Orgreave
in Rotherham of England, United Kingdom
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Robin Hood Doncaster Sheffield Airport (16 mi) - Manchester Woodford Airport (32 mi)
- Nottingham Airport (34 mi)
- RAF Scampton (34 mi)
- Leeds Bradford Airport (35 mi)
- Manchester Airport (37 mi)
- East Midlands Airport (38 mi)
- RAF Waddington (38 mi)
- RAF Linton-On-Ouse (46 mi)
- Birmingham International Airport (66 mi)
- Liverpool – Maritime Mercantile City (Unesco heritage, 15 mi)
- Derwent Valley Mills (Unesco heritage, 43 mi)
- Saltaire (Unesco heritage, 57 mi)
- Studley Royal Park including the Ruins of Fountains Abbey (Unesco heritage, 64 mi)
- Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal (Unesco heritage, 70 mi)
- Durham Castle and Cathedral (Unesco heritage, 103 mi)
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Frontiers of the Roman Empire (Unesco heritage, 111 mi) - Blenheim Palace (Unesco heritage, 111 mi)
- Blaenavon Industrial Landscape (Unesco heritage, 129 mi)
- Hallamshire Golf Club (Golf course, 7 mi)
- Barlborough Links (Golf course, 10 mi)
- Bawtry Golf Club (Golf course, 14 mi)
- Doncaster Golf Club (Golf course, 14 mi)
- Bradley Park Golf Course (Golf course, 26 mi)
- Drax Golf Club (Golf course, 29 mi)
- The Manor Golf Club (Golf course, 33 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 53.383 and -1.367 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 53° 22' 59" and W -1° 22' 0"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Pound - GBP
- Spoken languages:
- English, Welsh, Scottish Gaelic
- Local electricity:
- 230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
- Local Time: 03:48 AM (Saturday)
- Timezone: Europe/London
- UTC/GMT offset: 0 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 5:36 am and 8:29 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -45.817 and 170.717 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Otakou - References
- This place on Geonames.org
Safety Score: 3,0 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning we advice caution when travelling to United Kingdom.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning United Kingdom. Last Update: 2024-04-26 08:02:42
Delve into Orgreave
Orgreave in Rotherham (England) is a town located in United Kingdom about 140 mi (or 225 km) north of London, the country's capital town.
Time in Orgreave is now 03:48 AM (Saturday). The local timezone is named Europe / London with an UTC offset of one hour. We know of 10 airports closer to Orgreave, of which 5 are larger airports. The closest airport in United Kingdom is Robin Hood Doncaster Sheffield Airport in a distance of 16 mi (or 26 km), North-East. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
There are several Unesco world heritage sites nearby. The closest heritage site in United Kingdom is Liverpool – Maritime Mercantile City in a distance of 15 mi (or 24 km), East. Also, if you like the game of golf, there are some options within driving distance. In need of a room? We compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
Since you are here already, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Rotherham, Whiston, Ulley, Wales and Sheffield. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 9°C / 48 °F
| Morning Temperature | 3°C / 38 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 7°C / 45 °F |
| Night Temperature | 6°C / 43 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 69% |
| Air Pressure | 1006 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Moderate breeze with 10 km/h (6 mph) from South-West |
| Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 100% of sky |
| General Conditions | Light rain |
Sunday, 28th of April 2024
5°C (41 °F)
4°C (39 °F)
Moderate rain, moderate breeze, overcast clouds.
Monday, 29th of April 2024
13°C (55 °F)
9°C (48 °F)
Sky is clear, moderate breeze, clear sky.
Tuesday, 30th of April 2024
16°C (61 °F)
10°C (50 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, few clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Ravencar Farm Bed and Breakfast
Mercure Sheffield Parkway
JCT.33 Holiday Inn ROTHERHAM-SHEFFIELD M1
Carlton Park
Best Western Mosborough Hall
TRAVELODGE SHEFFIELD MEADOWHALL
Best Western Plus Aston Hall
Days Inn Sheffield
TRAVELODGE SHEFFIELD RICHMOND
Sheffield (Arena)
Videos from this area
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Miners procession Rotherham Wellgate
Miners procession in Wellgate Rotherham 1950s with added sound effects. also Rotherham Neptunus Club, English Channel swimmer, Phil Rising in car cavalcade.
Barnsley & Rotherham Business Awards 2013 (Short Video)
Did you miss the 2013 Barnsley & Rotherham Business Awards? Here is a short insight into what you missed.
Rotherham skate park
Yes I know its Rotherham not Rotheram.
Treeton, Rotherham UK 29th July 2014
36 minutes, 7 trains and 12 locos. Not the normal lunch break fare. I'd left the Nikon at home so decided to video using my iPhone. Enjoy.
train ride to leeds
10bus UK L.T.D - The different V.B.C
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Veho Muvi HD7+ Test - Owler Bar to Rainbow
Veho Muvi HD7+. Great camera, shame you can't turn the date & time off! First proper ride of the year.
Skiing at xscape castleford hitting a few rails
via YouTube Capture.
BMW F800GS - Test Ride
Test riding around South Yorkshire & North Derbyshire. Great bike! Loved the feel and noise of the engine. It has real character. I loved this bike so much, I bought one, 2 weeks later!
TRUCKS ON M1
TRUCK PHOTOS.
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Battle of Orgreave
The Battle of Orgreave is the name given to a confrontation between police and picketing miners at a British Steel coking plant in Orgreave, South Yorkshire, in 1984, during the UK miners' strike. In 1991, South Yorkshire Police were forced to pay out half a million pounds to 39 miners who were arrested in the events at the Battle of Orgreave.
Advanced Manufacturing Park
The Advanced Manufacturing Park (AMP) is a 100-acre manufacturing technology park in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, facing the Sheffield Business Park across the Parkway. Technologies on the AMP centre on materials and structures, covering metallic and composite materials, typically used in precision industries including; aerospace, automotive, sport, environmental, nuclear, and energy, oil and gas, defence and construction.
Orgreave Colliery
Orgreave Colliery was a coal mine situated adjacent to the main line of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway about 5 miles south east of Sheffield. The colliery is within the parish of Orgreave, from which it takes its name.
Orgreave Train Collision 1926
The Orgreave Train Collision occurred on 13 December 1926 near Orgreaves Colliery signal box on the Great Central Railway line about 4+⁄2 miles east of Sheffield. A goods train had collided with a preceding goods train on the same line, and the wreckage had obstructed the adjacent passenger line. A workman's train, known as a paddy mail, ran into the wreckage; paddy mails were workmans' trains operated in connection with all three shift changes at the collieries.
Rother Vale Collieries
Rother Vale Collieries were a group of coal producing pits originally in the Rother Valley parishes of Treeton, Woodhouse and Orgreave, nowadays on the south east Sheffield / Rotherham boundary, in South Yorkshire, England. In the early 20th century a new colliery at Thurcroft was developed. The Fence Colliery Company was formed in 1862 with the purchase of Fence Colliery, a small coal pit sunk alongside the main Sheffield to Worksop road at the lower end of the village of Fence.
Tinsley Motive Power Depot
Tinsley Motive Power Depot, latterly Tinsley Traction Maintenance Depot was built as part of the Sheffield district rail rationalisation plan of the 1960s opening during 1965 and situated adjacent to, but at a higher level than the new Tinsley Marshalling Yard alongside the Sheffield District Railway in Tinsley, near Sheffield but accessed, by road, from Brinsworth, near Rotherham.
Orgreave, South Yorkshire
Orgreave is a village and civil parish in South Yorkshire, England. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 761. Orgreave forms part of the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham; until 1974, it was part of the Rotherham Rural District, the town of Rotherham being 6 miles to the north.
Church of St Helen, Treeton
The Church of St Helen is the parish church in the village of Treeton in South Yorkshire, England. It is a Church of England church in the Diocese of Sheffield. The building is Grade I listed building and dates back to at least the 12th century AD. It is a prominent feature within the village, and can be seen from all directions.
Catcliffe Glass Cone
The Catcliffe Glass Cone is a glass cone in the village of Catcliffe in South Yorkshire, England. It is the oldest surviving structure of its type in Western Europe, and it is a Grade I listed building and Scheduled Ancient Monument. The glassworks cone is located at {{#invoke:Coordinates|coord}}{{#coordinates:53.3926|-1.3617|type:landmark_region:GB|||||| |primary |name= }}. It was part of the Catcliffe glassworks, which was established in 1740 by William Fenney.
Rotherwood exchange sidings
Rotherwood exchange sidings were set at the eastern extremity of the Manchester-Sheffield-Wath electric railway between Orgreave Lane and Retford Road, on the south eastern boundary of the City of Sheffield with the Parish of Orgreave, within Rotherham. The sidings consisted of two sets of lines, on the up (towards Grimsby) and down (towards Sheffield) which were laid out for the purpose of locomotive changing on trains passing through the area.
Handsworth Grange Community Sports College
Handsworth Grange Community Sports College also known as Handsworth Grange School is a coeducational comprehensive school in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. The school, which is a Sports College, educates over 1,000 pupils. The building was previously the site of Beaver Hill Comprehensive, but the school changed its name when it amalgamated with Brook School.
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