Maltby East is an electoral ward on the eastern side of the former mining town of Maltby, within the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham in South Yorkshire. It blends suburban streets and local shopping parades with more rural edges, and sits a short drive from central Rotherham and Doncaster, making it a commuter-friendly part of the borough.
The ward carries a strong mining heritage centred on Maltby Main Colliery, whose closure in the early 2010s had a notable economic and social impact and has since prompted local regeneration and community initiatives. Contemporary life is shaped by grassroots sports clubs, village shops, schools and a close-knit community spirit, with visible reminders of the coalfield past in memorials and former welfare buildings.
Postcode districts covering Maltby East
Most populated places nearby
- Sheffield 12.2 miles
- Mansfield 18.5 miles
- Rotherham 8.6 miles
- Doncaster 7.8 miles
- Chesterfield 16.1 miles
- Wakefield 23.3 miles
- Scunthorpe 24.1 miles
- Barnsley 16.2 miles
- Castleford 22.7 miles
- Pontefract 20.1 miles
- Sutton in Ashfield 20.5 miles
- Worksop 7.3 miles
Neighbouring places
- Firbeck Parish 1.4 miles
- Maltby Built-up area 1.7 miles
- Stainton Built-up area 1.9 miles
- Hooton Levitt Parish 2 miles
- Oldcotes Built-up area 2.5 miles
- Tickhill Built-up area 2.7 miles
- Hellaby & Maltby West Ward 2.7 miles
- Braithwell Built-up area 2.8 miles
- Langold Built-up area 2.8 miles
- Tickhill & Wadsworth Ward 2.9 miles
- Laughton en le Morthen Built-up area 3 miles
- Letwell Parish 3 miles
Example postcodes in Maltby East
S66 7NX, S66 7HB, S66 8NR, S66 7QF, S66 7BJ, S66 7DP, S66 7DS, S66 7HH, S66 7JF … See all
Transport links
- Doncaster Sheffield Airport 8 miles
- Leeds Bradford International Airport 37.4 miles
- Shireoaks Railway Station 6.1 miles
- Conisbrough Railway Station 6.1 miles
- Doncaster Sheffield Bus Station 9.2 miles
Hotels near Maltby East Ad
- Garner Hotel Rotherham East 3 3.8 miles
- Hellaby Hall Hotel 4 3.3 miles
- Holiday Inn Doncaster A1- M Jct 36 3 6 miles
- Restover Lodge Hotel 2.5 3.5 miles
- Holiday Inn Express Doncaster 3 6.1 miles
- Lock Keeper, Worksop by Marston's Inns 7 miles
- Aston Hall Hotel 3 6.6 miles
- The Red Lion Inn 4 5.3 miles
- The Angel Inn (Blyth) 4.8 miles
- Hex Wildlife Hotel at Yorkshire Wildlife Park 8.1 miles
Schools in Maltby East
- Crags Community School Primary
- Maltby Manor Academy Primary
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School (Maltby) Primary
Local points of interest
- Roche Abbey Archaeological site 1.1 miles
- Potteric Carr Nature Reserve Nature reserve 6.4 miles
- Keepmoat Stadium Stadium 7 miles
- South Yorkshire Aircraft Museum Museum 7.3 miles
- Doncaster Racecourse Recreation 7.9 miles
- Cusworth Hall Museum Museum 8.1 miles
- Sandall Beat Wood Forest 8.2 miles
- Meadowhall Shopping centre 10.3 miles
- Don Valley Stadium Stadium 10.9 miles
- Welbeck Abbey Estate 11.3 miles
- Cortonwood Colliery Shopping centre 11.4 miles
- Clumber House Estate 11.9 miles