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Swinton is a town in the , in , England on the west bank of the River Don. It has a population of 15,559.
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  • Type: Town with 15,600 residents
  • Description: town in South Yorkshire, England
  • Also known as: “Swinton, South Yorkshire”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Rockingham Kiln and Swinton Academy.

Historic building
Photo: BENKEV, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Rockingham, or Waterloo Kiln in Swinton, in the district, in , England, is a pottery kiln dating from 1815. It formed part of the production centre for the Rockingham Pottery which, in the early 19th century, produced highly-decorative Rococo porcelain.

School
is a mixed Academy and sixth form located in Swinton, , .

Railway station
Photo: Dave Hitchborne, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a railway station in Swinton, South Yorkshire, . It has three platforms and a small bus station, and lies at the junction of the former North Midland Railway main line between Rotherham Masborough and Leeds via and the former South Yorkshire Railway line to .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Abdy and Kilnhurst.

Hamlet
Photo: Neil Theasby, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a hamlet in , England. is located about 2 miles west of Swinton. The earliest reference to is in the 13th century in the cartulary of .

Suburb
Photo: Steve F, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village in , England, on the banks of the River Don and the Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation. It grew up around the coal mining, ceramics, glass, brick-making and locomotive industries; none of these industries remain in the village.

Town
Photo: Christopher Thomas, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a town south of the in the , , England, 5 miles north of and almost midway between and .

Swinton

Latitude
53.4865° or 53° 29′ 11″ north
Longitude
-1.32579° or 1° 19′ 33″ west
Population
15,600
Elevation
177 feet (54 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB INO
Open location code
9C5WFMPF+JM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 29418944
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2636374
Wiki­data ID
Q1617245
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Swinton” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Swinton”
  • Bengali: “সুইন্টন”
  • Chinese: “史文頓”
  • Chinese: “斯温顿”
  • Dutch: “Swinton, South Yorkshire”
  • French: “Swinton”
  • German: “Swinton, South Yorkshire”
  • Gujarati: “સ્વિંટોન”
  • Irish: “Swinton, Yorkshire Theas”
  • Italian: “Swinton”
  • Japanese: “スウィントン”
  • Kannada: “ಸ್ವಿಂಟನ್”
  • Korean: “스윈턴”
  • Ladin: “Swinton (South Yorkshire)”
  • Ladin: “Swinton”
  • Lithuanian: “Svintonas”
  • Persian: “سوینتون، یورک‌شر جنوبی”
  • Polish: “Swinton”
  • Portuguese: “Swinton”
  • Russian: “Суинтон”
  • Spanish: “Swinton”
  • Swedish: “Swinton, South Yorkshire”
  • Tamil: “ஸ்வின்டன்”
  • Telugu: “స్వింటన్”
  • Urdu: “سوینٹن”
  • Welsh: “Swinton, De Swydd Efrog”
  • Welsh: “Swinton”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Swinton”. Photo: Dave Bevis, CC BY-SA 2.0.