ westOpen location code
9C5WFCVR+QROpenStreetMap ID
node 13796762387OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=station
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Wortley Top Forge and Wortley.
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