Birdwell Obelisk
Birdwell Obelisk is an obelisk in Tankersley, Barnsley, England. Birdwell Obelisk is situated nearby to the theater building The Academy Theatre, as well as near the community center Birdwell Community Centre.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Obelisk
- Description: obelisk in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England, UK
- Inscription: “Wentworth Castle 3 Miles 1775”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Lowe Stand and Church of St Peter.
Lowe Stand
Ruins
Photo: Chemical Engineer, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lowe Stand is an 18th-century folly built for Thomas Watson-Wentworth, 1st Marquess of Rockingham, and likely originally intended as a hunting lodge. It is situated in the South Yorkshire town of Hoyland, 5 miles south-east of Barnsley. Lowe Stand is situated 1 mile east of Birdwell Obelisk.
Church of St Peter
Church
Photo: Chemical Engineer, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Church of St Peter is situated 1 mile east of Birdwell Obelisk.
Kirk Balk Academy
School
Kirk Balk Academy is a secondary school located in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England. It is part of the Northern Education Trust. The school mainly serves students living in its immediate area: Birdwell, Hoyland, Jump, Tankersley, Elsecar, Wombwell and Pilley. Kirk Balk Academy is situated 1 mile east of Birdwell Obelisk.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tankersley and Birdwell.
Tankersley
Village
Tankersley is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England. At the 2001 census it had a population of 1,414, increasing to 1,671 at the 2011 Census.
Birdwell
Village
Birdwell is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England and is located approximately 3.5 miles south of Barnsley, 10.5 miles north-east of Sheffield.
Pilley
Village
Photo: Chemical Engineer, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Pilley is a village in the metropolitan borough of Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England. Pilley is situated to the south of Barnsley and to the west of Junction 36 of the M1 motorway.
Birdwell Obelisk
- Category: milestone
- Location: Tankersley, Barnsley, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.50154° or 53° 30′ 6″ northLongitude
-1.47973° or 1° 28′ 47″ westOpen location code
9C5WGG2C+J4OpenStreetMap ID
node 6311788518OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=obeliskWikidata ID
Q26487128
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include The Academy Theatre and Birdwell Community Centre.
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