Birdwell is a Village in the county of South Yorkshire.

Birdwell postcode: S70 5UX

Retail in Birdwell

There are great places to visit near Birdwell including some great towns, cities, shopping centres and airports.

Places near Birdwell feature a number of interesting towns including Wath-upon-Dearne.

Birdwell's best nearby cities can be found at Sheffield, and Doncaster.

Don't miss Meadowhall, and Frenchgate Centre's shopping centres if visiting the area around Birdwell.

There are a number of airports near to Birdwell including Doncaster Sheffield Airport.

Birdwell History

There are some historic monuments around Birdwell:

• Handlands Romano-British settlement, 460m south west of Woodseats Farm
• Dovecote at Glebe Farm
• Wortley Top Forge
• Roman Ridge: SE of Hill Top (section 700yds (660m) long, Meadowhall Road to Hill Top)
• Monk Bretton Priory Cluniac and Benedictine monastery: monastic precinct and two fishponds
• Wayside cross known as the Cundy Cross
• Wayside cross at Howbrook crossroads
• Roman Ridge: section 500yds (460m) long, N of Dog Kennel Pond, Wentworth Park
• Rockley blast furnace
• Romano-British settlements in Wombwell Wood
• Roman Ridge: section 180yds (160m) long on SE slopes of Wincobank Hill
• Rockley engine house
• Willow Garth moated site and fishpond, Ecclesfield
• Standing cross at the Church of St Mary
• East Gawber Hall colliery fanhouse, 800m north east of Croft Farm
• Romano-British field system and settlement at Wheata Wood
• Roman Ridge: section 600yds (550m) long between Jenkin Lane (now Road) and Tylers Street
• Hood Hill shaft mounds, 480m east of Hood Hill Farm
• Roman Ridge: section 110yds (100m) long, 450yds (410m) NNE of Kimberworth Park Farm
• Wayside and boundary cross on the south side of Elliott Lane
• Romano-British settlements at Finkle Street
• File factory, 11 High Street
• Anglo-Saxon period cross in churchyard of All Saints
• Wincobank slight univallate hillfort and World War II anti-aircraft gun and searchlight emplacement
• Monk Bretton standing cross
• Wayside cross known as Kirk Cross
• Silkstone 17th century glassworks and 18th century pottery, 180m east of All Saints Church
• Low Mill furnace
• Hemingfield Colliery
• Roman Ridge (Roman road): section S of Hoober House
• Roman Ridge: section 330yds (300m) long, S of Dog Kennel Pond, Wentworth Park
• Roman Ridge: section 400yds (370m) long from Hill Top Lane to Little Common Lane
• Iron Age and Roman quern workings on Wharncliffe Rocks
• Water powered bloomery, iron forge and rolling mill at Low Forge
• Kimberworth motte and bailey castle
• Caesar's Camp, Scholes Coppice
• Kimberworth Manor moated site
• The former Elsecar New Colliery, including the Elsecar Newcomen Engine
• Roman Ridge: section 250yds (230m) in length N of Kimberworth Park Road
• The former Elsecar Ironworks
• Late prehistoric settlement in Notton Park, 650m north west of Lee Lane Farm