 To its west is Parkgate, to its east the villages of Dalton and Thrybergh.The washlands of the River Don (known locally as "The Wash") was crossed by a toll road which was freed of toll in the late 1980s.Coal gathering at Aldwarke goes back to the 17th century with documents relating to tenants rights of way over the grounds and the River Dunne (Don) at Aldwarke ford, on both sides of river; and to any person fetching coals from pits.