Silkstone is a Village in the county of South Yorkshire.

Silkstone postcode: S75 4JQ

Retail in Silkstone

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

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

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

Shopping Centres to visit near Silkstone include Meadowhall, and Frenchgate Centre.

Silkstone is near some unmissable airports like Doncaster Sheffield Airport,

Silkstone History

There are some historic monuments around Silkstone:

• New Hall moat and fishpond
• Late prehistoric settlement in Notton Park, 650m north west of Lee Lane Farm
• Ewden Beck ring-cairn.
• Standing cross at Emley
• Anglo-Saxon period cross in churchyard of All Saints
• East Gawber Hall colliery fanhouse, 800m north east of Croft Farm
• Low Mill furnace
• Iron mining shaft mounds and medieval earthworks south of Bentley Grange Farm
• Wayside cross south of Hartcliff Road
• Glass furnace, Bolsterstone
• Silkstone 17th century glassworks and 18th century pottery, 180m east of All Saints Church
• Wortley Top Forge
• Emley Day Holes, 200m east of Churchill Farm
• Facade of Bridge Chapel in grounds of Kettlethorpe Hall
• Handlands Romano-British settlement, 460m south west of Woodseats Farm
• Shaft head and associated headgear near Caphouse Colliery, Overton
• Romano-British settlements at Finkle Street
• Rockley engine house
• Ewden Beck round barrow cemetery and cross-dyke
• Wayside cross known as the Cundy Cross
• Wayside cross at Howbrook crossroads
• Rockley blast furnace
• Wayside and boundary cross on the south side of Elliott Lane
• Iron Age and Roman quern workings on Wharncliffe Rocks
• Water powered bloomery, iron forge and rolling mill at Low Forge
• Dovecote at Glebe Farm