Thurcroft

Thurcroft
Thurcroft is located in South Yorkshire
Thurcroft
Thurcroft
Location within South Yorkshire
Population6,900 (Including Morthen. 2011)
OS grid referenceSK5089
Civil parish
  • Thurcroft
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townROTHERHAM
Postcode districtS66
Dialling code01709
PoliceSouth Yorkshire
FireSouth Yorkshire
AmbulanceYorkshire
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Yorkshire
53°23′28″N 1°15′07″W / 53.391000°N 1.252000°W / 53.391000; -1.252000

Thurcroft is a village and civil parish situated south-east of Rotherham in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham in South Yorkshire, England. From 1902 to 1991, it was a mining community. It has a population of 5,296,[1] increasing to 6,900 at the 2011 Census.[2]

  1. ^ Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Rotherham Archived 13 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 28 August 2009
  2. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 9 March 2016.