Thorpe Hesley is a Village in the county of South Yorkshire.

Thorpe Hesley in South Yorkshire is located 6.2 km NW from Rotherham, 9.1 km N from Sheffield and 10.8 km S from Barnsley.

Thorpe Hesley postcode: S61 2QG

Retail in Thorpe Hesley

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

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

There are a several good cities in the Thorpe Hesley area like Sheffield, and Doncaster.

Thorpe Hesley has some unmissable shopping centres nearby like Meadowhall, and Frenchgate Centre.

Doncaster Sheffield Airport is one of Thorpe Hesley's best, nearby airports to visit in Thorpe Hesley.

Thorpe Hesley History

There are some historic monuments around Thorpe Hesley:

• Former Sanderson's Darnall Steelworks and Don Valley Glassworks, Darnall Road
• The former Elsecar Ironworks
• The former Elsecar New Colliery, including the Elsecar Newcomen Engine
• Kimberworth Manor moated site
• Roman Ridge: section 250yds (230m) in length N of Kimberworth Park Road
• Wayside cross known as the Cundy Cross
• Old Bridge
• Cross in the churchyard of All Saints' Church, Darfield
• Roman Ridge: section 140yds (130m) long in Dyson's Plantation
• Bower Spring cementation furnace
• Hemingfield Colliery
• Roman Ridge: section 500yds (460m) long, N of Dog Kennel Pond, Wentworth Park
• Cementation furnace, Hoyle Street
• Blue Man's Bower moated site, Whiston
• Standing cross at the Church of St Mary
• Romano-British settlements in Wombwell Wood
• Wayside cross at Howbrook crossroads
• Roman Ridge: section 400yds (370m) long from Hill Top Lane to Little Common Lane
• Manor Lodge
• Roman Ridge: SE of Hill Top (section 700yds (660m) long, Meadowhall Road to Hill Top)
• Monk Bretton Priory Cluniac and Benedictine monastery: monastic precinct and two fishponds
• Roman Ridge: section 400yds (370m) long in Wath Wood
• Rockley engine house
• The glassworks cone
• File factory, 11 High Street
• Roman Ridge: section 400yds (370m) long S of Abdy Farm
• Hood Hill shaft mounds, 480m east of Hood Hill Farm
• Romano-British field system and settlement at Wheata Wood
• Roman Ridge: section 330yds (300m) long, S of Dog Kennel Pond, Wentworth Park
• Roman Ridge (Roman road): section 300yds (270m) long on Clay Hill
• Rockley blast furnace
• Mousehole Forge, Malin Bridge
• Roman Ridge: section 300yds (270m) long N of Birchwood (E of Chemical Cottages)
• Roman Ridge: section 600yds (550m) long between Jenkin Lane (now Road) and Tylers Street
• Roman Ridge (Roman road): section S of Hoober House
• Hoffman Kiln between Aizlewood Road and Cutts Terrace
• Canklow Hill earthworks
• Kimberworth motte and bailey castle
• Wincobank slight univallate hillfort and World War II anti-aircraft gun and searchlight emplacement
• Caesar's Camp, Scholes Coppice
• Roman Ridge: section 180yds (160m) long on SE slopes of Wincobank Hill
• Handlands Romano-British settlement, 460m south west of Woodseats Farm
• Wayside and boundary cross on the south side of Elliott Lane
• Willow Garth moated site and fishpond, Ecclesfield
• Dovecote at Glebe Farm
• Roman Ridge: section 110yds (100m) long, 450yds (410m) NNE of Kimberworth Park Farm
• Roman Ridge (Roman road): section 135yds (120m) long, E of Hoober House
• Roman Ridge: section 300yds (270m) long on Birchcliff Bank
• The Shepherd Wheel