Firsby Reservoirs
micksheff about Firsby Reservoirs (Rotherham)
Firsby Reservoirs lie approximately 4 miles (7 Kilometres) to the north east of Rotherham town centre in South Yorkshire. They consist of two separate bodies of water that were created between 1874 and 1880 to provide a supply of fresh drinking water to Rotherham and the surrounding area. Their [...]

Thrybergh Country Park
micksheff about Thrybergh Country Park (Rotherham)
Thrybergh Country Park lies approximately 3 miles (5 Kilometres) to the north west of Rotherham town centre and about 9 miles (15 Kilometres) to the west of Doncaster in South Yorkshire. Covering an area of 47 acres, this is one of the largest country parks in the region. At the centre of this [...]

An urban oasis
micksheff about Catcliffe Flash Nature Reserve (Rotherham)
Catcliffe Flash is in my opinion a real little gem of a place, despite its rather uncomfortable setting, nestled between housing estates and abandoned open cast mining sites. Situated six miles to the east of Sheffield city centre, just across the Rotherham boundary it is a place where I spent a [...]

The Clifton Park Museum
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Clifton Park museum is located on the fringe of Rotherham town centre. The museum is housed in Clifton House, a Grade 11 listed building dating from 1793. This house was designed by John Carr, a prominent architect of that time and it was the family home of the Walker family. The original occupier [...]

The South Yorkshire Transport Museum
micksheff about South Yorkshire Transport Museum (Rotherham)
The South Yorkshire Transport Museum can be found at Aldwarke, near Rotherham in South Yorkshire. Until recently this transport museum was located in the former Tinsley tram sheds between Sheffield and Rotherham. I visited here about 4 years ago and it was then called the Sheffield Bus Museum. Now [...]

Rotherham Minster
micksheff about Rotherham Minster (Rotherham)
Rotherhams largest Church is known as the Rotherham Minster and dominates the Centre of this South Yorkshire Town. Until recently this Church, which is as large as many Cathedrals, was known as All Saints Parish Church. This change in name was to reflect its importance as a Church in the region and [...]

The Brecon Hotel in Rotherham
micksheff about Brecon (Rotherham)
The Brecon Hotel in Rotherham was the choice of venue for a work's function. We had left it a little late to get in any of our preferred venues and found that the Brecon was just about the only place that could accommodate our part of around 40 people. This was my first visit to this Hotel, [...]