Laughton en le Morthen

17°CClear

• Today: 25° / 17° · 11% rain
• Tomorrow: 19° / 14° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:35Sunset 19:25

12h 50m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

42US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Sheffield Barnsley Road, United Kingdom

31 reported · July 2026▼ 40% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences10
• Anti-social behaviour8
• Criminal damage & arson5
• Other crime3

Neighbourhood team: Rotherham South · South Yorkshire

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

421 reported road collisions (2024)

139 killed or seriously injured · 575 casualties · 15.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

141 food businesses within 2 miles

• 134 rated 4–5 ★ (121 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Kiveton Park (5.7 km)
• 13 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£190,069 average▲ 2.4% YoY

Across Rotherham · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£683 average monthly rent▲ 3.8% YoY

• 1 bed £486
• 2 bed £612
• 3 bed £740

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

5.8× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 5.8 times median annual pay (5.4× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 135.8p · AppleGreen (11.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 144.8p · AppleGreen (11.2 km)

21 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

16 charging locations within ~8 km

• 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 60 kW
• Nearest: Rocksure Systems LTD (1.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches2
• Playgrounds4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Rotherham Council helps to keep more money in the local economy by increasing its local spend· 8 Sept 2026
• Fly-tipping offender ordered to pay more than £750· 4 Sept 2026
• Residents urged to have their say on plans to improve standards in Rotherham's rented homes· 28 Aug 2026
• Rotherham gears up for a spectacular two‑day celebration as the Rotherham Show returns to Clifton Park· 24 Aug 2026
• Mayor launches Little Big Book Club to help children across South Yorkshire discover the joy of reading· 21 Aug 2026

Source: Rotherham Council

265,806 residents in Rotherham · 928/km²

• Under 16: 19%
• 16–64: 61%
• 65+: 20%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 50 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

22% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,382 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (53% of 122,330)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

129 schools · 44,886 pupils

96 primary · 17 secondary · 16 other

Ofsted: 49 of 63 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (78%)

123inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Rotherham

240 CQC-registered services

• Care homes84
• GP practices36
• Dentists46
• Homecare agencies60
• Hospitals & hospices7

CQC ratings: 92% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Rotherham

• Not in the Green Belt
• 28 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

177 applications decided

88.7% granted · 157 granted, 20 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Jake Richards

Labour

Rother Valley

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

• Lab 31
• Con 13
• LD 3
• Grn 1
• Ref 1
• Oth 10

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools3
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens7
• Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,110 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£671 median full-time weekly pay

3.6% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£20,481 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

44% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 127,299 certificates

14.5% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

75% low-carbon electricity

Biomass 57% · Gas 15% · Wind 13% · Imports 11%

127 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for Yorkshire · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 81.9 yrs women · 77.8 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 55.1 women · 55.6 men

73% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.4
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.3
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.5

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Rother Valley:

• Make carbon monoxide alarms mandatory in all holiday accommodation661 local signatures · 22,957 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office543 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s331 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases324 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership276 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

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  St John's Church, Throapham · 0.7 km

  St John's Church is a redundant Anglican church near the village of Throapham, on the road between Dinnington and Laughton-en-le-Morthen, South Yorkshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for Engl…

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  Laughton en le Morthen · 1.1 km

  Laughton en le Morthen is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham lying to the south of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England, and its main attraction is All Saints’ Church with its tower and…

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  Dinnington and Laughton railway station · 1.2 km

  Dinnington and Laughton railway station was situated on the South Yorkshire Joint Railway line between the town of Dinnington and village of Laughton-en-le-Morthen, near Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England.

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  Slade Hooton · 1.2 km

  Slade Hooton is a hamlet in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, in South Yorkshire, England. Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire, the hamlet was moved into South Yorkshire in April 1974.

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  Throapham · 1.3 km

  Throapham is a hamlet in the civil parish of Dinnington St John's, in the Rotherham district, in the county of South Yorkshire, England.

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  Macalloy · 1.5 km

  McCalls Special Products Ltd is a British manufacturer of steel bar and cable components for tensioned concrete, ground anchors, curtain walling, and steel structures. It operates under the Macalloy brand and claims t…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)