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.

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

Darton's best nearby shopping centres can be found at 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:

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