Country: | England |
Static Image: | Scholes - geograph.org.uk - 139024.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | A view from south of the village |
Coordinates: | 53.4548°N -1.4066°W |
Map Type: | South Yorkshire |
Official Name: | Scholes |
Metropolitan Borough: | Rotherham |
Metropolitan County: | South Yorkshire |
Region: | Yorkshire and the Humber |
Post Town: | ROTHERHAM |
Postcode District: | S61 |
Postcode Area: | S |
Dial Code: | 01709 |
Os Grid Reference: | SK395955 |
Scholes is a small village in the Rotherham borough of South Yorkshire, England, near the southern boundary of Wentworth Woodhouse, formerly the family seat of the Earls Fitzwilliam. The village is the location of Keppel's Column.
Scholes Coppice contains several archaeological features, including Caesar's Camp, an Iron Age fort, regarded as one of the best examples of its kind in South Yorkshire.