Olde English District

Olde English district is a region in South Carolina south of Charlotte, a major southeastern United States city. The counties of Lancaster and York are also considered to be a part of the Charlotte Metro.

Cities

Principal cities

• 1 Rock Hill
• 2 Fort Mill (town)

Other cities

• Camden
• Carlisle
• Chester
• Chesterfield
• Clover
• Great Falls
• 3 Indian Land (village)
• Lancaster
• 4 Tega Cay
• Winnsboro
• 5 York

Other destinations

• Andrew Jackson State Park
• Cowpens National Battlefield
• Historic Brattonsville
• Kings Mountain National Military Park
• Kings Mountain State Park
• Landsford Canal State Park

Understand

The district is not a historical one. Instead, it is one of eleven tourism districts of South Carolina, created in 1976 by the state legislature in order to create and improve tourism, recreation and development in the included counties. Its name came about due to the region being settled by the English in the 1770s. The area was the site of a number of Revolutionary War battles including the Battle of Kings Mountain.

Get in

By Plane

• Charlotte-Douglas International Airport—Although located in North Carolina, the Charlotte airport serves as a major airport for this region of South Carolina.

See

Below is a list of top sightseeing attractions in the region. Please go to individual cities for more listings.

• 1 Downtown Rock Hill Historic District, 154 E Main St, Rock Hill, SC. (updated Jun 2017)
• 2 Riverwalk Rock Hill, 1 Herrons Ferry Rd, Rock Hill, SC. A mixed-use community consisting of specialty shops, restaurants and hiking trails located along the Catawba River. (updated Jun 2017)
• 3 Fort Mill Downtown Historic District, Main Street, Fort Mill, SC. (updated Jul 2017)
• 4 Kings Mountain National Military Park, 1277 Park Road, Blacksburg, SC, ☏ +1 (803)-222-3209. (updated Jul 2017)
• 5 South Carolina Railroad Museum, 100 Industrial Park Road, Winnsboro, SC, ☏ +1 (803)-635-4242. (updated Jul 2017)
• 6 Historic Brattonsville, 1444 Brattonsville Road, Brattonsville, SC, ☏ +1 (803)-684-2327. (updated Jul 2017)
• 7 Native American Studies Centre, 119 S Main Street, Lancaster, SC, ☏ +1 (803)-313-7172. (updated Jul 2017)
• 8 Rose Hill Plantation State Historic Site, ☏ +1 864-427-5966. Daily 9am-6pm. This is where the governor of South Carolina, a William H Gist, lived in the days leading up to the Civil War, who helped shaped South Carolina's secession. It's an example of a Piedmont region type of plantation, as opposed to the more lowland ones. grounds free; $10 for house tour. (updated Aug 2021)

Do

• 1 Carowinds.  14523 Carowinds Blvd, Charlotte, NC
• 2 Canaan Zip-Lining.  3111 Sand Island Road, Rock Hill, SC
• 3 The Carolina Cup Horse Racing, 200 Knights Hill Road, Camden, SC, ☏ +1 803-432-6513, toll-free: +1 (800)-780-8117. Horse racing.