Wales is a small village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, in South Yorkshire. Set amid rolling farmland on the edges of the Dearne Valley, it sits within easy commuting distance of larger centres such as Sheffield and Rotherham, yet retains a distinctly rural feel.
Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, the community bears the marks of the region’s 19th- and 20th-century shifts from agriculture to industry while now functioning largely as a residential and local-service area; visitors and residents value its quiet character, local heritage buildings and network of lanes and footpaths for countryside walks.