Masbrough | |
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The tree and fern-surrounded section of the Rotherham Round Walk, a rural trail, within Masbrough | |
Location within South Yorkshire | |
Area | 5.78 km2 (2.23 sq mi) |
Population | 13,262 (2011 census, including the Richmond Park neighbourhood and part of Kimberworth)[1] |
• Density | 2,294/km2 (5,940/sq mi) |
Metropolitan borough | |
Metropolitan county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | ROTHERHAM |
Postcode district | S60 |
Dialling code | 01709 |
Police | South Yorkshire |
Fire | South Yorkshire |
Ambulance | Yorkshire |
UK Parliament | |
Masbrough is a suburb of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England. It was named as the west of Rotherham by the middle of the Industrial Revolution, namely that part on the left bank of Don. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, centred 0.5 miles (0.8 km) west of Rotherham town centre. Much of the suburb falls within the Rotherham West ward of Rotherham MBC.