Athersley is a Town in the county of South Yorkshire.

Athersley postcode: S71 3AR

Retail in Athersley

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

The area close to Athersley boasts some of the best towns including Wath-upon-Dearne.

There are a number of cities near Athersley including Sheffield, and Doncaster.

The area around Athersley features a number of interesting shopping centres including Meadowhall, and Frenchgate Centre.

Athersley is near some unmissable airports like Doncaster Sheffield Airport,

Athersley History

There are some historic monuments around Athersley:

• Low Mill furnace
• Romano-British settlements at Finkle Street
• Monk Bretton standing cross
• Kinsley moat and fishpond
• Medieval buildings at Nostell Priory Farm
• Site of post-medieval tannery, Felkirk
• Lowe Hill motte and bailey castle
• Late prehistoric settlement in Notton Park, 650m north west of Lee Lane Farm
• Water powered bloomery, iron forge and rolling mill at Low Forge
• Rockley blast furnace
• Hemingfield Colliery
• Rockley engine house
• Sandal Castle: motte and bailey castle and shell keep castle
• Wortley Top Forge
• East Gawber Hall colliery fanhouse, 800m north east of Croft Farm
• Deserted medieval village of Hodroyd, Felkirk
• Romano-British settlements in Wombwell Wood
• Silkstone 17th century glassworks and 18th century pottery, 180m east of All Saints Church
• Bridge and medieval gateway at Walton Hall
• Monk Bretton Priory Cluniac and Benedictine monastery: monastic precinct and two fishponds
• Sharlston Common coal and ironstone workings
• Facade of Bridge Chapel in grounds of Kettlethorpe Hall
• The former Elsecar New Colliery, including the Elsecar Newcomen Engine
• Wayside cross known as Kirk Cross
• Anglo-Saxon period cross in churchyard of All Saints
• Wakefield Bridge
• Dovecote 90m south of Hall Farm
• The former Elsecar Ironworks
• Dovecote at Glebe Farm