Boot’s Folly is a curious ruin in farmland overlooking Stines Reservoir. You can get inside the folly but access to the top has since crumbled away. Nevertheless, you get breathtaking views over the reservoir and the surrounding landscape from the base of the tower. The folly was built in 1927.

Alex Taylor

March 8, 2022

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This is a very well-preserved ruin and interesting to look around, however, if you are heading to it hoping for refuge in bad weather be warned that it is generously carpeted with muck inside.

Ian Delve

July 26, 2023

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Boot’s Folly, Strines Tower or Sugworth Tower was built in 1927 by Charles Boot the son of the founder of local construction company Henry Boot PLC.The tower was built out …

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Elevation 320 m

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Location: Bradfield, Sheffield, Yorkshire And The Humber, England, United Kingdom

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