RIVER ROTHER, SOUTH YORKSHIRE

The 'River Rother' is a river in the northern midlands of England, after which the town of Rotherham and the Rother Valley parliamentary constituency are named.
Its source is at Pilsley near Clay Cross in Derbyshire, and from there it flows northwards through North Wingfield, Danesmoor, Chesterfield, New Whittington, Old Whittington, Staveley, Renishaw, Eckington, Killamarsh, Beighton, Woodhouse, Catcliffe and Treeton to its confluence with the River Don at Rotherham. Its main tributaries are the River Drone, the River Hipper and the River Doe Lea.
Some sections of the river were highly polluted, so much so that when the Rother Valley Country Park was being created around the section north of Killamarsh and east of Beighton, water from a cleaner source was brought in to feed the park's lakes. The recent closures of industry and the work of the National Environment Agency has improved the quality of the river Rother. The water course now holds a good head of coarse fish, and angling clubs are springing up along its length.
The planned Rother Link canal will use part of the river to connect the Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation to the Chesterfield Canal.
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