Forge Croft
Forge Croft is a residential area in Wortley, Barnsley, England. Forge Croft is situated nearby to the museum Wortley Top Forge, as well as near the railway station Forge Halt.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. Wortley Top Forge is situated 380 feet southeast of Forge Croft.
Holy Trinity Church
Church
Photo: Martin Speck, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Holy Trinity Church is situated 4,100 feet north of Forge Croft.
Wortley Arms
Pub
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Wortley Arms is a pub, which is situated 1 mile southeast of Forge Croft.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Thurgoland and Green Moor.
Thurgoland
Village
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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.
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.
Wortley
Village
Photo: Roger May, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
Forge Croft
- Type: Residential area
- Location: Wortley, Barnsley, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.49536° or 53° 29′ 43″ northLongitude
-1.55917° or 1° 33′ 33″ westOpen location code
9C5WFCWR+48OpenStreetMap ID
way 276009245OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=residential
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Forge Halt and Sharp Ford Bridge.
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