Survey shows differences in access to parks across Rotherham
A NEW report has revealed that different areas of Rotherham have varying access to parks.
The Park Access Report, put together by MG Timber and Online Marketing Surgery, ranks neighbourhoods in Rotherham based on the number of postcodes within 900m of a park area.
It is part of a national study assessing the best areas to live in for park access.
For Rotherham, the study found that Rotherham Central had the best levels of access, closely followed by Aston and Woodlands, Wath, Kiveton, Todwick and Harthill, and Aston.
The areas with the lowest levels of access were Whiston, Swinton South, Thorpe Hesley, East Herringthorpe, and Eastwood and East Dene.
Nationally, the report found that access to a park was highest in areas such as Melrose and Tweedbank, Blantytre North and Coatshill in South Lanarkshire, Old Aberdeen, Mile End West in Tower Hamlets, Devonshire Quarter in Sheffield, and Bordesley in Birmingham.