Location: Rotherham
Top Things to do in Rotherham
The 10 Best Shopping in Rotherham, England
Rotherham /ˈrɒðrəm, -ðərəm/ ( listen) is a large town in South Yorkshire, England, which together with its conurbation and outlying settlements to the north, south and south-east forms the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, with a recorded population of 257,280 in the 2011 census. Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire, its central area is on the banks of the River Don below its confluence with the Rother on the traditional road between Sheffield and Doncaster. Rotherham is today the largest town in a contiguous area with Sheffield, informally known as the Sheffield Urban Area and is as such an economic centre for many of Sheffield's suburbs — Sheffield City Centre is 5.6 miles (9.0 km) from Rotherham town centre. Rotherham was well known as a coal mining town as well as a major contributor to Sheffield's steel industry.
Restaurants in Rotherham
1. Gallery Town
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 9 reviews
Gallery Town is The only Permanent Open Air Art Gallery in the UK and is situated in the heart of Rotherham Town Centre. There are over 100 pieces of artwork positioned in 60 locations around the Town. Tour guides are available from The Visitor Centre on Bridgegate. The Gallery is open 24/7, 365 days a year and is completely free. You can indulge in a day of shopping in Rotherham's amazing independent shops as well as leading retailers whilst enjoying the open air art gallery which can be viewed all around you on the shop buildings. Shopping in Rotherham is a great experience and lots of fun, can you find its hidden gems?! Gallery Town also includes several Pianos decorated creatively including The Sapheye Rae which is located in the Central Library at Riverside and was designed by Kasabian band member Ben Kealey. These are also included in the Tour Guide.
2. Dottie's Sweets & Treats
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 2 reviews
A Traditional sweet shop with a modern twist a new attraction for Rotherham come along and relive your childhood
Reviewed By V9809CZveronicah
This shop has many of my favourite sweets. The owner is one of the nicest retailers I've met, please everyone support our local businesses, especially this one!!
3. Jaded Heart
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5.0 based on 1 reviews
4. Grimm & Co.
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5.0 based on 113 reviews
We are a Yorkshire charity, championing the writer in every young person (7-18) through the joyful discovery of stories. Visit our 'Apothecary to the Magical', selling wit, humour, awe and wonder to all magical beings + an occasional human! All proceeds go to our charitable work to help us to reach and engage young people and inspire a new confidence and motivation to write!
Reviewed By richardsonjody - Doncaster, United Kingdom
We've lost count of how many visits we have made to Grimm & Co, but every visit has been fantastic. We have been to short workshops lasting just half an hour, or to longer workshops taking two hours or more, and all of them have been amazing. We've been on monster hunts, written songs, and made potions, but you don't have to go on a workshop to have a great time here. Even when we just call in to browse, we've written letters to magical creatures and received replies about a week later (after the post owls have braved dragons, Godzilla, and even Cthulhu and the Wendigo to deliver our post). We've chosen books from the forgotten library, we've voted for our favourite something in the weekly voting ballot - most recently Ariel or Princess Jasmine, but also Star Wars or Star Trek, Marvel or DC, Dragons or Unicorns, and many more. We've searched for fairy doors and tiny elf books, we've used the magical ability scales to find out what sort of magical creature we might be, and we've done quite well in the Lucky or Unlucky Dip. We've bought potions and lotions from the shop, all of which are great quality, and the Shop Elves are the friendliest and most helpful magical beings we've ever met, and they are wonderful with mortal visitors of any age. My son takes things to show them every time we visit and the Shop Elves always take the time to look at them and talk to him, and the workshops have improved his confidence. He asks to visit the shop even when no events are running just because he loves it there. We cannot recommend Grimm & Co enough and since we were lucky enough to discover it last summer (apparently it's not always visible to mortals) we have visited often enough to be feel like we are visiting good friends. We travel from Doncaster just to visit the shop but just along the road is Clifton Park and the Museum so Grimm & Co can easily be part of a longer day out but is well worth a special visit on it's own merit. For a visit without a workshop an hour is good but the longer workshops are well worth attending too, and we have so much fun we can easily spend over an hour looking around at the forgotten library and just having fun before we even start shopping. The workshops are great, a lot of time and effort is put into them, and theres the added excitement of the secret door and the beanstalk!
5. The Makers Emporium
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5.0 based on 1 reviews
Offering the latest pieces from over 30 local makers, designers, artists and crafters, The Makers Emporium is the perfect place for great gifts! The Makers Emporium is now a shared space with Rothehram Visitors Centre & Civic Theatre Box Office all under the same roof.
6. The Pavilion Ice Cream Parlour and Crazy Golf
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4.5 based on 7 reviews
The Pavilion Icecream Parlour, Tearooms, mad hatters tea parties and crazy golf course! Set in a 14 acre park it is a nice little trip out for the family. We also have a farmers market on the last sunday of each month. Here at the park we also have a skate park, basketball court and a mini steam train that runs on sundays!
7. Lawns Farm Shop
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 24 reviews
Reviewed By hezzie2125 - Rotherham, United Kingdom
We've been going to Lawns Farm Shop for years, the staff are really friendly and the food is top notch. Home made food and other locally sourced, high quality products and of course their lovely milk produced from the cows on the farm. Really meaty sausage rolls and large scotch eggs that don't have a big gap between the egg and sausage meat like the mass produced stuff so are really tasty and filling. They have milk, cheese, pies, ready meals, chutneys, sauces, coffee's cooked ham, home made dripping and delicious potted meat, fresh duck and hen eggs, black pudding, sausages, bacon, Barnsley chops, liver, gammon etc etc, we had a rump steak last week and it was so tender it was like eating fillet steak. There's usually a fruit and veg stall at the weekends and occasionally the Coffee Rover makes it in to serve barista coffee straight from converted Land Rover. The courtyard parking is small but there's now overspill parking straight across and it's on a quiet country road. Lawns just keeps getting better and better, we love going.
8. Centenary Markets
9. Rotherham Market
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 6 reviews
Reviewed By allertonlad - Northallerton, United Kingdom
A very good indoor market in the centre of Rotherham. Around 90 stalls over two floors offering a wide variety of goods, open six days a week. Easy to navigate, it's definitely worth a visit if you're in the town centre.
10. Old Market Gallery
Overall Ratings
3.0 based on 2 reviews
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