Traditional county: South Yorkshire · District / Borough: Rotherham · Region: Yorkshire and the Humber
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| Place | Scholes |
| Traditional County | South Yorkshire |
| District / Borough | Rotherham |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.454461 |
| Longitude | -1.414450 |
| Place Type | Village |
Scholes, a place with a quiet presence in the Rotherham district, breathes the gentle Yorkshire air. It lies 4.7 km west of Rawmarsh (from Rawmarsh: bearing 260°T, OS grid SK 389 954), and is situated east-north-east of Thorpe Common village. The land around Scholes holds a certain steadfastness, rising and falling in subtle undulations that catch the light in shifting patterns throughout the day. Though no grand abbey ruins mark its past, the fields that embrace Scholes whisper of generations who have worked this soil, their lives a quiet testament to the land's enduring bounty. The village itself, with its familiar brickwork and well-trodden paths, offers a sense of grounded continuity, a place where the present is comfortably aware of the past. There is a modest grace in the way the sky opens above Scholes, a broad expanse that seems to hold the hopes and histories of all who have called it home.
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Explore Scholes, South Yorkshire, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 53.454461, -1.414450. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Wikipedia and editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.
Location data is sourced from OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024, Ordnance Survey, Open Government Licence v3.0, and verified by coordinates.
| Page built | July 2026 |
| Location data | OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0. |
| County data | Traditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography. |
| Coordinates | WGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data. |