S60 1ER Rotherham
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Boston Castle. Region: Yorkshire and The Humber.
Streets
- Masbrough Street, Rotherham: 22 addresses
- Central Road, Rotherham: 3 addresses
- Masbrough Street, Rotherham: 2 addresses
- Unnamed street near Masbrough Street, Thorn Hill: 1 address
- Masbrough Street, Rotherham: 1 address
- Cupola Yard, Rotherham: 1 address
Council tax
What each band costs in Rotherham in 2026-27: Band D £2,382 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,588 | £1,852 | £2,117 | £2,382 | £2,911 | £3,440 | £3,969 | £4,763 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band A (75% of about 1,590 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this postcode is in one.
- Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: none.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- Weir Side Site, Off Corporation Street, Rotherham: up to 130 homes, not permissioned (250 m)
- 32-34 Corporation Street, Rotherham, S60 1NG: up to 5 homes, not permissioned (280 m)
- Westgate Chambers Westgate Rotherham Town Centre: up to 61 homes, permissioned (320 m)
- 2-4 Essoldo Chambers, High Street, Rotherham Town Centre, S60 1PZ: up to 8 homes, not permissioned (380 m)
- Sheffield Road site, off Sheffield Road, Rotherham: up to 87 homes, permissioned (480 m (0.3 miles))
- Millfold House, 70 Westgate, Rotherham, S60 1BD: up to 45 homes, permissioned (490 m (0.3 miles))
- The Howard Building, Howard Street, Rotherham, S65 1AX: up to 125 homes, not permissioned (520 m (0.3 miles))
- Land Off Chatham Street/Doncaster Gate, Rotherham, S65 1DJ: up to 20 homes, not permissioned (750 m (0.5 miles))
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 2 addresses are in areas at high risk, 10 at medium risk and 0 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: no home is in an area at risk.
High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.
Flood zone for planning: the postcode centre is in flood zone 2. Zone 2 is between 0.1% and 1% a year from rivers (0.1% and 0.5% from the sea), ignoring defences.
Height above sea level
The postcode's 31 addresses are between 24 m and 33 m above sea level (26 m on average).
Broadband
Superfast 94%, ultrafast 89%, gigabit 89% of premises; 0% cannot get 10 Mbit/s. Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026.
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Rotherham Central 463,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 200 m |
| Meadowhall 1.9 million journeys in 2024–25 | 3.7 km (2.3 miles) | |
| Darnall 22,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 6.1 km (3.8 miles) | |
| Underground, metro or tram | Rotherham Station | 90 m |
| Parkgate | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 12 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 39 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Main Street/Don Street Rotherham Town Centre | 160 m |
| Bus or coach station | Rotherham Interchange/B1 Rotherham Town Centre | 390 m |
| Car parks | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest East Wellgate Car Park | 540 m (0.3 miles) |
| EV charging points | 3 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Be.EV Charging Station | 300 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Leeds Bradford Airport LBA | 52.3 km (32 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 5 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest St Ann's Medical Centre | 660 m (0.4 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 11 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Good Measure Pharmacy | 80 m |
| NHS dentists | 11 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Dental Surgery | 490 m (0.3 miles) |
| Hospital | Doncaster Gate Hospital | 660 m (0.4 miles) |
| Police station | Rotherham Police Station | 160 m |
| Cash machines | 8 machines within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest NatWest | 480 m (0.3 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Centenary Riverside Nature Park 4.6 ha | 770 m (0.5 miles) |
| Play area | 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 90 m² | 210 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1.5 ha | 460 m (0.3 miles) |
| Allotments | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Hartley Lane Allotments 4.1 ha | 680 m (0.4 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 1 park or garden, 4.6 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Old Bridge, a scheduled monument, 340 m north-east. 29 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 3 of them Grade I and 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Old Bridge | Scheduled monument | 340 m north-east |
| Rotherham Bridge | Listed building, Grade I | 340 m north-east |
| Chapel of Our Lady | Listed building, Grade I | 340 m north-east |
| Church of All Saints | Listed building, Grade I | 370 m east |
| 25 and 27, High Street | Listed building, Grade II* | 420 m (0.3 miles) east |
| Clifton Park, Rotherham | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) east |
| Moorgate Cemetery | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) south-east |
| Kimberworth Manor moated site | Scheduled monument | 2 km (1.2 miles) west |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Brown's Cut | Lake or reservoir | 230 m south-east |
| Holmes Tail Goit | Lake or reservoir | 520 m (0.3 miles) south-west |
| Don Island | Island | 550 m (0.3 miles) south |
| Clough Hill | Hill | 1 km (0.7 miles) north-west |
| Bassingthorpe Spring | Wood | 2 km (1.2 miles) north-west |
| Ockley Bottom | Valley | 3.3 km (2 miles) west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 15.6 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 8.0 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 12.7 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; nitrogen dioxide and PM2.5 are above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 65 to 69 | 2 | 1 |
| 60 to 64 | 4 | 6 |
| 55 to 59 | 9 | 1 |
| Under 55 | 16 | 23 |
15 of the postcode's 31 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, and 8 from railways, above the WHO guidelines.
Climate, daylight and earthquakes
Monthly temperatures and rainfall, sunrise and sunset through the year, and earthquakes recorded nearby since 1970 are much the same across the area, so they are worked out once for Rotherham: see them on the Rotherham page.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 35 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 13% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 8% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 5% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 5% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 3% | 1% |
| Social rented | 40% | 17% |
| Private rented | 53% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 56% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 16% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 8% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 6% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 10% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 44% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 5% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 23% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 19% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 85% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 4% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 18% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 26% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 2% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 71% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 9% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 1 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of England's 33,755 neighbourhoods and 10 the least.
The full dossier for this postcode's main street is on Masbrough Street.