Mapplewell is a Village in the county of South Yorkshire.

Mapplewell in South Yorkshire is located 4.0 km NW from Barnsley and 10.8 km S from Wakefield.

Mapplewell postcode: S75 6BQ

Retail in Mapplewell

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

There are a several good towns in the area around Mapplewell like Wath-upon-Dearne.

Mapplewell has some unmissable cities nearby like Sheffield, and Doncaster.

The area around Mapplewell boasts some of the best shopping centres including Meadowhall, and Frenchgate Centre.

Doncaster Sheffield Airport is a great place to visit close to Mapplewell if you like airports.

Mapplewell History

There are some historic monuments around Mapplewell:

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