Rotherham
Discover Rotherham and you’ll find a wealth of award-winning attractions, a mix history and heritage and top quality accommodation for a relaxing break. Rolling lowlands, picturesque villages, and ancient woodlands divide more than 200 miles of public footpaths, cycling trails and bridleways.
Rotherham is home to award-winning Magna, the UK’s first Science Adventure Centre. Dramatically set within a massive former steelworks, Magna is a hands-on, feet-on, full-on adventure exploring the elements – Earth, Air, Fire, Water and Power.
Visitors can savour the splendour of Cistercian monastic ruins at Roche Abbey; see the largest façade of any stately home in Europe at Wentworth Woodhouse; encounter exotic wildlife at the enchanting Tropical Butterfly House or walk along the prettiest towpath in England on Chesterfield Canal’s Cuckoo Way.
Rotherham boasts a trio of country parks, including award-winning Rother Valley Country Park, with its nature reserve, watersports (including. cable ski, wind surfing and canoeing), golf and cycle hire.
Clifton Park Museum houses Britain’s finest collection of Rockingham porcelain as well as glassware of South Yorkshire from the 18th and 19th centuries to the present day.
Thanks to Rotherham’s easy to reach location in the centre of England, with its excellent road and rail links, all this is available right on your doorstep!
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