Elsecar is a Village in the county of South Yorkshire.

Elsecar postcode: S74 8DA

Retail in Elsecar

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

There are a number of towns near to Elsecar including Wath-upon-Dearne.

Elsecar has some unmissable cities nearby like Sheffield, and Doncaster.

Elsecar's best nearby shopping centres can be found at Meadowhall, and Frenchgate Centre.

Doncaster Sheffield Airport is a great place to visit close to Elsecar if you like airports.

Elsecar History

There are some historic monuments around Elsecar:

• Roman Ridge: section 400yds (370m) long from Hill Top Lane to Little Common Lane
• Roman Ridge (Roman road): section 135yds (120m) long, E of Hoober House
• Roman Ridge: section 300yds (270m) long N of Birchwood (E of Chemical Cottages)
• Rockley blast furnace
• Roman Ridge: section 140yds (130m) long in Dyson's Plantation
• Prehistoric enclosed settlement known as South Kirkby Camp
• Wayside cross known as Kirk Cross
• Kimberworth motte and bailey castle
• Roman Ridge: section 600yds (550m) long between Jenkin Lane (now Road) and Tylers Street
• Roman Ridge (Roman road): section 300yds (270m) long on Clay Hill
• Dovecote at Glebe Farm
• Willow Garth moated site and fishpond, Ecclesfield
• Romano-British settlements in Wombwell Wood
• Monk Bretton standing cross
• Blue Man's Bower moated site, Whiston
• Canklow Hill earthworks
• Roman Ridge: section 110yds (100m) long, 450yds (410m) NNE of Kimberworth Park Farm
• Roman Ridge (Roman road): section S of Hoober House
• Roman Ridge: section 400yds (370m) long S of Abdy Farm
• Roman Ridge: section 400yds (370m) long in Wath Wood
• File factory, 11 High Street
• Wayside cross at Howbrook crossroads
• The former Elsecar New Colliery, including the Elsecar Newcomen Engine
• Rockley engine house
• Roman Ridge: section 330yds (300m) long, S of Dog Kennel Pond, Wentworth Park
• Monk Bretton Priory Cluniac and Benedictine monastery: monastic precinct and two fishponds
• Roman Ridge: section 300yds (270m) long on Birchcliff Bank
• Roman Ridge: SE of Hill Top (section 700yds (660m) long, Meadowhall Road to Hill Top)
• Caesar's Camp, Scholes Coppice
• Swinton Pottery (The Rockingham Works), 310m and 120m north west of Keeper's Cottage
• Standing cross at the Church of St Mary
• Hallsteads moated site, Grimethorpe
• Roman Ridge: section 180yds (160m) long on SE slopes of Wincobank Hill
• Roman Ridge: section 520yds (480m) E of Dyson's Cottage to Long Plantation
• Kimberworth Manor moated site
• Handlands Romano-British settlement, 460m south west of Woodseats Farm
• Wincobank slight univallate hillfort and World War II anti-aircraft gun and searchlight emplacement
• Hemingfield Colliery
• The former Elsecar Ironworks
• Hood Hill shaft mounds, 480m east of Hood Hill Farm
• Old Bridge
• Cross in the churchyard of All Saints' Church, Darfield
• East Gawber Hall colliery fanhouse, 800m north east of Croft Farm
• Roman Ridge: section 500yds (460m) long, N of Dog Kennel Pond, Wentworth Park
• Roman Ridge: section 250yds (230m) in length N of Kimberworth Park Road
• Romano-British field system and settlement at Wheata Wood
• Wayside and boundary cross on the south side of Elliott Lane