Canklow is a
suburb
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of
Rotherham
Rotherham () is a large minster and market town in South Yorkshire, England. The town takes its name from the River Rother which then merges with the River Don. The River Don then flows through the town centre. It is the main settlement of ...
,
South Yorkshire
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...
,
England
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. Canklow is less than south from Rotherham town centre and approximately north-east from
Sheffield
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city centre. It forms part of the Boston Castle ward for the
Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham
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.
History
Canklow was created as a post Second World War
council housing
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area. At the southern end of the estate there was once a coal mine,
Rotherham Main Colliery. The mine opened in 1890 and closed in 1954.
In 1981 the census revealed a male unemployment rate for Canklow of 42.1%, just under four times the national average.
From 1983 to 1986 Canklow was one of four areas in
South Yorkshire
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...
where the
Probation Service ran a victim/offender mediation project (one of the first of its kind in the country). The area at the time suffered high unemployment, a heroin problem and a suicide rate well above the high average
[Yorkshire Post 20 May 1985 'The Heroin Nightmare'. identified a house in Warden Street, Canklow as a major source of heroin dealing. In the space of just seven months during 1985 Canklow was the site of three separate suicides (Williams (1997) op cit page 277]
Landmarks
Education in the local area is provided by Canklow Woods Primary School and
Oakwood High School.
There used to be a church in Canklow, but has now been converted to a sofa shop.
External links
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council
References
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Geography of Rotherham