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.Williams, Clifford (1997) 'Offenders and Victims of Crime;Mediation and reparation in the criminal justice system, including case studies of mediation and reparation projects organised by the probation service' Unpublished PhD University of Bradford (1997) Appendix 4 Area Profile of Canklow At the southern end of the estate there was once a coal mine, Rotherham Main Colliery. The mine opened in 1890 and closed in 1954.Williams (1997) op cit
In 1981 the census revealed a male unemployment rate for Canklow of 42.1%, just under four times the national average.Williams (1997) op cit
From 1983 to 1986 Canklow was one of four areas in South Yorkshire where the Probation Service ran a victim/offender mediation project (one of the first of its kind in the country).Williams, Clifford (1997) op cit The area at the time suffered high unemployment, a heroin problem and a suicide rate well above the high averageYorkshire Post 20 May 1985 'The Heroin Nightmare'. identified a house in Warden Street, Canklow as a major source of heroin dealing. In the space of just seven months during 1985 Canklow was the site of three separate suicides (Williams (1997) op cit page 277
Landmarks Education in the local area is provided by Canklow Woods Primary School and Oakwood High School.
There was a church in Canklow, but has now been converted to a sofa shop.
St Lukes was a church at the top of the field running parallel to Castle Avenue. It was a daughter church to All Saints Parish Church
External links Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council
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