M1 Leicester, Rotherham
1 address across 1 postcode (S61), about 280 m long, classed as a motorway. USRN 34410412.
- Prices and rents: A typical home in Rotherham cost £191,052 in August 2026 (+0.7% on a year); private rents averaged £689 a month.
- Flood: No address on its postcodes is in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Recorded floods: No recorded flood covers the centre of any of its postcodes.
- Coal mining: Its postcode is in a coal mining high risk area; ask for a coal mining search.
- Storm overflows: 2 storm overflows within 1 km (0.6 miles) spilled 37 times (124 hours) in 2025.
- Radon: Up to 1 to 3% of homes in the 1 km squares around it are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level.
- Energy projects: 1 renewable energy project nearby is planned or being built; the nearest, Yarra Industrial Estate, Loicher Lane - Battery Storage, is 1.4 km (0.9 miles) away.
- Traffic: The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles), the A629, carries 10,836 motor vehicles a day on average (2025).
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band A; Band D in Rotherham costs £2,382 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 95% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Chapeltown (South Yorkshire), about 1.4 km (0.9 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Chapeltown, is about 1 km (0.6 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 12.4 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.6 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: It is about 119 m above sea level.
- Noise: 1 of its 1 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Thorpe Hesley Surgery, about 920 m (0.6 miles) away.
- People: About 340 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 89% of households owned their home and 29% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 23 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often anti-social behaviour.
- Road safety: 7 collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025, 3 of them fatal or serious.
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House sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
House prices and rents in Rotherham
A typical home in Rotherham cost £191,052 in August 2026, 0.7% more than a year before. That is 21% more than five years earlier and 59% more than ten years earlier.
| Home | Typical price, Aug 2026 |
|---|---|
| Detached | £293,663 |
| Semi-detached | £188,275 |
| Terraced | £150,923 |
| Flat or maisonette | £101,601 |
| Bought by a first-time buyer | £171,413 |
Private renters in Rotherham paid £689 a month on average in September 2026, 3.4% more than a year before. That is 31% more than five years earlier.
| Home | Average rent a month, Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| One bedroom | £490 |
| Two bedrooms | £618 |
| Three bedrooms | £747 |
| Four or more bedrooms | £1,079 |
Energy performance certificates
No certificates found for addresses on this street.
Gas and electricity use
Homes with gas used 13,697 kWh of it on average in 2024, 36% more than the district's 10,061 kWh, and 3,520 kWh of electricity, 31% more than the district's 2,688 kWh. There are gas meters for about 95% of the homes.
These are all the homes on the postcode, whatever their size and however many live in them, so they show the kind of homes and heating here rather than what any one home uses. The typical figure is the median: half the homes used less. The district is S61.
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 street: most are in band A (53% of about 640 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 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.
Energy projects nearby
3 energy projects near the street's postcodes, 1 of them not yet operating.
| Project | Kind | Size | Stage | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yarra Industrial Estate, Loicher Lane - Battery Storage Sheffield 22/03914/FUL | Battery storage | 20 MW | Permission granted, not yet built May 2024 | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
| Loicher Lane Sheffield 09/02979/FUL | Biomass | 8 MW | Operational Mar 2016 | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) |
| Meadow Hall Power Rotherham RB19940251 | Landfill Gas | 1.1 MW | Operational Jul 2007 | 4.2 km (2.6 miles) |
Planned projects can change or not go ahead; search the planning authority's applications by the reference shown for the plans, conditions and any objections. Construction brings traffic for some months; once built, solar farms and batteries are usually quiet, while turbines and waste plants can be seen or heard further away.
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 31 October 2026.
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 1 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: no postcode centre is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Recorded floods
No recorded flood covers the centre of this street's postcodes.
Recorded floods are where floodwater was seen or surveyed after a flood. Many floods were never mapped, an outline over a postcode's centre does not mean every home in it flooded, and homes outside one may have. Ask the seller whether the home itself has flooded.
Coastal erosion
No projected coastal erosion zone is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Storm overflows
2 storm overflows within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes spilled 37 times, for 124 hours in all, in 2025. They discharge into Thorpe Dyke, Trib of Blackburn Brook.
| Overflow | Into | Spills | Hours | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hesley Lane Cso Yorkshire Water | Thorpe Dyke | 6 | 15 | 500 m (0.3 miles) |
| Eldertree Road No2 Sps Yorkshire Water | Trib of Blackburn Brook | 31 | 109 | 640 m (0.4 miles) |
A storm overflow lets sewage diluted with rainwater into a river, stream or the sea when heavy rain overwhelms the sewers, so the spills here affect the water they run into, not homes. A spill is counted the regulators' way: a first 12 hours, then each 24 hours it goes on.
Coal mining
This postcode is in a coal mining high risk area, where coal mining features at or near the surface, such as shallow workings or old mine shafts, are recorded or likely and could affect the ground.
Ask your conveyancer for a coal mining search (CON29M) on the home: it says what is recorded beneath and near it, and whether there have been claims for subsidence damage.
Radon
The postcode is in a 1 km square with radon potential up to 1 to 3%: up to that share of homes there is estimated to be at or above the Action Level of 200 becquerels per cubic metre. At least part of the square is a radon Affected Area, where 1% or more of homes are.
Radon is a natural radioactive gas from the ground that can build up indoors; long exposure raises the risk of lung cancer. A three-month test with two small detectors is the only way to know a home's level, and a high level can usually be brought down with a sump or better ventilation. UKHSA sells a radon report for a single address from its detailed map at ukradon.org.
Historic landfill
No historic landfill site is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Height above sea level
The street's address is about 119 m above sea level.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S61 2PW | 100% | 95% | 95% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Chapeltown (South Yorkshire) 383,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
| Elsecar 196,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.8 km (3 miles) | |
| Meadowhall 1.9 million journeys in 2024–25 | 5 km (3.1 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 6 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 19 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Cowley Hill/Smithy Wood Road Thorpe Hesley | 190 m |
| Bus or coach station | Meadowhall Interchange/D4 | 5 km (3.1 miles) |
| EV charging points | Osprey Charging Station | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Leeds Bradford Airport LBA | 47.6 km (30 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practice within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Thorpe Hesley Surgery | 920 m (0.6 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 3 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Well | 920 m (0.6 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 1 practice within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest The Dental Practice | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| Hospital | Northern General Hospital Requires improvement Dec 2022 | 5.3 km (3.3 miles) |
| Care homes | 2 homes within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Nightingale Good Mar 2020 | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) |
| Police station | Ecclesfield Police Station | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
| Cash machines | Scholes Service Station, Scholes | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Chapeltown 9.5 ha | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| Play area | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 500 m² | 280 m |
| Playing field | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1.9 ha | 150 m |
| Allotments | Belmont Avenue Allotment Gardens 810 m² | 1.7 km (1 mile) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Hood Hill shaft mounds, 480m east of Hood Hill Farm, a scheduled monument, 1.8 km (1.1 miles) north. 7 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Hood Hill shaft mounds, 480m east of Hood Hill Farm | Scheduled monument | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) north |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Smithy Wood | Wood | 390 m south |
| Lady Clough | Valley | 750 m (0.5 miles) south-east |
| Jumble Hole Plantation | Wood | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) south |
| Hesley Wood | Wood | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) north-west |
| The Cascade | Lake or reservoir | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) east |
| Temple Hill | Hill | 3.4 km (2.1 miles) north-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 12.4 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.6 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 13.8 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 70 to 74 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 0 | 1 |
1 of the street's 1 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, 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.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection | Exam results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thorpe Hesley Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 660 m (0.4 miles) | No published inspection | 62% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 14% at the higher standard (2025; 64% in 2024 and 69% in 2023) |
| Chapeltown Academy | 16 plus | 16–19 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) | No published inspection | A level 2025: average grade C; 14% AAB or better; progress below average |
| Ecclesfield School | Secondary | 11–16 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | Good (May 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) | GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 45.3 (41.5 in 2025 and 43.1 in 2024); 43.2% grade 5+ in English and maths |
| Coit Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) | Good (Feb 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) | 64% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 0% at the higher standard (2025; 70% in 2024 and 65% in 2023) |
| Lound Junior School | Primary | 7–11 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) | No published inspection | 63% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 4% at the higher standard (2025; 52% in 2024 and 52% in 2023) |
Exam results are from the Department for Education's school performance tables (Explore Education Statistics, Open Government Licence), for all pupils at each school. The middle school in England had 63% at the expected standard at the end of primary school (2025), Attainment 8 of 46.0 at GCSE (2026) and an A level average of C+ (2025). Attainment 8 adds up a pupil's grades in eight GCSEs, with English and maths counted twice (90 is the most), averaged over the school's pupils. Progress 8 compares pupils with others who had the same results at the end of primary school; it is not published for GCSEs in 2025 and 2026, as those pupils sat no primary tests during the pandemic. Small year groups swing from year to year, and figures for very small ones are withheld.
Nurseries and childcare
3 nurseries, pre-schools and clubs within 1.5 km (0.9 miles), the nearest 1 km (0.6 miles) from the middle of the street.
| Provider | Kind | Places | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curious Little Minds (Thorpe Hesley) S61 2QF | Full day care | 51 | Not inspected yet | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| Hydra Tots S35 9ZX | Full day care | 153 | Jan 2026: Strong standard in 6 areas | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) |
| Kip McGrath Sheffield North S35 9ZX | Childcare on non-domestic premises (over fives) | Not inspected yet | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) |
Ofsted also registers 132 childminders and 1 home childcarers (nannies) in Rotherham. It does not publish their addresses, so they cannot be shown here; the council's family information service lists those taking children.
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Barley S61 2SE | Pub/bar/nightclub | 220 m | 5 Very good | 27 Jun 2023 |
| Thorpe Hesley and High Green Cricket Club S61 2SE | Pub/bar/nightclub | 220 m | 4 Good | 9 Sep 2023 |
| The Ball Inn S61 2PT | Pub/bar/nightclub | 390 m | 5 Very good | 17 Jan 2025 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Anti-social behaviour | 7 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 4 |
| Vehicle crime | 4 |
| Violence and sexual offences | 4 |
| Public order | 2 |
| Other theft | 1 |
| Drugs | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Hesley Bar (12); On or near Sports/Recreation Area (11).
Road safety
7 collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025: 0 fatal, 3 serious and 4 slight, in which 4 people were seriously hurt. 1 involved a motorcyclist; 1 involved a child under 16. 14% happened in the dark, and 29% on a wet or icy road. Most were on roads with a 40 mph limit.
| Year | Collisions | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3 | 1 |
| 2023 | 2 | 2 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 |
| Date | Severity | Who was hurt | Road | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Nov 2025 13:58 | Slight | 2 people | M1, 70 mph | Wet road |
| 13 Apr 2024 04:00 | Slight | 2 people | M1, 70 mph | Dark, street lights on |
| 26 Oct 2023 08:34 | Serious | 1 person: 1 motorcyclist | A629, 40 mph | Wet road |
| 20 Jul 2023 17:03 | Serious | 2 people: 1 child | Minor road, 40 mph | Daylight |
| 24 Oct 2022 11:00 | Serious | 2 people | M1, 40 mph | Daylight |
| 18 May 2022 07:49 | Slight | 1 person | A629, 40 mph | Daylight |
| 29 Jan 2022 17:03 | Slight | 1 person | A629, 40 mph | Daylight |
Only collisions in which someone was hurt and which the police were told about are here: damage-only collisions and near misses are not, and some injuries are never reported. Positions are recorded by the police, usually to within a few metres. Each year's figures are published the following September.
Traffic on nearby roads
The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles) is the A629 between M1 and Woodburn Drive, with 10,836 motor vehicles a day on average in 2025, 270 m from the street's postcodes.
| Road | Between | Vehicles a day | Lorries | Ten years before | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minor road | Not recorded | 4,693 counted 2025 | 1% | 270 m | |
| A629 | M1 to Woodburn Drive | 10,836 estimated | 2% | +4% since 2015 | 270 m |
Each figure is the annual average daily flow: the motor vehicles passing the count point, both ways, on an average day of the year. A point is counted by hand on a weekday every few years and estimated from the trend on similar roads in between. Lorries are heavy goods vehicles, as a share of all motor vehicles.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 50 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 12% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 30% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 89% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 53% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 2% | 17% |
| Private rented | 9% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 58% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 1% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 35% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 0% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 20% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 68% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 5% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 3% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 68% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 6% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 29% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 17% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 7% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 100% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 5 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.
What has changed
Nothing new since the change feed started on 30 October 2026. New sales and energy certificates, and hygiene ratings, school inspections and flood figures nearby, will be listed here as the sources update.
Postcodes on this street
- S61 2PW: 1 address of 53 in the postcode
Nearby streets
M1 · M1 · Smithy Wood Road · Hesley Bar · Cowley Hill · London Way · Lifford Drive
What this page cannot tell you
- Whether a particular house is at risk of flooding, subsiding or anything else: the flood map is a model of areas and there is no property-level data here.
- What a home is worth now: sales are historic prices for the homes that happened to sell.
- How safe the street is: crime points are moved to anonymised locations and many crimes are never reported; road collisions count only those in which someone was hurt and the police were told.
- Whether you would get a place at a school: distances are straight lines, not catchments.
- Who lives on the street now: census figures describe the small areas around it in March 2021, during a lockdown.
- How long a journey takes or how often anything runs: transport distances are straight lines to the nearest stops.
- Whether a GP practice is taking new patients, or a dentist new NHS patients.
- How loud a home is inside, or noise from industry, neighbours or smaller airfields: noise figures are models of road, rail and air traffic outside.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.