Rabbit Ings is a country park near Royston in South Yorkshire, and is located on the former colliery yard and spoil heap of the Monkton Colliery and then the Royston Drift Mine, which closed in 1989.
The site is 64-hectares and is home to a multitude of wildlife including newts and snakes. Grey Herons can also be seen.
in the county of West Yorkshire
(6.4 miles, 10.3 km, direction NW)Wakefield was the capital of Yorkshire's woollen industry for more than 700 years, it was an important weaving and dying centre as far back as the 13th century...
a Historic Market Town in the county of West Yorkshire
(8.2 miles, 13.2 km, direction NE)Pontefract has a ruined castle which has seen many tragedies, Richard II was murdered there in 1400, and later it was the scene of bitter, bloody battles between Roundheads and Royalists...
in the county of South Yorkshire
(12.3 miles, 19.7 km, direction S)This town was formerly a Saxon market town which remained largely unaltered until the Industrial Revolution...
a Picturesque Village in the county of West Yorkshire
(13.0 miles, 20.9 km, direction W)Almondbury is one of the oldest and prettiest of the villages dominating the edge of the Pennine moors...
in the county of South Yorkshire
(13.8 miles, 22.1 km, direction E)Doncaster lies in what was once a great sweep of Yorkshire coalfields. It is home to one of the finest racecourses in the country where the classic St.Leger Stakes has been run each September since 1776, making the race four years older than the Derby...
All towns in South Yorkshire
This attractive country park offers a rich and varied country landscape, it is dominated by a large lake ringed by numerous trees.....
The crumbling, naked ruins of Sandal Castle are now owned by Wakefield council, and what an inspired choice of centre-piece they.....
This is an exciting, fascinating tourist attraction that is both fun and thought provoking for all the family. It has fast.....
This was formerly the parish church of All Saints, it only became a cathedral at the end of the 19th century. With its.....
Wentworth Castle Gardens have been the subject of an ambitious plan to restore the magnificent estate, once home to the Earls of.....
