Birch Wood

Birch Wood is a forest in Rotherham, England. Birch Wood is situated nearby to the neighborhood Ryecroft, as well as near the village Upper Haugh.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Rockingham Kiln and Swinton railway station.

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.

Swinton railway station

Railway station

Photo: Dave Hitchborne, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Swinton railway station is a railway station in Swinton, South Yorkshire, England. It has three platforms and a small bus station, and lies at the junction of the former North Midland Railway main line between Rotherham Masborough and Leeds via Cudworth and the former South Yorkshire Railway line to Doncaster.

South Yorkshire Transport Museum

Museum

The South Yorkshire Transport Museum is a volunteer-owned museum of transport located in Rotherham, England. Established in 1995, it focuses on the transport history of South Yorkshire and the surrounding areas.

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.