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.

The area around Silkstone's best towns can be found at Wath-upon-Dearne.

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

Meadowhall, and Frenchgate Centre are some of Silkstone best shopping centres to visit near Silkstone.

The area close to Silkstone boasts some of the best airports including Doncaster Sheffield Airport.

Silkstone History

There are some historic monuments around Silkstone:

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