South Yorkshire, England

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Wentworth Castle, Barnsley, South Yorkshire
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South Yorkshire is a metropolitan county in the region of Yorkshire and the Humber in north-central England. It covers 1,552 sq km (599 sq mi) and has a population of 1.3 million people (2012 estimate).

South Yorkshire is a landlocked county on the east side of the Pennines. It is bordered by West Yorkshire to the northwest, North Yorkshire to the north, East Riding of Yorkshire to the northeast, Lincolnshire to the east, Nottinghamshire to the southeast and Derbyshire to the southwest. The main city in the area is Sheffield, which is also the ninth most populous conurbation in the United Kingdom.

South Yorkshire exists as a geographic frame of reference, as its county council was abolished in 1986, with administrative authorities passing to the metropolitan boroughs, which effectively became unitary authority areas. Human habitation in this area goes back to at least 12,800 years ago, based on artifacts and rock art in the caves at Creswell Crags. There is also a Mesolithic adobe in the form of a circle of stone dating to 8000 BC near Deepcar in northern Sheffield.

Rotunda, Wentworth Castle
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Roche Abbey, South Yorkshire
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Towns in South Yorkshire

Sights in South Yorkshire

Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet
Barnsley Town Hall
Brodsworth Hall
Cannon Hall
Chapel of Our Lady of Rotherham Bridge
Clifton Park Museum
Conisbrough Castle
Cusworth Hall
Doncaster Mansion House
Elsecar Steam Railway
Hillsborough Stadium
Howden Moors
Kelham Island Museum, Sheffield
Magna Science Adventure Centre
Meadowhall Centre
Monk Bretton Priory
Oakwell Stadium
Pot House Hamlet
Roche Abbey
Rother Valley Country Park
RSPB Old Moor Wetland Centre
Sheffield Winter Gardens
Ulley Reservoir
Wentworth Castle
Wentworth Woodhouse
Weston Park Museum
Woodlands model village
Worsborough Mill and County Park
Wortley Top Forge

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