Whiston is a Village in the county of South Yorkshire.

Retail in Whiston

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

Places near Whiston feature a number of interesting towns including Wath-upon-Dearne.

Cities to visit near Whiston include Sheffield, and Doncaster.

Whiston has some unmissable shopping centres nearby like Meadowhall, and Frenchgate Centre.

Doncaster Sheffield Airport is one of Whiston's best, nearby airports to visit in Whiston.

Whiston History

There are some historic monuments around Whiston:

• Roman Ridge: section 330yds (300m) long, S of Dog Kennel Pond, Wentworth Park
• Roman Ridge: section 520yds (480m) E of Dyson's Cottage to Long Plantation
• Hellaby: a deserted medieval village and well, enclosure, ridge and furrow and post medieval long house
• Castle Hills motte and bailey castle, Mexborough
• Roman Ridge: SE of Hill Top (section 700yds (660m) long, Meadowhall Road to Hill Top)
• The glassworks cone
• Wildthorpe medieval settlement 680m south of Leylands Farm
• Former Sanderson's Darnall Steelworks and Don Valley Glassworks, Darnall Road
• Tramway embankment
• Kimberworth motte and bailey castle
• Cross in the churchyard of St Leonard's Church
• Cross located on the former village green
• Roman Ridge: section 140yds (130m) long in Dyson's Plantation
• Canklow Hill earthworks
• Roman Ridge: section 110yds (100m) long, 450yds (410m) NNE of Kimberworth Park Farm
• Manor House moated site
• Roman Ridge: section 150yds (140m) long W of Bow Brown Wood
• Roman Ridge: section 500yds (460m) long, N of Dog Kennel Pond, Wentworth Park
• Kimberworth Manor moated site
• Roman Ridge: section 400yds (370m) long in Wath Wood
• Roman Ridge: section 600yds (550m) long between Jenkin Lane (now Road) and Tylers Street
• Roman Ridge: section 250yds (230m) in length N of Kimberworth Park Road
• Old Bridge
• Plumbley Colliery including Seldom Seen engine house, 600m north east of Roundhill Cottages
• Roman Ridge: section 400yds (370m) long S of Abdy Farm
• Swinton Pottery (The Rockingham Works), 310m and 120m north west of Keeper's Cottage
• Roman Ridge: section 300yds (270m) long N of Birchwood (E of Chemical Cottages)
• Caesar's Camp, Scholes Coppice
• The former Elsecar Ironworks
• The former Elsecar New Colliery, including the Elsecar Newcomen Engine
• Hemingfield Colliery
• Roman Ridge: section 300yds (270m) long on Birchcliff Bank
• Roman Ridge (Roman road): section 300yds (270m) long on Clay Hill
• Roman Ridge (Roman road): section S of Hoober House
• Roman Ridge (Roman road): section 135yds (120m) long, E of Hoober House
• Blue Man's Bower moated site, Whiston
• Roman Ridge: section 400yds (370m) long from Hill Top Lane to Little Common Lane