Visit Silkstone Places

Welcome to Visit Silkstone Places
The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Silkstone

  

Silkstone Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Silkstone

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Silkstone history

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The name Silkstone is Old English in origin and is thought to derive from the Anglo-Saxon man’s name Sylc and the suffix tūn meaning a farmstead, giving “Sylc’s farmstead” The earliest known written record of the village is the Domesday Book of 1086. Silkstone Waggonway was used to transport coal from collieries in the Silkstone valley to Cawthorne.

You can visit Silkstone places with Walkfo Silkstone to hear history at Silkstone’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Silkstone has 23 places to visit in our interactive Silkstone map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Silkstone, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Silkstone places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Silkstone & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 23 audio facts unique to Silkstone places in an interactive Silkstone map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Silkstone Places Map
23 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Silkstone historic spots	Silkstone tourist destinations	Silkstone plaques	Silkstone geographic features
Walkfo Silkstone tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Silkstone

  

Best Silkstone places to visit

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Silkstone has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Silkstone’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Silkstone’s information audio spots:

Hoylandswaine Hoylandswaine is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire. Located near Penistone and west of the M1 along the A628 it enjoys easy access to more significant locales such as Sheffield and Rotherham.

Higham, South Yorkshire Higham is a village in the metropolitan borough of Barnsley in South Yorkshire. The village falls within the Dodworth ward of the Barn’sley MBC.

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