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3About Keppel's Column
Keppel's Column stands on high ground near Rotherham, commemorating Admiral Augustus Keppel with fine views across the Don Valley. Reach it via the A629 from Sheffield or A630 from the M1 Junction 33, then local roads through Thorpe Hesley. The weathered Yorkshire sandstone inscription remains perfectly legible after more than two centuries.
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Keppel's Column is in England, at 53.448, -1.418 - about 12 km north-east of Sheffield, Sheffield.
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The closest airport to Keppel's Column is Leeds Bradford Airport, 62 km (about 57 min by car). Other airports nearby: Manchester Airport.
