Visit South Yorkshire Places

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

  

South Yorkshire Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about South Yorkshire

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South Yorkshire history

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Prehistoric remains include a Mesolithic “house” (a circle of stones in the shape of a hut-base) dating to around 8000 BC, found at Deepcar, in the northern part of Sheffield. Evidence of even earlier inhabitation in the wider region exists about 3 miles (5 km) over the county boundary at Creswell Crags in Derbyshire.

Redcliffe-Maud Report

The Local Government Commission for England presented draft recommendations in December 1965 . They proposed a new county, York and North Midlands . The review was abolished in favour of the Royal Commission on Local Government before it could issue a final report .

After 1974

The Local Government Act 1972 reformed local government in England by creating a system of two-tier counties and districts throughout the country . The act formally established South Yorkshire on 1 April 1974, although South Yorkshire County Council had been running since elections in 1973 .

South Yorkshire geography / climate

Geologically, the county lies largely on the carboniferous rocks of the Yorkshire coalfield in the outer Pennine fringes, producing a rolling landscape with hills, escarpments and broad valleys. The landscape is a mixture of built up areas, industrial land with some dereliction, and farmed open country.

You can visit South Yorkshire places with Walkfo South Yorkshire to hear history at South Yorkshire’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo South Yorkshire has 28 places to visit in our interactive South Yorkshire 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 South Yorkshire, 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 South Yorkshire places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to South Yorkshire & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 28 audio facts unique to South Yorkshire places in an interactive South Yorkshire map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit South Yorkshire Places Map
28 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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

  

Best South Yorkshire places to visit

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

RSPB Dearne Valley Old Moor RSPB Dearne Valley Old Moor is an 89-hectare (220-acre) wetlands nature reserve. It lies on the junction of the A633 and A6195 roads and is bordered by the Trans Pennine Trail. The reserve, along with others nearby, forms part of a landscape-scale project to create wildlife habitat.

Bolton-upon-Dearne railway station Bolton-upon-Dearne railway station serves the village of Bolton upon Dearne in South Yorkshire. It lies on the Wakefield Line 13 miles north of Sheffield railway station.

Goldthorpe Goldthorpe is in the Dearne North Ward of Barnsley MBC and had a population of 6,051 at the 2011 Census. It was anciently a small medieval farming village.

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