Darton is a Village in the county of South Yorkshire.

Darton postcode: S75 5NU

Retail in Darton

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

The area around Darton's best towns can be found at Wath-upon-Dearne.

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

There are a several good shopping centres in the Darton area like Meadowhall, and Frenchgate Centre.

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

Darton History

There are some historic monuments around Darton:

• Shaft head and associated headgear near Caphouse Colliery, Overton
• Rockley engine house
• Monk Bretton Priory Cluniac and Benedictine monastery: monastic precinct and two fishponds
• Facade of Bridge Chapel in grounds of Kettlethorpe Hall
• Lowe Hill motte and bailey castle
• Thornhill Hall moat and sites of formal gardens and bowling green, and remnant of pre-seventeenth century open-field system
• Silkstone 17th century glassworks and 18th century pottery, 180m east of All Saints Church
• Water powered bloomery, iron forge and rolling mill at Low Forge
• Anglo-Saxon period cross in churchyard of All Saints
• Wortley Top Forge
• Wakefield Bridge
• Wayside cross known as Kirk Cross
• Iron mining shaft mounds and medieval earthworks south of Bentley Grange Farm
• New Hall moat and fishpond
• Dovecote at Glebe Farm
• Monk Bretton standing cross
• Bridge and medieval gateway at Walton Hall
• Romano-British settlements at Finkle Street
• East Gawber Hall colliery fanhouse, 800m north east of Croft Farm
• Late prehistoric settlement in Notton Park, 650m north west of Lee Lane Farm
• Romano-British settlements in Wombwell Wood
• Sandal Castle: motte and bailey castle and shell keep castle
• Low Mill furnace
• Emley Day Holes, 200m east of Churchill Farm
• Rockley blast furnace