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South Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber
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Days out around Moorends – lakes, viewpoints, nature reserves, museums and more, including 2 in Moorends itself. Each comes with a description, photo, address and map where available.
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🏞️ Lakes & lochs
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🌄 Viewpoints
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🌿 Nature reserves
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Thorpe Marsh Nature Reserve
Almholme · 8.1 miles
Covering 77 hectares, the reserve sits on the flood-prone lowland of the River Don south-west of Thorpe in Balne and north of Doncaster in South Yorkshire. Managed jointly by volunteers operating for the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust and Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council, the site occupies the marshland that formed after the closure of the adjacent coal-fired power station in 1994 and the demolition of its cooling towers in 2012. The landscape is characterised by wet grassland, reed beds and a network of ditches that support a variety of wet-land wildlife. The fields within the reserve retain a ridge-and-furrow pattern dating from the medieval open-field system, still evident in Reedholme, Applehurst and Cockshaw. Historical documents from the early 18th century refer to the area in connection with the River Dun Navigation, while the name Thorpe Marsh itself first appears in 1731 letters concerning that project. Remains of Reedholme House, recorded on an 1849 map, are still visible, and the site’s long-standing association with flax cultivation is documented in 1790s claims for agricultural subsidies. The nearest settlement identified on OpenStreetMap is Almholme, providing a reference point for visitors approaching the reserve. No admission charge or specific visitor facilities are mentioned in the source material, but the presence of volunteer staff suggests basic access for walkers and wildlife observers.
Source: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA
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🏛️ Museums
Epworth Old Rectory
Epworth · 9.3 miles
Rectory Street 1, Doncaster DN9 1HX
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🌳 Parks & gardens
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🗿 Monuments & memorials
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🏚️ Ruins
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🏺 Archaeological sites
Drax Priory
Long Drax · 8.1 miles
"In 1868 it was reported that traces of the priory could still be found[2] but field work in the 1980s and 1990s has failed to find any physical remains of it" (source: wikipedia)
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📸 Landmarks & sights
Viking Marine
Newsholme · 5 miles
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🛝 Playgrounds
Data: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Distances are as the crow flies from Moorends.
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