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-s.jpg) Rabbit Ings Country Park has been created on the site of the Monckton Main Colliery (1878 - 1966) and Royston Drift Mine (1976 - 1989). The country park is owned by the City of Wakefield Metropolitan District Council. The old slagheaps are now being transformed into a pleasant country park of benefit to both human beings and wildlife. The Trans Pennine Trail (National Cycle Route 67), following the route of the Barnsley Canal, passes through the nearby village of Royston, South Yorkshire. Bus service 194 (Wakefield - Walton - Barnsley) passes Rabbit Ings.
[6th June 2012] |
-s.jpg) The Stone Cairn atop an old slagheap at the country park. The chimneys of the Monckton Coke and Chemical Works provide a reminder that not all industry has left the area.
[14 Jun 2011] |
-s.jpg) The points of the compass on the Stone Cairn The names on the cairn provide links with the area's coal mining past
[14 Jun 2011] |
-s.jpg) A view towards Felkirk Church from Rabbit Ings Country Park, Royston, South Yorkshire.
The word 'ings' is common in these parts, it is derived from an Old Norse word meaning low-lying wetlands.
Other 'ings' in Yorkshire include Wath Ings, Denaby Ings, Fairburn Ings and Fall Ings.
[14 Jun 2011] |
-s.jpg) Monckton Coke and Chemical Works. Situated just across the road from Rabbit Ings Country Park, the Monckton Works is still busy.
[14 Jun 2011] |
-s.jpg) Nature taking its course, with a little help, of course. The transformation will take some time.
[14th June 2011] |
 Monckton Works, Royston and Rabbit Ings.
[6th June 2012] |
 Midland Road, Royston looking towards Rabbit Ings. The Barnsley Canal was once in the dip.
[6th March 2012] |
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