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
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Latitude

53.4976° or 53° 29′ 51″ north

Longitude

-1.38902° or 1° 23′ 21″ west

Open location code

9C5WFJX6+29

OpenStreetMap ID

way 301798751

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=scrub

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Highlights include Swangate BESS and Rainborough Park.

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