Kilnhurst Ings Nature Reserve

Kilnhurst Ings Nature Reserve is a nature reserve in Thrybergh, Rotherham, England. Kilnhurst Ings Nature Reserve is situated nearby to the neighborhood Swinton Bridge, as well as near the village Hooton Roberts.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mexborough railway station and Swinton railway station.

Mexborough railway station

Railway station

Photo: Nigel Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Mexborough railway station serves the town of Mexborough in the City of Doncaster in South Yorkshire, England. It is a station on the Sheffield to Doncaster Line 7 miles south west of Doncaster.

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.

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.

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.