This is the new website for Rotherham Parks

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Urban Parks

An urban park or metropolitan park, also known as a municipal park or a public park, public open space, or municipal gardens, is a park in cities and other incorporated places that offer recreation and green space to residents of, and visitors to, the municipality.

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Recreation Grounds

a Recreation Ground is an open space for public recreation, esp one in a town, with swings and slides, etc, for children. It's often shortened to: rec

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Events

We have an exciting and varied events calendar.

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Country Parks

A country park is a natural area designated for people to visit and enjoy recreation in a countryside environment.

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Nature Reserves

A nature reserve is a protected area of importance for flora, fauna, or features of geological or other special interest, which is reserved and managed for purposes of conservation and to provide special opportunities for study or research.

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Woodland

A woodland is, in the broad sense, land covered with trees, or in a narrow sense, synonymous with wood, a low-density forest forming open habitats with plenty of sunlight and limited shade.

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Directions

The Museum is on Clifton Lane (A6021), half a mile from Rotherham town centre.

If travelling by car, you can reach us from junctions 33, 34, or 35 of the M1, or junction 1 of the M18.

The driveway at the front of the Museum building provides access to the Museum car park. There is a further car park at the other end of Clifton Park, off Doncaster Road.

The nearest train station, taxi ranks and bus station are in the town centre. There is a bus stop immediately outside the Museum.

Bus times and routes are available at Travel South Yorkshire.

How to find us

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