West Melton

West Melton is a former mining village in the Rotherham district, in South Yorkshire, England. It lies between Wath upon Dearne and Brampton Bierlow, roughly 5 miles north of Rotherham and 5 miles south-east of Barnsley.

Photo: Richard Whitham, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Christ Church and Wath Hall.

Christ Church

Church

Photo: Dave Bevis, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Wath Hall

Town hall

Photo: Dave Bevis, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Wath Hall is a former private residence and former municipal structure in Church Street, Wath upon Dearne, South Yorkshire, England. The hall, which was the headquarters of Wath upon Dearne Urban District Council, is a Grade II listed building.

St Joseph’s Church, Wath upon Dearne

Church

Photo: Steve F, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wath upon Dearne and Abdy.

Wath upon Dearne

Town

Photo: Christopher Thomas, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Wath upon Dearne is a town south of the River Dearne in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England, 5 miles north of Rotherham and almost midway between Barnsley and Doncaster.

Abdy

Hamlet

Photo: Neil Theasby, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Abdy is a hamlet in South Yorkshire, England. Abdy is located about 2 miles west of Swinton. The earliest reference to Abdy is in the 13th century in the cartulary of Monk Bretton Priory.

West Melton

Type: Village with 3,010 residents
Description: village in South Yorkshire, England, UK
Category: locality
Location: Brampton Bierlow, Rotherham, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.50362° or 53° 30′ 13″ north

Longitude

-1.3648° or 1° 21′ 53″ west

Population

3,010

Elevation

138 feet (42 metres)

Open location code

9C5WGJ3P+C3

OpenStreetMap ID

node 644711733

OpenStreetMap feature

place=village

GeoNames ID

2634347

Wikidata ID

Q7985882

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Swedish—“West Melton” goes by many names.

Dutch: “West Melton”
French: “West Melton”
Irish: “West Melton”
Polish: “West Melton”
Swedish: “West Melton”

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Notable Places Nearby

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