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24 October 2026

Ghoul and Ghost Trail at Elsecar Heritage Centre

Wath Road, Elsecar, Barnsley S74 8HJ

Free self-guided Halloween trail around Elsecar Heritage Centre featuring local legends such as the Thorpe Hesley Boggart. Runs 24 October to 2 November.

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Getting there and what to expect

Weather

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Getting there

  • Stops: Wath Road/Fitzwilliam Street (adj) (92 m); Wentworth Road/Wath Road (opp) (121 m); Wentworth Road/Forge Lane (adj) (121 m) (Stops: NaPTAN, Department for Transport (OGL v3); lines: bustimes.org / Bus Open Data (OGL v3))
  • Elsecar Rail Station 690 m away (Stops: NaPTAN, Department for Transport (OGL v3); lines: bustimes.org / Bus Open Data (OGL v3))
  • Cycle parking 80 m (OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL))
  • About 157 min walk from the city centre (13.0 km, straight-line estimate) (Straight-line estimate at 5 km/h; streets are longer)
  • Open on the main map with this event pinned (Sheffield Events live map)
  • Can I get there and back? Put your postcode into the tool below for the last bus and tram, the walk home, and the car parks. (Timetables: Bus Open Data Service (Department for Transport). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.)

Around the venue

  • Defibrillator 50 m, toilets 20 m (OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL))
  • No storm overflow discharging within 1 km (Storm overflows: Yorkshire Water (CC BY 4.0))

Can I get there and back

The last bus and tram, the walk, what is recorded about step-free access and the car parks.

© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Positions and details are as mapped by volunteers; check before relying on them.

Read about this area on Wikipedia

  • Elsecar Ironworks 0.0 km away
  • Earl Fitzwilliam's private railway station 0.1 km away

    Earl Fitzwilliam's private railway station is a former private railway station in South Yorkshire, England, situated at the upper end of the Elsecar branch of the South Yorkshire Railway.

  • Elsecar Heritage Centre 0.1 km away

    Elsecar Heritage Centre is a visitor attraction centre in Elsecar, Barnsley, England.

  • Elsecar Heritage Railway 0.1 km away

    The Elsecar Heritage Railway (EHR) was located on the southern part of the former South Yorkshire Railway freight-only branch which ran from Elsecar Junction on its Mexborough to Barnsley Line.

  • Elsecar goods station 0.1 km away

Article titles and extracts from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0; each links to its article.

Vehicle positions via bustimes.org from the Bus Open Data Service (Open Government Licence v3.0). Positions can lag by a minute or two.

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