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Wath upon Dearne (shortened to Wath / ˈ w ɒ θ / or often hyphenated) is a town south of the River Dearne in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England, 5 miles (8 km) north of Rotherham and almost midway between Barnsley and Doncaster. It had a population of 11,816 at the 2011 census. [2]
Wath railway station was one of three railway stations in Wath-upon-Dearne, South Yorkshire, England.It was the southern terminus of The Hull & South Yorkshire Extension Railway which became part of the Hull and Barnsley Railway in 1898 and was the southern terminus of a branch line from Wrangbrook Junction. [1]
The main line ran from Hull to Cudworth, with two other lines branching off at Wrangbrook Junction, the South Yorkshire Junction Railway to Denaby, and The Hull & South Yorkshire Extension Railway, an eight-mile (thirteen-kilometre) branch to Wath-upon-Dearne, opened 31 March 1902.
Wath marshalling yard, also known as Wath concentration yard (grid reference), was a large railway marshalling yard specifically designed for the concentration of coal traffic. It was set at the heart of the South Yorkshire Coalfield , at Wath-upon-Dearne , approximately halfway between Barnsley and Doncaster , in the United Kingdom .
The Dearne Valley (DURN) is an area of South Yorkshire, England, along the River Dearne. It encompasses the towns of Wombwell , Wath-upon-Dearne , Swinton , Conisbrough and Mexborough , the large villages of Ardsley , Bolton on Dearne , Goldthorpe , Thurnscoe , Darfield , Stairfoot and Brampton Bierlow , and many other smaller villages and hamlets.
Barnsley Interchange is a combined rail and bus station in the centre of Barnsley, South Yorkshire. ... Wath-upon-Dearne, Manvers, Rawmarsh and Parkgate . 222
The Dearne and Dove Canal ran for almost ten miles through South Yorkshire, England from Swinton to Barnsley through nineteen locks, rising 127 feet (39 m).The canal also had two short branches, the Worsbrough branch and the Elsecar branch, both about two miles long with reservoirs at the head of each.
Wath railway station may refer to a number of railway stations in Yorkshire, England: serving Wath-upon-Dearne, now in South Yorkshire. Wath (Hull and Barnsley) railway station, open from 1902 to 1929; Wath Central railway station, closed in 1959; Wath North railway station, opened as Wath railway station in 1841, closed in 1968