Heritage railway · Hoyland · South Yorkshire

Elsecar Heritage Railway

Elsecar Heritage Railway is a railway line. Its place is inside Hoyland’s built-up area. Look also at Wentworth Woodhouse, 2.4 km away, first of 50 more within 15 km.

Photo: Elsecar Heritage Railway, cooldudeandy01 (CC BY 2.0)

Where

In Hoyland

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 35%

#2,958 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 18–21°C

In brief

Heritage railway in Hoyland

Inside Hoyland

Elsecar Heritage Railway is inside Hoyland’s built-up area, with 3 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

The best months to visit

Afternoons in Hoyland reach 18–21°C from June to September.

Jan7° / 1°54 mm

Feb7° / 1°52 mm

Mar10° / 2°47 mm

Apr13° / 4°48 mm

May16° / 7°51 mm

Jun19° / 10°68 mm

Jul21° / 12°64 mm

Aug21° / 12°63 mm

Sep18° / 9°58 mm

Oct14° / 7°68 mm

Nov10° / 4°65 mm

Dec7° / 2°66 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Hoyland, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Hoyland. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Hoyland’s full climate →

About

Elsecar Heritage Railway

Readers can find it on Wikipedia in 2 languages.

Type: Heritage railway
Wikipedias: Covered in 2 languages
Town: in Hoyland
Official site: elsecarheritagerailway.co.uk

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

The map

Elsecar Heritage Railway and what surrounds it

The places near Elsecar Heritage Railway are numbered on the map in the order below.

Towns near it

Bases near Elsecar Heritage Railway

The biggest base of the 8 is Wath upon Dearne (16,962 people). All of these towns include it on their pages.

1 · It’s in town

Hoyland

15,527 people · 10 places to visit

2 · 1.1 km north of it

Jump

1,424 people · 8 places to visit

3 · 1.3 km north of it

Hemingfield

1,815 people · 8 places to visit

4 · 1.4 km south of it

Wentworth

320 people · 4 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Elsecar Heritage Railway is	People	Places to visit
Hoyland	It’s in town	15,527	10
Jump	1.1 km north of it	1,424	8
Hemingfield	1.3 km north of it	1,815	8
Wentworth	1.4 km south of it	320	4
Wombwell	2.1 km north of it	16,758	10
Brampton	2.2 km northeast of it	4,620	5
Wath upon Dearne	2.7 km east of it	16,962	7
Thorpe Hesley	3.1 km south of it	4,153	5

Make a day of it

What else is near Elsecar Heritage Railway

Nearby, 50 places within 15 km include 2 castles, 2 museums and 2 cathedrals.

Historic houseWentworth Woodhouse2.4 km away 2CastleCastle · English HeritageConisbrough Castle13 km away 3

MuseumElsecar Heritage Centre100 m away 4

CathedralSheffield Cathedral13 km away 5

CathedralCathedral Church of St Marie13 km away 6

Abbey or priory · English HeritageMonk Bretton Priory6.8 km away 7

CastleWentworth Castle7.4 km away 8

MuseumMagna Science Adventure Centre8.5 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

What people ask about Elsecar Heritage Railway

Where is Elsecar Heritage Railway?

Elsecar Heritage Railway is in Hoyland, South Yorkshire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Elsecar Heritage Railway?

Railway line in South Yorkshire, England.

When is the best time to visit Elsecar Heritage Railway?

June to September are the warmest months in Hoyland, with afternoon highs of 18–21°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Elsecar Heritage Railway?

Within 15 km: Wentworth Woodhouse (2.4 km), Conisbrough Castle (13 km), Elsecar Heritage Centre (100 m) and Sheffield Cathedral (13 km).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (8)

Elsecar Heritage Railway: cooldudeandy01, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Wentworth Woodhouse: Jeff Pearson, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Elsecar Heritage Centre: Nigel Homer, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Sheffield Cathedral: Richard Rogerson, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Cathedral Church of St Marie: Bob Harvey, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Monk Bretton Priory: Tony Grist, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
Wentworth Castle: Klaus with K. Blue fringing removed by Digon3 13:34, 24 August 2007 (UTC), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Magna Science Adventure Centre: RRRR NNNN, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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