One of my friends wants to live in Rotherham, anybody know of decent areas there? Also what is in the surrounding areas e.g. shops, take aways etc......?

Rotherham is an alright place. Whiston, Wickersley and Bramley are quite nice areas.

Town Centre is small with only a few shops. But you don't expect much with MeadowHall not to far away. Plenty of Takeaways can be found.

Skatie

I live in Wickersley and thats one of the best areas around...agree with the other two places mentioned above! Dont notice any trouble round here, area's nice enough, schools are alright too!

The town centre's horrendous though, basically made up of charity shops, banks and pubs/bars! I aint shopped there for years (probably not helped the situation much eh hehe), i just find mhall and sheff centre much better!

I aint keen on the nightlife either, each to their own, but there's something about it i just dont like! Id choose Sheffield any night of the wk over town!

There's plenty of takeaways around aswell, some good, some bad, my fav is in Wickersley, Fairy Pizza!! :) mmm yum!

Originally posted by Skatiechik
Rotherham is an alright place. Whiston, Wickersley and Bramley are quite nice areas.

I made the mistake of going to have a look round a cottage in Whiston. All was fine until I got out of the car and was hit by a wall of noise. The village is bracketed by the M1, Rotherway and Bawtry Road and the traffic noise is deafening.

Wickersley and Bramley are OK as is Catcliffe (If you stay out of the river valley which flooded last year) and Brinsworth. The road up from Whiston traffic lights leading up to the hospital is OK but you can still hear the drone of the M1.

All area's mentioned are good, also look at Swinton. It has some good areas and has plenty of pubs!!

And there was me thinking that Rotherham was just the a**ehole of Sheffield LOL. Seriously though Rotherham must be a reasonable town to consider living in.Thats if you have just arrived in the area in a time machine from circa 1979 of course.

I work in Rotherham. Why would anyone ever want to live there? They still have Working Mens clubs with "turns" and archaic rules set by men with greased back grey hair and big Michael Parkinson style sideburns, who wear beige C&A trousers, bri nylon shirts and white Predator trainers. There is a big beer belly culture and recently the women folk were voted the ugliest in Britain, burger bellies, fags hanging out of the corner of their mouths etc. Oh, and its situated at the lower end of Sheffield's sewage outfall pipe. Apart from that, its fine. Morthern cum something is a nice village though.

I live in Kimberworth. Very nice it is too. Thing is, I dont think I have been into Rotherham town centre more than 10 times in the last 5 years. Just commute to Sheff for EVERYTHING! 20mins!

And my house cost a third of what a similar one would in Sheff.

recommended!

Treeton is a great village to live in, and is just in between Rotherham and Sheffield! Parkway on your doorstep but the village is quiet.

Brinsworth is nice too, but the town centre is a a dive - avoid!

Originally posted by max

Wickersley and Bramley are OK as is Catcliffe....

Catcliffe, OK, are you serious!!!!!!!!!!!

I lived there for about 8 years on and off, and the place is a complete dive. Why anyone wanted to build new house in that ****hole is beyond me. My worst nightmare would be to be forced to live there again, I'd rather do time in prison. I have never known so many people who want to make your business, their business.

Treeton is a little better but there are still a lot of people of the same mindset in the old pit houses, so stay away from them.

Originally posted by yorkiepudd
Catcliffe, OK, are you serious!!!!!!!!!!!

I lived there for about 8 years on and off, and the place is a complete dive. Why anyone wanted to build new house in that ****hole is beyond me. My worst nightmare would be to be forced to live there again, I'd rather do time in prison. I have never known so many people who want to make your business, their business.

Treeton is a little better but there are still a lot of people of the same mindset in the old pit houses, so stay away from them.
Never heard so much b**lox in my life.
Treeton is as lovely village, and yes it is very Village like so everyone knows everyone else. I suggest that next time you dont look into living in a village. Stick to big cities.

I've spent a lot of time in Treeton and would recommend the place to anyone wanting that village (outskirts) quiet lifestyle.

Catcliffe aint that great but it's a lot nicer than some of the areas you could live in Rotherham.... try Brinsworth.... you'll soon keep yer mouth shut there.

Seriously... talk about an uninformed opinion:loopy:

Very informed...actually.

Like I said, 8 years in total round there. Fortunately all my friends have moved away as well for the same reasons.... so I never have to darken that areas door again.

Originally posted by DaBouncer
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I've spent a lot of time in Treeton and would recommend the place to anyone wanting that village (outskirts) quiet lifestyle.



Treeton - yes what a quiet little "village" .... VROOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMM. Ahh, the M1. Lovely!


Not to mention lovely old coal pits.

M1 far enough away not to have to worry about the noise. Close enough to make full use.
And the old coal pits... hmmmm ... have you ever even been to Treeton? If so, please give me the location of ANY coal pit in treeton. Please i'm dying to know!

Mod - Ecclesall reference removed.

Kimberworth is best estate in rotherham!

Originally posted by cazzaworld
One of my friends wants to live in Rotherham, anybody know of decent areas there? Also what is in the surrounding areas e.g. shops, take aways etc......?

Try either Eastwood or Dalton.

ps: buy a burglar alarm.

Originally posted by underground1
Kimberworth is best estate in rotherham!

biggest load of crap I've heard all week! how long you lived their mate? Kimberworth has been going downhill for quite a few years now... now its overrun with rebellius kids

my gran lives in Kimberworth and so does my aunt and I hate the place... I'm 20 year old and I still dont like walking around Kimberworth during the day, let alone at night... the kids are just as foul mouthed and abusive as some of the worst areas of Sheffield

it used to be a lovely area when I was younger, I used to live their till I was about 5... but I'd say the last 10 years its slowly got worse and worse

"Try either Eastwood or Dalton."

They were asking about decent areas to live in, so why suggest those two??? Hmmm, not exactly decent in my opinion!

whiston is a village im told ....... and near the church on cowrakes lane i think its called is very picturesque... but if ya looking to buy ...youll need plenty !!!! for eg...
Rotherham, Whiston
For Sale/Rent: For Sale
Property Type: House
Property Build: Semi-detached
Bedrooms: 3
Garage:
Garden:
Price: Offers Above £154,950
Office: RE/MAX Professionals (Rotherham)

http://www.rotherhamunofficial.co.uk/villages/broomwhistclifton.htm

£155k is well below the national average.

Rotherham bus station is the worst!! I hate it if I have to pass through - whenever I go it's always full of yobs, rough people and everyone has nothing better to do than stare at you as though you're from another planet. Not very pleasant :gag:

Wickersley and whiston are the best areas of rotherham to live in for sur-e if you have kids then wickersley shades it cos of the better school there, bramley is nice if you drop on a nice house, treeton is ok but a bit isolated, avoid- kimberworth, canclow, brinsworth, eastwood- bad places them.

From reading this topic it is quite obvious everyone who's posted on here hasn't got a clue about nice areas in Rotherham (Treeton, Swinton and Kimberworth??). Admittedly the deprived areas outweigh the desirable parts, however, certain parts of Rotherham or as nice as any other villages/areas in South Yorkshire.

The better areas are: -

Wentworth, Harley, Thorpe Hesley, Moorgate, Whiston, Thorpe Salvin, Old Ravenfield, Broom (vast majority is old Victorian housing), Wickersley (has a few nice estates)

Ah! These are some fine places which make me look forward to long, warm summer nights and a Stella or two in a beer garden. The George at Wentworth has a cracking beer garden and the pub at Thorpe Salvin is good too (that's if I'm thinking of the right place).

I think too many people immediately think of Rotherham city centre, the bus station and the precinct area. There are some nicer areas on the outskirts.

Originally posted by millers26
Wickersley (has a few nice estates)

a few?? Can you name a bad one?

Yes I can. A couple that spring to mind are the Blackthorne estate and Greenwood.

By no means is it one of the worst estates in Rotherham but neither is it one of the better areas.
I'd class them as very average!

whistons lovely you can only hear the m1 if the winds blowing in the wrong direction its still about a mile away

Yeah some great places .Lovely cafes and bars , where you can sit till all hours in peace and quiet.
Friendly people---cultured and cosmopolitan.
Cuisine which is imaginative but filling , cheap but well-presented.
Wonderful architecture , reflecting the city's exciting and dramatic history.
Great theatres and cinemas , well-mannered youngsters , bright eye--------whoops ! .....Sorry , thought you said Rotterdam.

Originally posted by sheffexpat
Yeah some great places .Lovely cafes and bars , where you can sit till all hours in peace and quiet.
Friendly people---cultured and cosmopolitan.
Cuisine which is imaginative but filling , cheap but well-presented.
Wonderful architecture , reflecting the city's exciting and dramatic history.
Great theatres and cinemas , well-mannered youngsters , bright eye--------whoops ! .....Sorry , thought you said Rotterdam.

You had me going for a minute there. :hihi:

On a related subject, have you heard about the proposed new leisure complex next to Rother Valley country park, on a former mining field? Part of the development will include the largest theatre complex outside of the West End... just the tonic for all those cultured ex coal-miners....

People who criticise Rotherham do it through ignorance.
That is, they have driven through, or know someone's friends' cousins' brother in law who thinks he might have.

look at this:
(weed out the same tired old crap posted by the same tired old forummers)

http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2089&highlight=rotherham

and this; (same advice):

http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?s=&threadid=25024&highlight=rotherham

I live in Rotherham & am proud to do so. :thumbsup:

Originally posted by millers26
Yes I can. A couple that spring to mind are the Blackthorne estate and Greenwood.

By no means is it one of the worst estates in Rotherham but neither is it one of the better areas.
I'd class them as very average!

Blackthorne and greenwood?? i have lived in that village my whole life and have never heard of then?

is whirlow in rotherham? heard whiston supposed to be nice too

Broom is nice (top end of Wellgate) and the whole area to the right of it going all the way up to the hospital (moorgate). There are plenty of nice bits all over rothers, but some damn dirty dark 'n' dank hovells too! Town centre is pretty crap too.

Originally posted by NatalieSheff
is whirlow in rotherham? heard whiston supposed to be nice too


HAHAHAHAHHA! No, Whirlow is in south-west Sheffield, between Ecclesall and Dore.

Originally posted by DaBouncer


Catcliffe aint that great but it's a lot nicer than some of the areas you could live in Rotherham.... try Brinsworth.... you'll soon keep yer mouth shut there.

Seriously... talk about an uninformed opinion:loopy:

Dab, don't understand your problem with Brinsworth:huh:

Top area has gotta be Moorgate (Whiston crossroads and up towards the Hospital). Whirlowesque!
Retirement country for when to20 finally leaves his ivory tower:wink:

Originally posted by claycraft

Top area has gotta be Moorgate (Whiston crossroads and up towards the Hospital). Whirlowesque!
Retirement country for when to20 finally leaves his ivory tower:wink:

Moorgate is Rotherhams most affluent area, but I'd never live there. It's not a patch on Whirlow either, or many of Sheffields better areas. Also, Rotherham being a small town means that despite being in the relative affluence of Moorgate, the town centre and more deprived areas are only a stones throw away.

Originally posted by t020
.............the town centre and more deprived areas are only a stones throw away.

Classic t020, .......classic!

And I bet you didn't intend that:clap:

I think one problem with Rotherham is that, while the town is compact, the metropolitan authority is quite large.

Certainly Rotherham "proper" is basically a part of Sheffield, and isn't really very attractive. If you go further afield from the centre there is a two-way split. There are the old mining villages which have grit but little else (places like Maltby). Then there are really very nice and pretty villages. Not as wealthy as SW Sheffield, but not bad all the same and basically unfortunate to have to pay council tax to Rotherham Borough Council. Places like Ulley, Harthill and Wentworth.

Originally posted by t020
Moorgate is Rotherhams most affluent area, but I'd never live there. It's not a patch on Whirlow either, or many of Sheffields better areas. Also, Rotherham being a small town means that despite being in the relative affluence of Moorgate, the town centre and more deprived areas are only a stones throw away.

What's the view like from atop Ecclesall towers Squire?:wink:
Hope the stench from the "deprived areas" can't reach you:roll:

Hi,

have u thought of thorpe hesley, nice village, nice people and loads of pubs, 20 mins to sheff own centre and 10 mins to roth town centre

I am a Rotherham lad, and I despair of the descriptions most of you have uttered on this Forum.

The girls are beautiful, the blokes are fine upstanding characters full of wit, joie de vivre and truly caring of fellow inhabitants.

The Town is a thriving, busy, bustling example of "Get up and Go", with a true community spirit that exudes from every pore of it's being.

The shops cater for every taste, from haute couture to everyday fashions.

The Eateries satisfy everyone's taste from simple good, wholesome Pub Meal to Haute Cuisine.

The nightlife entertainment is truly spectacular..............

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I left when I got married in 1964, and have never been back since..:hihi:

I quite like Whiston.

Is there a Mosborough(?) there as a relative of mine was born in Wincobank (certainly within SCC's jusristiction), but brought up in Mosborough - and he branded that "pretty OK".

Seems this Mosborough is also within SCC (http://www.upmystreet.com/local/my-council-reps/my-reps/l/S20+8EB.html)

Mosborough is definitely in Sheffield (and was in Derbyshire in a former life). You might be confusing it with Masbrough.
Not being from South Yorkshire originally I can speak impartially and I quite like Rotherham. There are very pleasant residential districts such as Broom and Moorgate, and in the wider borough some nice countryside with pretty villages such as Wentworth, Thorpe Salvin and Ravenfield.
And some beautiful girls too, but not sure about the haute couture fashion shops, Shoeshine.

Mosborough is definitely in Sheffield (and was in Derbyshire in a former life). You might be confusing it with Masbrough.
Not being from South Yorkshire originally I can speak impartially and I quite like Rotherham. There are very pleasant residential districts such as Broom and Moorgate, and in the wider borough some nice countryside with pretty villages such as Wentworth, Thorpe Salvin and Ravenfield.
And some beautiful girls too, but not sure about the haute couture fashion shops, Shoeshine.

Only kidding...been to Rotherham a few times on short visits since I got married.......

It's a great place, the natives are still friendly. If you have pots of money Wentworth, Broom Road, Moorgate Road are probably great places to live. I have mixed views about Catcliffe, Treeton and Brinsworth. Wouldn't touch them with a bargepole personally. Rotherham Town Centre is but a shadow of its former self.

Still, nothing stays the same, does it?:)

Thorpe Hesley used to be a nice village convenient for, Rotherham, Sheffield and Barnsley. There are far to many gangs of kids hanging around now , shame really