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 miles15 km
- Leeds 24.4 miles39.2 km
- Mansfield 23.5 miles37.9 km
- Huddersfield 23.2 miles37.3 km
- Rotherham 4.2 miles6.7 km
- Doncaster 8.6 miles13.8 km
- Chesterfield 16.8 miles27 km
- Wakefield 16.1 miles25.9 km
- Barnsley 8.6 miles13.8 km
- Castleford 16.8 miles27.1 km
- Morley 22.2 miles35.8 km
- Dewsbury 19.6 miles31.5 km
Neighbouring places
- Swinton Built-up area 0.4 miles0.6 km
- Swinton Rockingham Ward 0.8 miles1.3 km
- Denaby Parish 1.3 miles2.1 km
- Rawmarsh East Ward 1.7 miles2.7 km
- Hooton Roberts Parish 1.7 miles2.8 km
- Wath Ward 1.8 miles2.9 km
- Thrybergh Parish 1.8 miles2.9 km
- Adwick upon Dearne Parish 1.8 miles3 km
- Mexborough Built-up area 1.9 miles3 km
- Rawmarsh Built-up area 2 miles3.2 km
- Wath upon Dearne Built-up area 2 miles3.3 km
- Thrybergh and Dalton Built-up area 2.2 miles3.6 km
Example postcodes in Kilnhurst & Swinton East
S64 8AH, S64 8LH, S64 8TS, S64 8NZ, S64 8AL, S64 8RH, S64 5TF, S64 8RY, S64 8LN … See all
Transport links
- Doncaster Sheffield Airport 12.5 miles20.1 km
- Leeds Bradford International Airport 30.3 miles48.8 km
- Swinton Railway Station 0.5 miles0.8 km
- Mexborough Railway Station 1.1 miles1.8 km
- Doncaster Sheffield Bus Station 6.3 miles10.2 km
Hotels near Kilnhurst & Swinton East Ad
- Gulliver's Valley M1 Jct 31 4 miles6.4 km
- Holiday Inn Express Rotherham North 3 2.4 miles3.9 km
- Churchill's Hotel 2 4.6 miles7.5 km
- Ibis Rotherham East – (M18 / M1) 4.5 miles7.3 km
- Holiday Inn Rotherham-Sheffield M1,Jct.33 4 5.4 miles8.7 km
- The Red Lion Inn by Chef & Brewer Collection 4 8.6 miles13.8 km
- The Earl of Doncaster Hotel 4 8.3 miles13.3 km
- Holiday Inn Express Doncaster 3 7.8 miles12.6 km
- The Brentwood Hotel by Greene King Inns 2 4.5 miles7.2 km
- Whitley Hall Hotel 4 7.4 miles11.9 km
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 miles6.1 km
- Elsecar Heritage Centre Museum 4.7 miles7.5 km
- Meadowhall Shopping centre 6.2 miles10 km
- Cusworth Hall Museum Museum 6.4 miles10.3 km
- Roche Abbey Archaeological site 7.4 miles12 km
- Don Valley Stadium Stadium 7.5 miles12.1 km
- Hampole Priory Historic site 8.1 miles13 km
- Potteric Carr Nature Reserve Nature reserve 8.2 miles13.2 km
- Oakwell Stadium 8.2 miles13.2 km
- Keepmoat Stadium Stadium 8.3 miles13.4 km
- South Yorkshire Aircraft Museum Museum 8.5 miles13.7 km
- Hillsborough Stadium Stadium 9.2 miles14.8 km