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Wentworth Castle
Attractions in Silkstone Common

Wentworth Castle, 2.9 km from Silkstone Common

4 of the 7 places to visit in and around Silkstone Common are museums or galleries. Silkstone Common itself has none of them. Go 8.8 km out for Yorkshire Sculpture Park.

Photo: Wentworth Castle, Klaus with K. Blue fringing removed by Digon3 13:34, 24 August 2007 (UTC) (CC BY-SA 3.0)
In Silkstone Common
0
inside the built-up area
Within 5 km
7
of the town’s edge
Museums & galleries
4
in or near town
Castles & historic places
1
in or near town
Best known

Just outside Silkstone Common, the best known

Then come 4 museums and an attraction, behind Wentworth Castle.

CastleWentworth Castle2.5 km outside town, to the southeastMuseumCannon Hall4.1 km outside town, to the northwestMuseumCawthorne Victoria Jubilee Museum3.3 km outside town, to the northMuseumMuseumDe Morgan Museum4.1 km outside town, to the northwestMuseumMuseumWortley Top Forge4.2 km outside town, to the southAttractionAttractionWigfield Farm4.8 km outside town, to the east

Each has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.

The map

Around Silkstone Common, mapped

Wigfield Farm marks the outer edge, 5.2 km away.

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The dashed line is Silkstone Common’s built-up area; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022

By kind

Grouped by kind

The two biggest groups: museums or galleries (4) and other attractions (2).

Museums & galleries 4 museums0 in town · 4 nearby
Castles & historic places 1 castle0 in town · 1 nearby
Other attractions 2 attractions0 in town · 2 nearby

Green: inside Silkstone Common. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.

Every place

The full list

Everything here is within 5 km of its edge, 7 places in all.

Close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.

1 listed building is on Silkstone Common’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Silkstone Common →

Big names nearby

Trips out

First of the 12 big names within reach is Yorkshire Sculpture Park, 8.8 km away.

MuseumYorkshire Sculpture Park8.8 km north · 300K visitors a yearCastleSandal Castle14 km northHistoric houseChatsworth House34 km southCastleCastle · English HeritageConisbrough Castle23 km eastCathedralWakefield Cathedral17 km northCathedralSheffield Cathedral18 km southCastle · English HeritagePeveril Castle26 km southwestCathedralCathedral Church of St Marie18 km southMuseumNational Science and Media Museum31 km northwest · 442K visitors a year (2015)Abbey or priory · English HeritageMonk Bretton Priory8.3 km eastCastlePontefract Castle25 km northeastArt galleryThe Hepworth Wakefield16 km north

Places well known beyond Silkstone Common (Wikipedia articles in several languages, published visitor counts, or a National Trust, English Heritage or Cadw property), close and famous first. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the town.

Silkstone Common: questions and answers

What is there to see near Silkstone Common?

No attraction is mapped inside Silkstone Common itself. Within 5 km of it are Wentworth Castle, Cannon Hall, Cawthorne Victoria Jubilee Museum and De Morgan Museum.

Does Silkstone Common have a museum?

4 museums and galleries are in or within 5 km of Silkstone Common: Cannon Hall, Cawthorne Victoria Jubilee Museum, De Morgan Museum and Wortley Top Forge.

Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near Silkstone Common?

None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Conisbrough Castle (English Heritage), 23 km east.

What are the best-known days out near Silkstone Common?

Within 40 km: Yorkshire Sculpture Park (8.8 km), Sandal Castle (14 km), Chatsworth House (34 km), Conisbrough Castle (23 km).

Where are Silkstone Common’s historic buildings listed?

Silkstone Common has 1 listed buildings. They are on its History page, from Historic England’s list, not repeated here.

How is this list made?

From OpenStreetMap (museums, galleries, zoos, theme parks and attractions, castles, forts and abbeys, and historic houses and gardens that are open to visitors) and Wikidata (what each place is, who runs it, its website and visitor counts). A place counts for Silkstone Common when it is inside the ONS 2022 built-up area, and as nearby within 5 km of its edge. Opening times and prices are not shown: check the official site.

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 (14)

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.