Swallownest and Aston

19°CSunny

• Today: 24° / 16° · 8% rain
• Tomorrow: 20° / 14° · Sunny

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

38US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Sheffield Barnsley Road, United Kingdom

115 reported · July 2026▼ 15% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences51
• Anti-social behaviour22
• Public order15
• Criminal damage & arson6

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)

139 food businesses within 2 miles

• 124 rated 4–5 ★ (110 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Woodhouse (3.0 km)
• 55 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: 154.9p · BP (11.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 178.7p · Asda (3.9 km)

27 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

35 charging locations within ~8 km

• 11 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 180 kW
• Nearest: Aston Library (0.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches8
• Playgrounds7

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
• 22 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)

• Schools8
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies2
• Supermarkets3
• Parks & greens7
• Restaurants & cafés18

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

78% low-carbon electricity

Biomass 45% · Wind 29% · Gas 15% · Imports 7%

114 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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  Aston, South Yorkshire · 0.6 km

  Aston is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England. The village falls within the Holderness ward of the borough. Aston is approximately 2 miles (3 km) from Rother Valley Country Park…

• Aston cum Aughton · 0.6 km

  Aston cum Aughton is a civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham in South Yorkshire, England, with a population of 13,961 according to the 2001 census.

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  Aughton, South Yorkshire · 0.6 km

  Aughton is a village near Rotherham in South Yorkshire, England, located in the civil parish of Aston cum Aughton, 4 miles (6 km) south of Rotherham. The village setting is rural, being surrounded by fields. The neare…

• North Staveley Colliery · 0.7 km

  Aston Colliery was a small coal mine sunk on Aston Common, within Rotherham Rural District but six miles east of Sheffield in the 1840s. In 1864 its workings were taken over and developed by the North Staveley Colli…

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  Swallownest · 0.9 km

  Swallownest is a village located in the civil parish of Aston cum Aughton within the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England. The village lies 4 mi (6.4 km) south of Rotherham and 7 mi (11 km) from…

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  Church of All Saints, Aston cum Aughton · 0.9 km

  The Church of All Saints is a 12th-century parish church of Aston cum Aughton, located in the village of Aston in South Yorkshire, England. It is a Church of England church in the Diocese of Sheffield. The building wa…

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