Monk Wood

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

Places of Interest

Highlights include Rockingham Kiln and South Yorkshire Transport Museum.

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.

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.

Church of St Mary

Church

Photo: Richard Croft, 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.