Thorpe Hesley is a Village in the county of South Yorkshire.

Thorpe Hesley postcode: S61 2QG

Retail in Thorpe Hesley

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

There are a several good towns in the area around Thorpe Hesley like Wath-upon-Dearne.

Don't miss Sheffield, and Doncaster's cities if visiting the area around Thorpe Hesley.

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

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

Thorpe Hesley History

There are some historic monuments around Thorpe Hesley:

• Roman Ridge (Roman road): section 135yds (120m) long, E of Hoober House
• Romano-British field system and settlement at Wheata Wood
• Kimberworth motte and bailey castle
• Roman Ridge: section 500yds (460m) long, N of Dog Kennel Pond, Wentworth Park
• Roman Ridge: section 400yds (370m) long in Wath Wood
• Wayside cross at Howbrook crossroads
• Wincobank slight univallate hillfort and World War II anti-aircraft gun and searchlight emplacement
• Kimberworth Manor moated site
• The former Elsecar New Colliery, including the Elsecar Newcomen Engine
• Roman Ridge: section 600yds (550m) long between Jenkin Lane (now Road) and Tylers Street
• Willow Garth moated site and fishpond, Ecclesfield
• Former Sanderson's Darnall Steelworks and Don Valley Glassworks, Darnall Road
• Roman Ridge (Roman road): section 300yds (270m) long on Clay Hill
• Hoffman Kiln between Aizlewood Road and Cutts Terrace
• Dovecote at Glebe Farm
• The glassworks cone
• Caesar's Camp, Scholes Coppice
• Rockley engine house
• Canklow Hill earthworks
• Monk Bretton Priory Cluniac and Benedictine monastery: monastic precinct and two fishponds
• Old Bridge
• Wayside cross known as the Cundy Cross
• Roman Ridge: section 180yds (160m) long on SE slopes of Wincobank Hill
• Rockley blast furnace
• Cementation furnace, Hoyle Street
• Roman Ridge: section 110yds (100m) long, 450yds (410m) NNE of Kimberworth Park Farm
• Hemingfield Colliery
• Handlands Romano-British settlement, 460m south west of Woodseats Farm
• Cross in the churchyard of All Saints' Church, Darfield
• Roman Ridge: SE of Hill Top (section 700yds (660m) long, Meadowhall Road to Hill Top)
• The former Elsecar Ironworks
• Roman Ridge: section 400yds (370m) long from Hill Top Lane to Little Common Lane
• Blue Man's Bower moated site, Whiston
• Roman Ridge: section 330yds (300m) long, S of Dog Kennel Pond, Wentworth Park
• Hood Hill shaft mounds, 480m east of Hood Hill Farm
• Mousehole Forge, Malin Bridge
• File factory, 11 High Street
• The Shepherd Wheel
• Roman Ridge: section 300yds (270m) long on Birchcliff Bank
• Bower Spring cementation furnace
• Romano-British settlements in Wombwell Wood
• Roman Ridge: section 140yds (130m) long in Dyson's Plantation
• Roman Ridge: section 300yds (270m) long N of Birchwood (E of Chemical Cottages)
• Roman Ridge (Roman road): section S of Hoober House
• Roman Ridge: section 400yds (370m) long S of Abdy Farm
• Wayside and boundary cross on the south side of Elliott Lane
• Standing cross at the Church of St Mary
• Manor Lodge
• Roman Ridge: section 250yds (230m) in length N of Kimberworth Park Road