New Plantation

New Plantation is a forest in Hooton Roberts, Rotherham, England. New Plantation is situated nearby to the village Hooton Roberts, as well as near Old Ravenfield.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mexborough railway station and Thrybergh Country Park.

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.

Thrybergh Country Park

Park

Thrybergh Country Park is a reservoir and nature reserve in South Yorkshire. It is located between Thrybergh and Hooton Roberts on the outskirts of Rotherham and opened in 1983.

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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rotherham and Conisbrough.

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.

Conisbrough

Town

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Conisbrough is a town within the City of Doncaster, in South Yorkshire, England. It is roughly midway between Doncaster and Rotherham, and is built alongside the River Don at. It has a ward population of 14,333.