Staincross is a Village in the county of South Yorkshire.

Staincross postcode: S75 5AY

Retail in Staincross

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

Staincross is near some unmissable towns like Wath-upon-Dearne,

The area around Staincross features a number of interesting cities including Sheffield, and Doncaster.

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

Airports to visit near Staincross include Doncaster Sheffield Airport.

Staincross History

There are some historic monuments around Staincross:

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