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Rotherham
Rotherham
is a large town in
South Yorkshire
, England, which together with its conurbation and outlying settlements to the north, south and south-east forms the
Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham
, with a recorded population of 257,280 in the 2011 census.
Historically
in the
West Riding of Yorkshire
, its central area is on the banks of the
River Don
below its confluence with the
Rother
on the traditional road between
Sheffield
and
Doncaster
. Rotherham is today the largest town in
a contiguous area with Sheffield, informally known as the Sheffield Urban Area
and is as such an economic centre for many of Sheffield's suburbs —
Sheffield City Centre
is from Rotherham town centre.
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