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 4AT, S60 4DH, S60 4AH, S60 3LD, S60 4JR, S60 3EQ, S66 9JH, S60 4DG, S60 3LH … 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
- Gulliver's Valley M1 Jct 31 2 miles
- Ibis Rotherham East – (M18 / M1) 3 2.5 miles
- Holiday Inn Rotherham-Sheffield M1,Jct.33 4 1.7 miles
- The Brentwood Hotel by Greene King Inns 2 1.5 miles
- Best Western Plus Aston Hall Hotel 3 3.5 miles
- Devonshire Arms 5 8.7 miles
- The Crow Inn 6.9 miles
- Mercure Sheffield Parkway 4 2.8 miles
- Brocco on the Park Boutique Hotel 5 8.4 miles
- Crowne Plaza - Sheffield 4 6.3 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