Wath upon Dearne facts for kids

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The Market Cross, Montgomery Square, Wath-upon-Dearne
Wath upon Dearne
Population	11,816 (2011 census)
OS grid reference	SE438008
Metropolitan borough	Rotherham
Metropolitan county	South Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	ROTHERHAM
Postcode district	S63
Dialling code	01709
Police	South Yorkshire
Fire	South Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
EU Parliament	Yorkshire and the Humber
UK Parliament	Wentworth and Dearne
List of places UK England Yorkshire 53°30′08″N 1°20′25″W / 53.5022°N 1.3402°W / 53.5022; -1.3402

Wath upon Dearne (shortened to Wath or often hyphenated) is a town south of the River Dearne in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England, 5 miles (8 km) north of Rotherham and almost midway between Barnsley and Doncaster. It had a population of 11,816 at the 2011 census. It is twinned with Saint-Jean-de-Bournay in France.

Sport

Wath Athletic F.C. served the community from the 1880s to the Second World War, playing in the Midland League and reaching the 1st Round of the FA Cup in 1926. No senior team has represented the settlement since the 1950s, and Wath remains one of the largest places in Yorkshire without one. However, it has a Rugby Union team that plays in the Yorkshire Division 2.

Education

The four primary schools for ages 3–11 are Our Lady and St Joseph's Catholic Primary, Wath Central Primary, Wath C of E Primary and Wath Victoria Primary. The two secondary schools are Saint Pius X Catholic High School (for ages 11–16 ) and the larger Wath Academy, which has a sixth form and covers 11–18-year-olds. Both take students from a wider area. Wath (Park Road) Secondary Modern School closed in 1963.

A large further education college, Dearne Valley College, based in Wath, has a main campus at Manvers and a smaller one near the town centre.

Transport

Wath-upon-Dearne bus station in Montgomery Road in the town centre provides the main public-transport hub. It has four bus stands on an otherwise pedestrianised section of Montgomery Road, next to Montgomery Square, High Street and the Wath-upon-Dearne Community Library. The bus station's one-way system down Montgomery Road is accessed from the B6097 Biscay Way to the north and feeds buses out into Church Street to the south.

The land is owned by the local council, Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council, not the South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive. As such, it is not listed as an official SYPTE Interchange, despite its relative size, and it lacks a ticket office, waiting room and toilet facilities.

Services

As of January 2021^[update], the stand allocation is:

Stand	Route	Destination
WS1	22X	Barnsley      via Wombwell (Stagecoach)
	226	Barnsley      via Wombwell and Stairfoot (Stagecoach)
WS2	220	Cortonwood      via West Melton and Brampton Bierlow (Stagecoach)
WS3	220	Mexborough      via Manvers and Swinton (Stagecoach)
	226	Thurnscoe      via Bolton-upon-Dearne and Goldthorpe (Stagecoach)
WS4	22a, 22c	Rotherham (circular)      via Manvers, Swinton , Rawmarsh and Parkgate (First)
	22X	Rotherham      via Manvers, Rawmarsh and Parkgate (Stagecoach)
	72, 72a	Chapeltown      via Manvers, Elsecar , Hoyland, Tankersley and High Green (Stagecoach)

Notable people

• David Bret (born 1954), show-business biographer, born in Paris, was adopted into a family (Spurr) here, and attended Wath Grammar School in 1961–1966.
• Lucy Clarkson or Lara Croft (born 1982), Tomb Raider model, was born in Rotherham and educated at Wath Comprehensive School.
• Rob Dawber (1956–2001) was scriptwriter for the Ken Loach film, The Navigators.
• Simon Farnaby (born 1973), actor, plays characters in the CBBC TV show Horrible Histories.
• William Hague, Baron Hague of Richmond (born 1961), once leader of the Conservative Party and cabinet minister, was a pupil at Wath Comprehensive School.
• Peter Hardy, Baron Hardy of Wath (1931–2003), longstanding local Labour MP, was born and educated in Wath.
• Daisy Makeig-Jones (1881–1945), sculptor for Wedgwood, was born in the town.
• William Keble Martin (1877–1969), botanist, botanical illustrator and Anglican Vicar of Wath, is remembered in the name Keble Martin Way.
• Ian McMillan (born 1956), poet sometimes called the Bard of Barnsley, attended the town secondary school when a Grammar School.
• James Montgomery (1771–1854), Scottish-born poet and Sheffield newspaper editor, lived in Wath in the early 19th century. He is remembered in Montgomery Hall and Montgomery Square.
• Sir Charles Curran (1921–1980), Director-General of the BBC, 1969–1977, was educated in Wath.
• George Robledo (Jorge, 1926–1989), Chilean national and footballer, lived in a house later held by David Bret and his parents. He played for Huddersfield, Barnsley and Newcastle United, scoring winning goal for the last in the 1952 FA cup final against Arsenal.
• Ted Robledo (Eduardo, 1928–1970), brother of George, also played for Huddersfield, Barnsley and Newcastle United.

Images for kids

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  Wath Hall

See also

In Spanish: Wath-upon-Dearne para niños