Canklow was created as a post Second World War council housing area.[1] 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.[2]
In 1981 the census revealed a male unemployment rate for Canklow of 42.1%, just under four times the national average.[3]
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).[4] The area at the time suffered high unemployment, a heroin problem and a suicide rate well above the high average[5]
Landmarks
Education in the local area is provided by Canklow Woods Primary School and Oakwood High School.
There used to be a church in Canklow, but has now been converted to a sofa shop.
^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justice system, including case studies of mediation and reparation projects organised by the probation service' Unpublished PhD University of Bradford (1997) Appendix 4 Area Profile of Canklow
^Yorkshire 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
