Wakefield became a city in 1888, a status it acquired by virtue of having a cathedral. Nevertheless, it still feels very much like a...

The City of Wakefield occupies the south-eastern corner of what is currently referred to as West Yorkshire, bordering South Yorkshire to...

Penistone is a market town, known locally for its annual agricultural show, held on the second Saturday in September (and unless you...

Our next railway station stop is at Silkstone Common for a walk that includes the adjacent village of Silkstone. This pair of villages is...

Dodworth is yet another mining village, although for centuries before it became one it had some small importance due to its location on...

The village of Darton is located on the banks of the River Dearne, and sits on the border between South and West Yorkshire that was...

Along with Sheffield, Doncaster and Rotherham, Barnsley is one of South Yorkshire’s four main conurbations, located at the centre of its...

Wombwell is a town just south of Barnsley, and like Swinton and Mexborough is one of those former colliery towns that has suffered...

Elsecar was originally a hamlet, until – like so many other villages in the area – it expanded in the eighteenth century due to the coal...

Like Darnall and Woodhouse, Chapeltown is a former village (not a town, despite its name) that has now become a suburb of Sheffield. It...

As Goldthorpe merges into Bolton upon Dearne to the south, so too does it merge into Thurnscoe – our next stop – to the north. Like its...

Like Bolton upon Dearne, Goldthorpe was originally a medieval farming village, and archaeological findings suggest that the area may been...

The first of the three villages is Bolton upon Dearne, which is quite an ancient settlement, even if that isn’t immediately apparent...

Our next stop is Adwick le Street, a short distance up the line from Bentley. Whereas Bentley now feels very much like the suburb of...

The first stop along the Wakefield line from Doncaster is a Bentley, once a mining village and now a suburb attached to its parent city...

Thorne has a very different character to the last few towns we have visited, which reflects the fact that its history is quite different....

The next station on our route serves two towns and is thus named Hatfield and Stainforth after both of them. Stainforth is located close...

Kirk Sandall was originally a small hamlet named Sandal Parva, which may have played a role in the Battle of Hatfield in 633AD. Anyone...

Yorkshire’s most newly minted city also has some claim to being one its oldest settlements. Until it was granted city status as part of...

The name Conisbrough is derived from the Old English word Cyningesburh, which means King’s Stronghold, reflecting the town’s importance...