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.

Towns to visit near Silkstone include Wath-upon-Dearne.

There are a several good cities in the Silkstone area like Sheffield, and Doncaster.

There are a several good shopping centres in the Silkstone area like Meadowhall, and Frenchgate Centre.

Don't miss Doncaster Sheffield Airport's airports if visiting the area around Silkstone.

Silkstone History

There are some historic monuments around Silkstone:

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