Birchcliff Bank

Birchcliff Bank is a forest in Rotherham, England. Birchcliff Bank is situated nearby to the hamlet Abdy, as well as near the village Upper Haugh.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Rockingham Kiln and Wath Hall.

Rockingham Kiln

Historic building

Photo: BENKEV, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Rockingham, or Waterloo Kiln in Swinton, in the Rotherham district, in South Yorkshire, England, is a pottery kiln dating from 1815. It formed part of the production centre for the Rockingham Pottery which, in the early 19th century, produced highly-decorative Rococo porcelain.

Wath Hall

Town hall

Photo: Dave Bevis, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Wath Hall is a former private residence and former municipal structure in Church Street, Wath upon Dearne, South Yorkshire, England. The hall, which was the headquarters of Wath upon Dearne Urban District Council, is a Grade II listed building.

Christ Church

Church

Photo: Dave Bevis, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rotherham and Rawmarsh.

Rotherham

Photo: Alan Murray-Rust, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Rotherham is a large town in South Yorkshire, Its traditional industries were coal-mining, glass-blowing and steel-making: much of this gone, but Rotherham is still a big steel producer, albeit more focused on specialist engineering steel rather than mass production.

Rawmarsh

Town

Rawmarsh is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, in South Yorkshire, England. Historically within the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is 2 miles north-northeast from Rotherham town centre and 3 miles south-southwest of Swinton.