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Where is Scholes?

Scholes is located in the county of South Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber, three miles west of the town of Rawmarsh, three miles north-west of the major town of Rotherham, and 145 miles north-west of London. Scholes was historically in the county of Yorkshire. Scholes falls within the metropolitan district council of Rotherham. It is in the S61 postcode district. The post town for Scholes is Rotherham.

Scholes on a map

Map showing extent of Scholes as bounding box
Bounding box showing extent of Scholes
Map showing location of Scholes within the UK
Location of Scholes within the UK

Which county is Scholes in?

Scholes is in the ceremonial county of South Yorkshire, and the historic county of Yorkshire.

Ceremonial CountySouth Yorkshire
Historic CountyYorkshire

Where is Scholes in South Yorkshire?

Scholes is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of South Yorkshire, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of South Yorkshire.

Map showing location of Scholes within South Yorkshire
Location of Scholes within South Yorkshire

What is the postcode for Scholes?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Scholes is S61 2RQ.

Where is Scholes in S61?

Scholes is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of the S61 postcode district, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of the S61 postcode district.

Map showing location of Scholes within S61
Location of Scholes within S61

What is the post town for Scholes?

The post town for Scholes is Rotherham. Scholes is in the S61 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Rotherham.

What is the latitude and longitude of Scholes?

The centre of Scholes is located at position 53.45446° latitude and -1.41445° longitude.

Latitude53.45446°
Longitude-1.41445°

What is the easting and northing of Scholes?

The centre of Scholes is located at the grid reference easting 438981 and northing 395460 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting438981
Northing395460

What are the nearest towns to Scholes?

Position of Scholes relative to nearby towns. Distance is measured from the centre of Scholes to the centre of the town.

west
3m
Scholes is 3 miles west of Rawmarsh
north-west
3m
Scholes is 3 miles north-west of Rotherham
south-west
4m
Scholes is 4 miles south-west of Wath upon Dearne
south
5m
Scholes is 5 miles south of Wombwell
south-west
6m
Scholes is 6 miles south-west of Mexborough
south-east
6m
Scholes is 6 miles south-east of Worsbrough
south-west
6m
Scholes is 6 miles south-west of Bolton upon Dearne
south-west
7m
Scholes is 7 miles south-west of Goldthorpe
south-west
7m
Scholes is 7 miles south-west of Thurnscoe
south-east
7m
Scholes is 7 miles south-east of Barnsley

What are the nearest cities to Scholes?

Position of Scholes relative to nearby cities. Distance is measured from the centre of Scholes to the centre of the city.

north-east
5m
Scholes is 5 miles north-east of Sheffield
south-west
13m
Scholes is 13 miles south-west of Doncaster
south
16m
Scholes is 16 miles south of Wakefield
south
25m
Scholes is 25 miles south of Leeds
south-east
27m
Scholes is 27 miles south-east of Bradford
east
34m
Scholes is 34 miles east of Manchester
north
36m
Scholes is 36 miles north of Nottingham
east
36m
Scholes is 36 miles east of Salford
north
37m
Scholes is 37 miles north of Derby
south
38m
Scholes is 38 miles south of York