Darton is a Village in the county of South Yorkshire.

Darton postcode: S75 5NU

Retail in Darton

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

There are a several good towns in the area around Darton like Wath-upon-Dearne.

There are a number of cities near Darton including Sheffield, and Doncaster.

Darton has some unmissable shopping centres nearby like Meadowhall, and Frenchgate Centre.

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

Darton History

There are some historic monuments around Darton:

• Romano-British settlements in Wombwell Wood
• Lowe Hill motte and bailey castle
• Iron mining shaft mounds and medieval earthworks south of Bentley Grange Farm
• Romano-British settlements at Finkle Street
• Rockley blast furnace
• Late prehistoric settlement in Notton Park, 650m north west of Lee Lane Farm
• East Gawber Hall colliery fanhouse, 800m north east of Croft Farm
• Shaft head and associated headgear near Caphouse Colliery, Overton
• Emley Day Holes, 200m east of Churchill Farm
• Dovecote at Glebe Farm
• Monk Bretton standing cross
• Wortley Top Forge
• Water powered bloomery, iron forge and rolling mill at Low Forge
• Low Mill furnace
• Wakefield Bridge
• Anglo-Saxon period cross in churchyard of All Saints
• Silkstone 17th century glassworks and 18th century pottery, 180m east of All Saints Church
• Bridge and medieval gateway at Walton Hall
• Rockley engine house
• Sandal Castle: motte and bailey castle and shell keep castle
• Thornhill Hall moat and sites of formal gardens and bowling green, and remnant of pre-seventeenth century open-field system
• Monk Bretton Priory Cluniac and Benedictine monastery: monastic precinct and two fishponds
• Facade of Bridge Chapel in grounds of Kettlethorpe Hall
• New Hall moat and fishpond
• Wayside cross known as Kirk Cross