Canklow


Canklow is a suburb of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England. Canklow is less than south from Rotherham town centre and approximately north-east from Sheffield city centre. It forms part of the Boston Castle ward for the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham.

History

Canklow was created as a post Second World War council housing area. At the southern end of the estate there was once a coal mine. This was Rotherham Main, or Canklow colliery, opened 1890 and closed in 1954.
In 1981 the census revealed a male unemployment rate for Canklow of 42.1%, only just under four times the national average.
From 1983 to 1986 Canklow was one of four areas in South Yorkshire where the Probation Service ran a victim/offender mediation project. The area at the time suffered high unemployment, a heroin problem and a suicide rate well above the high average

Landmarks

Canklow Woods Primary School provides primary education, and nearby Oakwood Technology College, secondary.
There is one church in Canklow, named The Hub; the church community meets every Sunday in one of two services. Canklow Community Partnership use an office in the church building.