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Nature Attractions In Barnsley

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Barnsley is a town in South Yorkshire, England, located halfway between Leeds and Sheffield. Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire, the town centre lies on the west bank of the Dearne Valley. Barnsley is surrounded by several smaller settlements which together form the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, of which Barnsley is the largest and its administrative centre. At the 2011 Census, Barnsley had a population of 91,297.Barnsley is a former industrial town centred on linen in its former years and coal mining and glassmaking. The industries declined in the 20th century. Barnsley's culture is rooted in its industrial heritage and it has a traditio...
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  • 1. Wombwell Woods Wombwell
    Wombwell is a town near Barnsley, located in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England. The town in the 2011 census was split between a ward called Wombwell, as well as small parts that fell under two other wards called Darfield (specifically the area south of Pitt Street, including Broomhill. and Stairfoot (specifically the area south of Aldham Crescent. Added together, these list the town's population as roughly 15,316. Historically within the West Riding of Yorkshire, its name's origin may mean Womba's Well, or well in a hollow. Wombwell railway station serves the Penistone and Hallam lines. Until 1959 it had another station on the Barnsley-Doncaster line that was closed when that line lost its passenger service. Wombwell was home to two collieries; Wombwell Main ...
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  • 2. RSPB Old Moor Barnsley
    RSPB Old Moor is a 250-acre wetlands nature reserve in Barnsley, England run by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds . It lies on the junction of the north/south and east/west routes of the Trans Pennine Trail. The centre was opened by Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council in 1998 as part of the regeneration of the Dearne Valley and then developed further with the help of a lottery grant in 2002.[1] The RSPB took over management of the site in 2003 and developed the site further with funding from various sources including the Heritage Lottery Fund, Yorkshire Forward and WREN. The area around RSPB Old Moor contains several other wildlife areas including Wombwell Ings and Gypsy Marsh, , Broomhill Flash and Doveside Nature Reserve.
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  • 3. Locke Park Barnsley
    Locke Park is a 47 acre public open space and one of the largest outdoor green spaces in the Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England.In 1861 Phoebe Locke, widow of railway pioneer Joseph Locke donated the Park for the benefit of the people of Barnsley. Phoebe gave the original 23 acres and her sister, Sarah McCreery gave further land in her memory in 1874. Sarah was also the instigator of Locke Park Tower, a 70 ft high monument built at the highest point of the park and designed by Richard Phené Spiers, a Paris-trained architect and Master of Architecture at the Royal Academy Schools, London.On Saturdays, Parkrun, a five kilometre run takes part which starts at 9:00am. On Sundays there is a 2 km run for under 14s which also starts at 9:00am. There is a thriving bowls club in the par...
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  • 4. Dove Valley Trail Barnsley
    The High Peak Rifles, later 6th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, was a volunteer unit of Britain's Territorial Army. First raised in the High Peak area of Derbyshire in 1860, it fought as infantry on the Western Front during World War I and as an air defence unit during World War II. Its descendants remained in the Army Reserve until 2014.
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  • 5. Dearne Valley Country Park Barnsley
    Wath-upon-Dearne is a small town on the south side of the Dearne Valley in the historic county of the West Riding of Yorkshire and the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England, lying 5 miles north of Rotherham, almost midway between Barnsley and Doncaster. It had a population of 11,816 at the 2011 census. It is twinned with Saint-Jean-de-Bournay, in France.
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  • 7. Yorkshire Wildlife Park Doncaster
    The Yorkshire Wildlife Park, commonly referred to as YWP, is a wildlife park located in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, in England. It was built on the site of Brockholes Farm Visitor Centre, which closed to the public in November 2008. The park prides itself on being 'The UK's Number 1 Walkthrough Wildlife Adventure'.Yorkshire Wildlife Park is a member of the British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums and the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria .
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