Gorse Wood
Gorse Wood is in Brampton Bierlow, Rotherham, England. Gorse Wood is situated nearby to the power station Swangate BESS, as well as near the forest Rainborough Park.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Christ Church and Hoober Stand.
Christ Church
Church
Photo: Dave Bevis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Christ Church is situated 1 mile northeast of Gorse Wood.
Hoober Stand
Tower
Photo: John Clive Nicholson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hoober Stand is a 30-metre-high tower and Grade II* listed building on a ridge in Wentworth, South Yorkshire in northern England. It was designed by Henry Flitcroft for the Whig aristocrat Thomas Watson-Wentworth, Earl of Malton to commemorate the quashing of the 1745 Jacobite rebellion. Hoober Stand is situated 1 mile south of Gorse Wood.
Needle’s Eye
Tower
Photo: Ozankk, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Needle's Eye is a 14-metre pyramid Grade II* listed building which is situated in Wentworth, South Yorkshire in northern England. Needle's Eye is one of several follies in and around Wentworth Woodhouse park; the others include Hoober Stand and Keppel's Column. Needle’s Eye is situated 1 mile southwest of Gorse Wood.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include West Melton and Elsecar.
West Melton
Village
Photo: Richard Whitham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
West Melton is a former mining village in the Rotherham district, in South Yorkshire, England. It lies between Wath upon Dearne and Brampton Bierlow, roughly 5 miles north of Rotherham and 5 miles south-east of Barnsley.
Elsecar
Village
Photo: Chemical Engineer, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Elsecar is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England. It is near to Jump and Wentworth, it is also 2 miles south of Hoyland, 6 miles south of Barnsley and 8 miles north-east of Sheffield.
Gorse Wood
- Type: Shrubland
- Location: Brampton Bierlow, Rotherham, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.4976° or 53° 29′ 51″ northLongitude
-1.38902° or 1° 23′ 21″ westOpen location code
9C5WFJX6+29OpenStreetMap ID
way 301798751OpenStreetMap feature
natural=scrub
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