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DIRECTIONS - DRIVERS BEWARE – Police speed cameras are permanent and
mobile speed traps are frequent on all roads leading to Mapplewell. The 20,
30 and 40MPH speed limits are strictly enforced. Please drive carefully.
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* Vehicles above 12ft 6in high should leave the M1 at junction 37 and turn towards
Barnsley Town Centre. Pick up the A61 towards Wakefield and follow directions
from Barnsley town centre below.
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Travelling SOUTH on M1 motorway (LOW BRIDGE 14’3")
Exit M1 at junction 38 and take 3rd exit from roundabout sign-posted BARNSLEY
A637.
Follow this road for 1.6 miles (past Lakeland Packaging factory on left, over
motorway) then take the first left sign-posted B6131 MAPPLEWELL.
(There is an old church on the corner of this junction)
Drive for 1.2 miles (through the village of Darton, under a Railway Bridge and
sharp right)
As you pass the Kings Head public house on the left and the road bends to the
right.
Fosters Bakery is 100 yards on the right just before the Talbot Inn.
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Travelling NORTH on M1 motorway (AWKWARD 12’6" ARCHED BRIDGE)*
Exit M1 at Junction 37 (Barnsley, Manchester, and A628) and take the first
exit from the roundabout sign-posted MANCHESTER.
Turn right after ¼ mile after passing Brooklands Restaurant and Health
Club on the left.
The road is sign-posted Higham and Barugh Green
Follow this road to the traffic lights and continue straight across.
Follow this road to its end and turn left at the mini roundabout followed by
an immediate turning right sign-posted ROYSTON.
Follow this road until you reach the 20 mph zone and an offset crossroads with
a pedestrian crossing in the middle.
Turn sharp left and the bakery is 200 yards on the left just after the mini
roundabout and the Talbot Inn Pub.
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Travelling NORTH from Barnsley Town Centre (NO LOW BRIDGE)
Take the A61 road North towards WAKEFIELD.
Approximately 2 miles outside Barnsley you will encounter a traffic light junction
with Pioneer supermarket and New Lodge post office on the junction.
Drive straight ahead until the next set of traffic lights with the Eastfield
Arms public house directly in front and the main road veers right.
Turn left at this junction immediately before the Eastfield Arms.
Follow this road for a further ½ mile. As you come to a mini roundabout
the 20mph zone starts.
Travel through the village over the crossroads with a zebra crossing in the
middle.
The bakery is 200 yards on the left just after the mini roundabout and the Talbot
Inn Pub.
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Travelling EAST from Manchester (AWKWARD 12’6" ARCHED BRIDGE)*
Take the A628 WOODHEAD PASS road over the Pennines following signs for BARNSLEY.
Through the towns of Penistone, bypassing Hoylandswaine and Silkstone.
Rising out of Silkstone you pass the golf course on the left and enter an industrial
area.
Continue on the A628 over the railway line level crossing at DODWORTH and the
road veers left.
Travel down the hill and at the bottom of the dip, before the road starts to
climb again turn left.
The road is sign-posted Higham and Barugh Green.(Awkward bridge just after here)
Follow this road to the traffic lights and continue straight across.
Follow this road to its end and turn left at the mini roundabout followed by
an immediate turning right sign-posted ROYSTON.
Follow this road until you reach the 20 mph zone and an offset crossroads with
a pedestrian crossing in the middle.
Turn sharp left and the bakery is 200 yards on the left just after the mini
roundabout and the Talbot Inn Pub.
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Fosters Bakery (Staincross) Limited, Towngate, Mapplewell, Barnsley, South Yorkshire,
S75 6AS
Telephone 01226 382877 : Fax 01226 390087
Grid Reference: 53.586° North, 1.505° West
DIRECTIONS - DRIVERS BEWARE – Police speed cameras are permanent and
mobile speed traps are frequent on all roads leading to Mapplewell. The 20,
30 and 40MPH speed limits are strictly enforced. Please drive carefully.
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* Vehicles above 12ft 6in high should leave the M1 at junction 37 and turn towards
Barnsley Town Centre. Pick up the A61 towards Wakefield and follow directions
from Barnsley town centre below.
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Travelling SOUTH on M1 motorway (LOW BRIDGE 14’3")
Exit M1 at junction 38 and take 3rd exit from roundabout sign-posted BARNSLEY
A637.
Follow this road for 1.6 miles (past Lakeland Packaging factory on left, over
motorway) then take the first left sign-posted B6131 MAPPLEWELL.
(There is an old church on the corner of this junction)
Drive for 1.2 miles (through the village of Darton, under a Railway Bridge and
sharp right)
As you pass the Kings Head public house on the left and the road bends to the
right.
Fosters Bakery is 100 yards on the right just before the Talbot Inn.
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Travelling NORTH on M1 motorway (AWKWARD 12’6" ARCHED BRIDGE)*
Exit M1 at Junction 37 (Barnsley, Manchester, and A628) and take the first
exit from the roundabout sign-posted MANCHESTER.
Turn right after ¼ mile after passing Brooklands Restaurant and Health
Club on the left.
The road is sign-posted Higham and Barugh Green
Follow this road to the traffic lights and continue straight across.
Follow this road to its end and turn left at the mini roundabout followed by
an immediate turning right sign-posted ROYSTON.
Follow this road until you reach the 20 mph zone and an offset crossroads with
a pedestrian crossing in the middle.
Turn sharp left and the bakery is 200 yards on the left just after the mini
roundabout and the Talbot Inn Pub.
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Travelling NORTH from Barnsley Town Centre (NO LOW BRIDGE)
Take the A61 road North towards WAKEFIELD.
Approximately 2 miles outside Barnsley you will encounter a traffic light junction
with Pioneer supermarket and New Lodge post office on the junction.
Drive straight ahead until the next set of traffic lights with the Eastfield
Arms public house directly in front and the main road veers right.
Turn left at this junction immediately before the Eastfield Arms.
Follow this road for a further ½ mile. As you come to a mini roundabout
the 20mph zone starts.
Travel through the village over the crossroads with a zebra crossing in the
middle.
The bakery is 200 yards on the left just after the mini roundabout and the Talbot
Inn Pub.
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Travelling EAST from Manchester (AWKWARD 12’6" ARCHED BRIDGE)*
Take the A628 WOODHEAD PASS road over the Pennines following signs for BARNSLEY.
Through the towns of Penistone, bypassing Hoylandswaine and Silkstone.
Rising out of Silkstone you pass the golf course on the left and enter an industrial
area.
Continue on the A628 over the railway line level crossing at DODWORTH and the
road veers left.
Travel down the hill and at the bottom of the dip, before the road starts to
climb again turn left.
The road is sign-posted Higham and Barugh Green.(Awkward bridge just after here)
Follow this road to the traffic lights and continue straight across.
Follow this road to its end and turn left at the mini roundabout followed by
an immediate turning right sign-posted ROYSTON.
Follow this road until you reach the 20 mph zone and an offset crossroads with
a pedestrian crossing in the middle.
Turn sharp left and the bakery is 200 yards on the left just after the mini
roundabout and the Talbot Inn Pub.
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Fosters Bakery (Staincross) Limited, Towngate, Mapplewell, Barnsley, South Yorkshire,
S75 6AS
Telephone 01226 382877 : Fax 01226 390087
Grid Reference: 53.586° North, 1.505° West
If you are travelling to our premises by road we have directions to download and print. Drivers of high vehicles and indivisible loads please note that there are several low bridges on some of the routes.
Have a safe journey.
Head Office and Main Bakery - Towngate, Mapplewell, Barnsley
Goods Warehouse - Mapplewell Business Park
The nearest small railway station is DARTON 1.5 miles away. Darton station is on the branch line between Sheffield - Leeds and Sheffield - Huddersfield. The station is unmanned, there are no taxi's. You will probably be the only person at this very remote and lonely station. If you are planning to arrive at Darton station telephone us ahead of your arrival so that we can meet you from the train.
Be advised that many trains do not stop at Darton.
BARNSLEY station is 3 miles away and is on the branch line between Sheffield - Leeds. This Station has taxi's and busses to Mapplewell. Occasional Intercity trains travel to Barnsley from St.Pancras.
The quickest route to Mapplewell from London is from KINGS CROSS station to WAKEFIELD WESTGATE on the East Coast main line. Wakefield is a small but busy intercity station with taxi's. It is 7 miles away from Mapplewell and believe it or not the taxi driver may never have heard of Mapplewell. This is because Wakefield is in West Yorkshire and we are in South Yorkshire just over the border.
Tell him to drive towards Barnsley on the Barnsley Road A61 and turn right
at the Turnpike Garage next to the Golf Course. Over the top of the hill to
the crossroads at the bottom of the hill and turn right. We are 100 yards on
the left.
Give us a telephone call and we'll meet you at the Station by car.
DONCASTER station is 15 miles away. A taxi from Doncaster will be expensive so telephone us and we'll meet you at the station.
If you are travelling to us from abroad you will probably arrive in the UK at one of the listed airports below. The higher on our list the easiest it will be to reach us having landed. Manchester is the nearest main airport and Gatwick should be avoided.
SHEFFIELD CITY airport is 10 minutes away - but not many flights come to Sheffield.
MANCHESTER airport is 35 miles away. About 60 to 90 minutes away by car dependent
upon traffic.
LEEDS BRADFORD airport is about 20 miles away but is about the same time as
the journey involves driving through the city.
EAST MIDLANDS airport is about 40 miles away. About 70 minutes on the M1 motorway.
LIVERPOOL airport is about 60 miles away; about 90 to 120 minutes.
HUMBERSIDE airport is about 40 miles away, about 60 minutes.
LONDON HEATHROW airport is a good 4 hours drive away.
LONDON LUTON airport is 2.5 hours away.
LONDON STANSTEAD airport is 3 hours away.
LONDON GATWICK airport is a very slow and painful 5 to 6 hours drive. Try to
avoid arriving at Gatwick.
The nearest seaport from Continental Europe is HULL. Ferries run from Rotterdam, Netherlands and from Zeebrugge, Belgium. Hull is about 90 minutes drive from Mapplewell.
Container lorries should take the M62 Westbound to the junction of the M1 and then the M1 South following the directions by road - link above
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