An "outstanding" relic of the industrial revolution in South Yorkshire is to be restored. The £500,000 project on the Newcomen Beam Engine at Elsecar Heritage Centre in Barnsley will take two ...

The engine, a Scheduled Ancient Monument of international significance, is found at Elsecar New Colliery, South Yorkshire. The colliery was sunk in 1794, making this year the 230th anniversary of ...

The Elsecar Heritage Centre is free to visit and buzzing with activity. It manages to strike a balance between tourist attraction and focal point for local businesses. While there are the usual ...

Alanna Clarke is one of 12 riders selected for the British Dressage National Academy programme. Barnsley Council hopes to secure funding to create a new visitor attraction in Elsecar. Locals have ...

The engine itself was first made a Scheduled Monument in 1973, and this designation has been extended to cover the pit head. The old Elsecar Ironworks have been made a Scheduled Monument.

Set within the attractive village of Elsecar in Barnsley, Elsecar Heritage Centre is a unique family attraction and a working hub of industry. Leeds news you can trust since 1890.

Elsecar is in fact recognised as an international centre of industry, particularly for its coal mining and ironmaking history, which makes the development all the more exciting.

Barnsley Council was behind Elsecar Forging Ahead, which took two years to compile, with plans for a new visitor attraction railway with a ‘reconstructed’ 1848 Fitzwilliam engine, a ...

A SNEAK peek first look was revealed today of a vision to create a new £25m Yorkshire heritage railway experience - including a reconstructed 1849 Fitzwilliam locomotive.

"Elsecar is unique in retaining the only Newcomen Beam Engine in situ, first constructed here in 1795 to pump water from Elsecar New Colliery.

An "outstanding" relic of the industrial revolution in South Yorkshire is to be restored. The £500,000 project on the Newcomen Beam Engine at Elsecar Heritage Centre in Barnsley will take two years.