Wentworth is a small village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England, sitting on the rural fringe between Rotherham and Sheffield. It feels like a classic estate village with stone cottages and lanes opening into extensive parkland and woodland, so while it’s near urban centres it offers easy countryside walks and views towards the Peak District.
The village is best known for Wentworth Woodhouse, an enormous 18th‑century country house often noted for its unusually long façade; the house and estate tell a mixed story of aristocratic grandeur, later industrial connections (including coal beneath the landscape) and recent conservation work that has brought parts of the site back into public use. Today Wentworth combines a quiet, community feel with heritage tourism and occasional film and events activity, while many residents commute to nearby towns and cities.
Postcode districts covering Wentworth
Most populated places nearby
- Sheffield 7.3 miles11.8 km
- Leeds 23 miles37 km
- Mansfield 24.8 miles39.9 km
- Huddersfield 19.5 miles31.4 km
- Rotherham 3.9 miles6.2 km
- Doncaster 12.9 miles20.7 km
- Chesterfield 15.9 miles25.5 km
- Wakefield 14.4 miles23.2 km
- Barnsley 6.1 miles9.8 km
- Castleford 17.1 miles27.5 km
- Morley 20.3 miles32.6 km
- Dewsbury 17 miles27.4 km
Neighbouring places
- Hoober Ward 0.9 miles1.4 km
- Thorpe Hesley Built-up area 1.6 miles2.6 km
- Hoyland Milton Ward 1.8 miles2.9 km
- Hoyland Built-up area 1.9 miles3 km
- Keppel Ward 1.9 miles3.1 km
- Jump Built-up area 2 miles3.2 km
- Hemingfield Built-up area 2.1 miles3.4 km
- Rockingham Ward 2.3 miles3.8 km
- Brampton Bierlow Parish 2.5 miles4 km
- Brampton Built-up area 2.5 miles4 km
- East Ecclesfield Ward 2.5 miles4 km
- Greasbrough Built-up area 2.7 miles4.3 km
Example postcodes in Wentworth
S62 7TW, S62 7TA, S62 7TN, S62 7TJ, S62 7TG, S62 7TL, S62 7TX, S62 7TF
Transport links
- Doncaster Sheffield Airport 16.9 miles27.2 km
- Leeds Bradford International Airport 28.6 miles46 km
- Rockingham Station 1.1 miles1.7 km
- Elsecar Railway Station 1.5 miles2.4 km
- Doncaster Sheffield Bus Station 5.6 miles9 km
Hotels near Wentworth Ad
- Gulliver's Valley M1 Jct 31 4.4 miles7 km
- Whitley Hall Hotel 4 3.3 miles5.3 km
- Churchill's Hotel 2 3.1 miles4.9 km
- Holiday Inn Express Rotherham North 3 3.6 miles5.9 km
- Mercure Barnsley Tankersley Manor Hotel 4 3 miles4.8 km
- The Crow Inn 6.9 miles11 km
- Crowne Plaza - Sheffield 4 6.5 miles10.5 km
- Brocco on the Park Boutique Hotel 5 8.4 miles13.5 km
- Hampton by Hilton Sheffield 3 6.8 miles11 km
- Holiday Inn Rotherham-Sheffield M1,Jct.33 4 5.7 miles9.1 km
Schools in Wentworth
- Wentworth C of E Junior and Infant School Primary
Local points of interest
- Elsecar Heritage Centre Museum 1.1 miles1.8 km
- Cortonwood Colliery Shopping centre 2.4 miles3.8 km
- Meadowhall Shopping centre 4.5 miles7.2 km
- Oakwell Stadium 5.5 miles8.8 km
- Don Valley Stadium Stadium 5.7 miles9.2 km
- Hillsborough Stadium Stadium 5.8 miles9.3 km
- The Leadmill Theatre 7.4 miles11.8 km
- University of Sheffield University 7.4 miles11.9 km
- Bramall Lane Stadium 7.9 miles12.6 km
- Cusworth Hall Museum Museum 10.5 miles16.8 km
- Hampole Priory Historic site 10.6 miles17 km
- Roche Abbey Archaeological site 11 miles17.7 km