Waverley and Catcliffe

10°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 12° / 8° · 37% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 8° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:12Sunset 16:26

9h 14m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

13US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Sheffield Barnsley Road, United Kingdom

• 7.5 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.6% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

96 reported · August 2026▲ 52% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour35
• Violence & sexual offences28
• Criminal damage & arson10
• Vehicle crime8

Neighbourhood team: Rotherham South · South Yorkshire

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

429 reported road collisions (2025)

130 killed or seriously injured · 579 casualties · 16.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

313 food businesses within 2 miles

• 257 rated 4–5 ★ (219 top)
• 8 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Darnall (2.6 km)
• 22 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£191,052 average▲ 0.7% YoY

Across Rotherham · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£686 average monthly rent▲ 3.2% YoY

• 1 bed £488
• 2 bed £615
• 3 bed £743

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

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

3,140 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

• Cheapest petrol: 154.9p · BP (9.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · BP (9.3 km)

20 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

65 charging locations within ~8 km

• 21 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 250 kW
• Nearest: Technology Centre Car Park (0.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Sports pitches21
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds10

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Rotherham resident fined more than £1,100 after failing to clear waste-filled garden· 3 Nov 2026
• Discussions underway for future of listed building in town centre· 13 Oct 2026
• Rotherham Remembers – Remembrance Sunday and Armistice Day 2026· 13 Oct 2026
• Winter opening hours extended as Household Waste Centres return to Council management· 8 Oct 2026
• New Little Swinton play area complete as Swinton regeneration nears completion· 7 Oct 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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK12,254
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK10,214
• Net moves+2,040

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 53 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

21% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Rotherham

236 CQC-registered services

• Care homes84
• GP practices37
• Dentists46
• Homecare agencies54
• Hospitals & hospices7

CQC ratings: 93% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Rotherham

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

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

203 applications decided

89.2% granted · 181 granted, 22 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Labour majority

• Lab 31
• Con 12
• LD 3
• Grn 1
• Ref 1
• Oth 10

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

• Schools5
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies2
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens7
• Restaurants & cafés12

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,325 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£671 median full-time weekly pay

3.7% 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

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

34 GP surgeries · 13 pharmacies in S60

• Stag Medical Centre
• Brinsworth Medical Centre
• Broom Lane Medical Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Rotherham:

• Make carbon monoxide alarms mandatory in all holiday accommodation872 local signatures · 23,659 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth222 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Raise Human Rights Issues in Azad Kashmir with the Government of Pakistan 198 local signatures · 20,508 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases154 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Fund second stem cell transplants on NHS for relapse within 12 months148 local signatures · 30,826 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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  Waverley, South Yorkshire · 0.3 km

  Waverley is a civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham in the southeastern part of the county of South Yorkshire, England. It is situated about 140 miles (230 km) north of London, 3.52 miles (5.66 km) fro…

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  Advanced Manufacturing Park · 0.4 km

  The Advanced Manufacturing Park (AMP) is a 150-acre (61 ha) manufacturing technology park in Waverley, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England. It was partly funded by the European Regional Development Fund, with Yorkshir…

• High Hazels Colliery · 0.9 km

  High Hazels Colliery was a coal mine situated between the parish of Catcliffe, near Rotherham, and the parish of Handsworth, near Sheffield. It was adjacent to the main line of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolns…

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  Battle of Orgreave · 0.9 km

  The Battle of Orgreave was a violent confrontation on 18 June 1984 between pickets and officers of the South Yorkshire Police (SYP) and other police forces, including the Metropolitan Police, at a British Steel Corpor…

• Orgreave Colliery · 0.9 km

  Orgreave Colliery was a coal mine situated adjacent to the main line of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway about 5 miles (8 km) east of Sheffield and 3.5 miles (6 km) south west of Rotherham. The colli…

• Orgreave Colliery platform · 0.9 km

  Orgreave Colliery platform was a workman's halt built to serve the miners working at Orgreave Colliery in South Yorkshire, England. These workmen's trains or "Paddy Mails" were operated between Sheffield Victoria and…

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