Kilnhurst and Swinton East sits on the eastern fringe of the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham in South Yorkshire, occupying the low-lying corridor between Rotherham and Doncaster. The ward includes riverside and canal-side stretches by the River Don, with towpaths and green corridors that contrast with its former industrial landscape.
Historically the area grew up around coal mining, brickworks and the railways, and that industrial heritage still shapes local housing, street patterns and community memory. Today it is largely residential with ongoing pockets of regeneration, local shops and community centres, a strong volunteer spirit around parks and heritage sites, and many residents commuting to nearby centres such as Sheffield and Doncaster for work.
Postcode districts covering Kilnhurst & Swinton East
Most populated places nearby
- Sheffield 9.3 miles
- Leeds 24.4 miles
- Mansfield 23.5 miles
- Huddersfield 23.2 miles
- Rotherham 4.2 miles
- Doncaster 8.6 miles
- Chesterfield 16.8 miles
- Wakefield 16.1 miles
- Barnsley 8.6 miles
- Castleford 16.8 miles
- Morley 22.2 miles
- Dewsbury 19.6 miles
Neighbouring places
- Swinton Built-up area 0.4 miles
- Swinton Rockingham Ward 0.8 miles
- Denaby Parish 1.3 miles
- Rawmarsh East Ward 1.7 miles
- Hooton Roberts Parish 1.7 miles
- Wath Ward 1.8 miles
- Thrybergh Parish 1.8 miles
- Adwick upon Dearne Parish 1.8 miles
- Mexborough Built-up area 1.9 miles
- Rawmarsh Built-up area 2 miles
- Wath upon Dearne Built-up area 2 miles
- Thrybergh and Dalton Built-up area 2.2 miles
Example postcodes in Kilnhurst & Swinton East
S64 8NZ, S64 8RH, S64 8UB, S64 8RB, S64 8PN, S64 8SY, S64 5SR, S64 8RW, S64 5SP … See all
Transport links
- Doncaster Sheffield Airport 12.5 miles
- Leeds Bradford International Airport 30.3 miles
- Swinton Railway Station 0.5 miles
- Mexborough Railway Station 1.1 miles
- Doncaster Sheffield Bus Station 6.3 miles
Hotels near Kilnhurst & Swinton East Ad
- Holiday Inn Express Rotherham – North 3 2.7 miles
- Dusties Hotel 3 4.2 miles
- Holiday Inn Doncaster A1- M Jct 36 3 5.6 miles
- Garner Hotel Rotherham East 3 4.5 miles
- The Fitzwilliam Hotel 3 2.6 miles
- Premier Inn Barnsley 3 3.8 miles
- The George Wright Boutique Hotel, Bar & Restaurant 3 3.9 miles
- Holiday Inn Rotherham-Sheffield M1Jct.33 4 5.4 miles
- Gulliver's Valley M1 JCT 31 2.5 4 miles
- Mercure Sheffield Parkway Hotel 4 6.5 miles
Schools in Kilnhurst & Swinton East
- Kilnhurst Primary School Primary
- Kilnhurst St Thomas' C of E Primary Academy Primary
Local points of interest
- Cortonwood Colliery Shopping centre 3.8 miles
- Elsecar Heritage Centre Museum 4.7 miles
- Meadowhall Shopping centre 6.2 miles
- Cusworth Hall Museum Museum 6.4 miles
- Roche Abbey Archaeological site 7.4 miles
- Don Valley Stadium Stadium 7.5 miles
- Hampole Priory Historic site 8.1 miles
- Potteric Carr Nature Reserve Nature reserve 8.2 miles
- Oakwell Stadium 8.2 miles
- Keepmoat Stadium Stadium 8.3 miles
- South Yorkshire Aircraft Museum Museum 8.5 miles
- Hillsborough Stadium Stadium 9.2 miles