Darton ROC Post
Darton ROC Post is a bunker in Woolley, Wakefield, England. Darton ROC Post is situated nearby to the forest Jobson Wood, as well as near Windhill Wood.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Darton railway station and Yorkshire Sculpture Park.
Darton railway station
Railway station
Photo: DaveGorman, Public domain.
Darton railway station is a railway station in a large village of Darton, in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England. Train services are provided by Northern Trains. Darton railway station is situated 1¼ miles south of Darton ROC Post.
Yorkshire Sculpture Park
Photo: Nigel Homer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Yorkshire Sculpture Park is an art gallery, with both open-air and indoor exhibition spaces, in West Bretton, Wakefield, in West Yorkshire, England. Yorkshire Sculpture Park is situated 2 miles west of Darton ROC Post.
All Saints Church, Darton
Church
Photo: John Fielding, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Church of All Saints is the parish church in the village of Darton in South Yorkshire, England. It is a Church of England church in the Diocese of Leeds. All Saints Church, Darton is situated 1½ miles south of Darton ROC Post.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Staincross and Mapplewell.
Staincross
Village
Staincross is a village in South Yorkshire, England, on the border with West Yorkshire. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it formed part of the defunct Barnsley West and Penistone borough constituency, following the Boundary Commission for…
Mapplewell
Village
Mapplewell is a village within the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, in South Yorkshire, England. Formerly part of the now defunct Barnsley West and Penistone borough constituency, following the Boundary Commission for England's report on South Yorkshire's Parliamentary constituencies in 2004 and the subsequent inquiry in 2005, it is now part of the Barnsley Central borough constituency.
Darton
Village
Photo: DaveGorman, Public domain.
Darton is a large village in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, on the border with West Yorkshire, England. At the time of the 2001 UK census, it had a population of 14,927, increasing to 21,345 for both Darton Wards at the 2011 Census. Darton is situated 1½ miles south of Darton ROC Post.
Darton ROC Post
- Type: Bunker
- Also known as: “Darton Royal Observer Corps Post”
- Categories: ruins, historic site, and military installation
- Location: Woolley, Wakefield, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.6046° or 53° 36′ 17″ northLongitude
-1.51952° or 1° 31′ 10″ westOpen location code
9C5WJF3J+R5OpenStreetMap ID
way 185658422OpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruinsOpenStreetMap feature
military=bunker
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Jobson Wood and Windhill Wood.
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