The Sitwell ward sits within the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham in South Yorkshire and is largely residential, made up of Victorian terraces, post‑war council housing and some more recent developments. It serves as a local hub with schools, small parades of shops and community venues that give it a neighbourhood feel.
Like much of the surrounding area, the ward carries the imprint of South Yorkshire’s industrial past in coal and steel, though today many residents commute to nearby Rotherham and Sheffield for work; community groups and local projects are active in supporting regeneration, social activities and maintaining green spaces that break up the suburban streetscape.
Postcode districts covering Sitwell
Most populated places nearby
- Sheffield 6.3 miles
- Mansfield 19 miles
- Rotherham 2.7 miles
- Doncaster 11.2 miles
- Chesterfield 12.4 miles
- Wakefield 20.3 miles
- Barnsley 12.1 miles
- Castleford 21.5 miles
- Dewsbury 23.2 miles
- Pontefract 19.3 miles
- Sutton in Ashfield 20 miles
- Worksop 10.8 miles
Neighbouring places
- Whiston Built-up area 0.5 miles
- Wickersley Parish 1.2 miles
- Wickersley and Bramley Built-up area 1.4 miles
- Wickersley North Ward 1.6 miles
- Dalton Parish 1.6 miles
- Rotherham East Ward 1.8 miles
- Boston Castle Ward 1.9 miles
- Thurcroft & Wickersley South Ward 2 miles
- Bramley Parish 2.2 miles
- Ulley Parish 2.2 miles
- Treeton Built-up area 2.4 miles
- Brinsworth Built-up area 2.4 miles
Example postcodes in Sitwell
S60 3JZ, S60 4BL, S60 4HQ, S60 3HL, S60 3PT, S60 3LX, S65 3JQ, S60 4JR, S60 4BB … See all
Transport links
- Doncaster Sheffield Airport 13.5 miles
- Leeds Bradford International Airport 34.5 miles
- Rotherham Central Railway Station 2.4 miles
- Woodhouse Railway Station 3.8 miles
- Doncaster Sheffield Bus Station 3.1 miles
Hotels near Sitwell Ad
- Dusties Hotel 3 2.2 miles
- Holiday Inn Rotherham-Sheffield M1Jct.33 4 1.7 miles
- Mercure Sheffield Parkway Hotel 4 2.8 miles
- Premier Inn Rotherham East 3 0.7 miles
- Brentwood Hotel 1.5 miles
- Garner Hotel Rotherham East 3 2.5 miles
- Aston Hall Hotel 3 3.5 miles
- Brecon Hotel Sheffield Rotherham 2 1.7 miles
- Holiday Inn Rotherham Sheffield 4 1.7 miles
- Gulliver's Valley M1 JCT 31 2.5 2 miles
Schools in Sitwell
- Sitwell Junior School Primary
- Sitwell Nursery & Infant School Primary
- St Bernard's Catholic High School Secondary
- Whiston Junior and Infant School Primary
- Whiston Worrygoose Junior and Infant School Primary
Local points of interest
- Meadowhall Shopping centre 4.1 miles
- Don Valley Stadium Stadium 4.8 miles
- Roche Abbey Archaeological site 5.4 miles
- The Leadmill Theatre 6.8 miles
- Bramall Lane Stadium 7.1 miles
- Elsecar Heritage Centre Museum 7.2 miles
- Cortonwood Colliery Shopping centre 7.4 miles
- University of Sheffield University 7.5 miles
- Hillsborough Stadium Stadium 7.8 miles
- Cusworth Hall Museum Museum 9.8 miles
- Barrow Hill Engine Shed Museum 9.9 miles
- Potteric Carr Nature Reserve Nature reserve 10.2 miles