can anyone please help me i am thinking of moving to rotherham and currently work at meadowhall shorring centre could you please tell me the good and bad areas if they have good bus routes with sheffield city centre and meadowhall and basic things about the area thanks.

advent

ps thinking of moving to the eastwood area but do not know what the area is like.

eastwood is close to town but depends what end of east wood , you may have to catch a bus , if you try places like kimberworth , droppingwell, blackburn then you will be close to meadowhall, some parts of eastwood are quite rough you should head towards clifton , its next to eastwood but a much nicer area , its also within walking distance of the town center

Originally posted by advent
can anyone please help me i am thinking of moving to rotherham and currently work at meadowhall shorring centre could you please tell me the good and bad areas if they have good bus routes with sheffield city centre and meadowhall and basic things about the area thanks.

advent

ps thinking of moving to the eastwood area but do not know what the area is like. this might help (http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?s=&threadid=42895)

http://www.rotherham.gov.uk/graphics/Visiting/ i think this is a better discription

Last time I went to Rotherham I thought the town centre couldn't get any worse, but when I went today I found it had proved me wrong. One of the few places I know where pedestrianising a street has caused all the shops to close down. I caught a bus from Meadowhall that went via Templeborough and that seemed an even more depressing route than the one through Kimberworth, which is saying something.

I get the impression that Rotherham council tries hard, and their development corporation (RIDA or something like that) seems more keen than Sheffield's, but at the same time you get the feeling they're inexorably fighting a losing battle.

Originally posted by jojojoanna1
eastwood is close to town but depends what end of east wood , you may have to catch a bus , if you try places like kimberworth , droppingwell, blackburn then you will be close to meadowhall, some parts of eastwood are quite rough you should head towards clifton , its next to eastwood but a much nicer area , its also within walking distance of the town center

thank's for the info and the area of eastwood is cranworth road and i know that there's an x78 bus service at the bottom of the road along fitzwiliam road not sure if it still runs though can someone please correct me of this
thanks.

its not great, my boyfriend lives in a decent part (wickersley-ish) and he hates it. full of so much scum its unbelievable.

get yourself into sheffield.

Originally posted by sheff_minx
its not great, my boyfriend lives in a decent part (wickersley-ish) and he hates it. full of so much scum its unbelievable.

get yourself into sheffield.

thank's for the advice just need somewhere decent with a good bus/tram route to meadowhall in sheffield or rotherham.

does anyone have anymore info about eastwood?
please let me know
thanks
advent.

Originally posted by jojojoanna1
http://www.rotherham.gov.uk/graphics/Visiting/ i think this is a better discription if not an untruthful one as it is written by rotherham council. The others on here are eyewitness accounts by people with nothing to lose or gain from what they say. Please think it through. I like the bottom picture of the gang of nobbly knee'd white guys about to lynch the camera man simply because he was black.

Originally posted by miniminch
if not an untruthful one as it is written by rotherham council. The others on here are eyewitness accounts by people with nothing to lose or gain from what they say. Please think it through. I like the bottom picture of the gang of nobbly knee'd white guys about to lynch the camera man simply because he was black.

i carn't make up my mind to live on the rotherham border near meadowhall which is surpost to be nice or to live on the sheffield side which has rough areas like tinsley and wincobank i thought of eastwood because it's got the x78 busroute from sheffield to doncaster 23 mins from sheffield city on bus 14 from meadowhall 35 from doncaster 5 from parkgate retail world and 5 from rotherham town centre which the only thing i would go to rotherham town centre for is the bus station to catch a bus to the city centre.

Rotherham Population 249,500

i never realised that rotherham was so big it's half the size of sheffield.

I used to live in Rotherham, in an area called Broom to be precise. I found it to be a lovely place and much cheaper than Sheffield.

Every town or city has its good and bad areas. I was lucky in that a friend from work saw the flat up for rent and assured me the area was decent.

However, the city center was run down with few interesting shops. I used to do all my shopping in Meadowhall.

well ilived in rotherham in kimberworth fer 20 years , its very close to meadowhall and a loverly area to live in , i also workiked in eastwood for 10 years so i do belive the counsils representation of rotherham to be correct

Originally posted by jojojoanna1
well ilived in rotherham in kimberworth fer 20 years , its very close to meadowhall and a loverly area to live in , i also workiked in eastwood for 10 years so i do belive the counsils representation of rotherham to be correct fool's gold

Originally posted by miniminch
fool's gold

is this based on your own experiance

Quote from Dylan_61 from another thread which may be of interest to you:


Originally posted by dylan_61
There are some truly terrible places in England as seen in the Idler books 'Crap Towns' and 'Crap Towns 2' I've been to most places in England and studied human geography at Uni so have built up a reasonable picture of the state of England.

I would be interested to know where people consider the arm pit of England to be and why

I haven't been anywhere as truly destitute as Grimethorpe, but it would be a bit unfair to pick somewhere that was solely dependent upon a closed staple industry.

So I have therefore gone for Rotherham (I'm not from Sheffield so I don't have any particular ingrained dislike for the place).

It's by far the ****test place I've ever seen. The only form of entertainment for women is getting a fake tan, having their hair colour changed and / or having their nails manicured. For men it's pubs and bookies. I went to Rotherham a few weeks ago to meet someone; because I turned up early I decided to walk around the 'art gallery'. It contained one painting!!!! At least Barnsley MBC owns a Canaletto.

People look older than the age suggests they should look. There are acres and acres of people whose features have been hideously deformed by hyper obesity. Self neglect is rampant, people who consider exercise a part of every day life are described as 'freaks'

In the case of Rotherham, people most certainly make places as opposed to places making people (for the sociologist amongst you)

Kimberworth would be ideal if you work at Meadowhall.
I have lived in Kimberworth for the last 8 years and have found it a great place to live.
It has good bus routes to meadowhall - it is a nice walk if the weathers fine although hard going on the way back (mostly uphill).
It also has good pubs, health club, super bowl, ice rink,golf course, nice parks and woodland areas, co-op and other local shops.
The top end of Kimberworth (near Upper Wortley Rd)is a better area than the bottom end (near Meadowbank Road)

is kimberworth as bad as eastwood?
please let me know

Kimberworth would be ideal if you work at Meadowhall.
I have lived in Kimberworth for the last 8 years and have found it a great place to live.
It has good bus routes to meadowhall - it is a nice walk if the weathers fine although hard going on the way back (mostly uphill).
It also has good pubs, health club, super bowl, ice rink,golf course, nice parks and woodland areas, co-op and other local shops.
The top end of Kimberworth (near Upper Wortley Rd)is a better area than the bottom end (near Meadowbank Road)



kimberworth i s a great place tp live

i don't know now heard good stuff about blackburn but am worried about the noise level from the close proxminity of the m1 but is at the side of concord park.

i live in Brinsworth which is ten min from Meadowhall, it's generally i nice place!!

Brinsworth, Broom, Whiston are the three best places in rotherham if you need access to meadowhall as well.

there's other area's with easier access but not as nice..

Brinsworth there's busses every 20 min but Broom & Whiston i think they're hourly?

is brinsworth at the side of tinsley or am i thinking of another place.

please let me know.

Advent,

Kimberworth is nothing like Eastwood to be honest.

Eastwood is one of the most socially deprived areas in Rotherham.

Housing whether buying or renting is far cheaper in Eastwood but Kimberworth is a much better area to live (not being snobby when I say that)

Not sure about Blackburn but I wouldn't think there was much opportunity to buy or rent as it is only a small area.
The junior school there has a good reputation if that helps.

thank's for the info john66 but just wondering if there are any nice areas sourrounding eastwood because it sounds like it is the wright location but just a rough area but i am sure that it can't be as bad as the manor or woodthorpe estates where i live now. just want a fresh start as far away from the manor and woodthorpe as possible.
if you have any more information please post it in the forum and i will post you back with my opinion.
thanks a lot
advent.




p.s thanks to everyone for the information about eastwood and rotherham.:)

what's grimesthorpe like on the sheffield side of meadowhall?
any info?
please put it down below in the forum.

Brinsworth is just past Tinsley yes!!

not sure what Grimesthorpe is like sorry.

brinsworth is great...........i was born there!..........plenty of shops ....smashing pubs...easy access to roth and sheff.......and home to one of the greatest local rock n roll bands to tread the boards................come visit you'll find me propping the bar up in the fairways
you'll love it!!

thank's for the information!

advent move to eastwood its a not a bad place crammy road aint bad but watch it for crews like e.h bad ladz -n- t.b.b beleev u dont wana *** wit t.b.b

god bless n speed
respect

i found this web site for you check it out it will give you a non biased repaort of where you want to live , all you need is your post code , if you dont know it go to the post office web page

http://www.checkmyfile.com/guest/neighbourhoodsearch.asp?ref=\GGL-24

Originally posted by jojojoanna1
i found this web site for you check it out it will give you a non biased repaort of where you want to live , all you need is your post code , if you dont know it go to the post office web page

http://www.checkmyfile.com/guest/neighbourhoodsearch.asp?ref=\GGL-24

Yes, and www.upmystreet.com is a good one too.

does anyone have anymore info about eastwood?
please let me know
thanks
advent.

Hiya Mate i live on fitzwilliam road right in eastwood its ok great bus service and cheap housing.

What have you been looking at ????

As the last but one post on this thread was in 2005 - I think the OP will have made up his/her mind by now. ;)

I know but i was bored on a night shift sorry