Banks Wood

Banks Wood is a forest in Penistone, Barnsley, England. Banks Wood is situated nearby to the locality Whin Moor, as well as near Bentcliff Hill.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Silkstone Common railway station and Cannon Hall.

Silkstone Common railway station

Railway station

Photo: John Fielding, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The present Silkstone Common railway station, which opened by British Rail on 14 May 1983 serves the village of Silkstone Common, near Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England.

Cannon Hall

Museum

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Cannon Hall is a country house between the villages of Cawthorne and High Hoyland some 5 miles west of Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England. Originally the home of the Spencer and subsequently the Spencer-Stanhope family, it houses collections of fine furniture, paintings, ceramics and glassware.

Cannon Hall Park

Park

Photo: Matthew Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Penistone and Darton.

Penistone

Town

Photo: David Ward, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Penistone is a market town and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England, which had a population of 13,270 at the 2021 census.

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.

Dodworth

Village

Photo: ChicXulub, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dodworth is a village in the metropolitan borough of Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it has a population of 5,976 at the 2021 Census.

Banks Wood

Type: Forest
Location: Penistone, Barnsley, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.5493° or 53° 32′ 58″ north

Longitude

-1.5847° or 1° 35′ 5″ west

Open location code

9C5WGCX8+P4

OpenStreetMap ID

way 272855588

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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