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Catcliffe - Orgreave - Treeton
Bole Hill - Waverley

The villages of Catcliffe, Orgreave & Treeton are situated to the south west of the town of Rotherham. Catcliffe and Orgreave were part of the manor of Tinsley from Saxon times but became part of Rotherham, whereas the rest of the manor became part of Sheffield. Bole Hill is a small hamlet just to the north east of the main village of Treeton. Waverley is the name now given to the reclaimed tip at Orgreave.

Bole Hill

Bole Hill is on the edge of the floodplain of the River Rother on what is obviously a bit of higher ground. There was a spa here once but I have no information about it.

Waverley

Waverley does not appears as an area name on any of my maps, but only as a Catcliffe street and a pub name. A multi-million pound development will take place at Waverley. This will consist of housing, business units and government offices.

April 2008 – UK Coal have published their plans to transform the old opencast site now called Waverley. Work is already under way on an Advanced Manufacturing Park and other business units. Permission has been given for Highfields Commercial on part of the site, whilst a large government office development is also proposed. The rest of the site is expected to contain up to 4000 houses, community facilities, green spaces and two lakes designed to take surface water and floodwaters if necessary. Hope they do something about the roads. Visit www.waverleycommunity.org.

Waverley Lake 2010

The proposed new roads to serve this area seem to be subject to disagreement between Rotherham and Sheffield. Despite central government cutbacks, the scheme to develop these is not yet dead in the water and the Department of Transport have them marked for future consideration.

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