Community
Regular Events Taking Place In Killamarsh
Monday
• Over 60’s Lunch Club
• Dreams Amateur Dramatic Group
• Killamarsh Bears Pre-School
• Reading Group at the Library -1st Monday of every month 2pm-3pm
• Rhythm and Rhyme at the Library - babies and pre-school children 2-2.30pm
Tuesday
• Walking Group
• Line Dancing
• Knit and Chat
• Killamarsh Bears Pre-School
Wednesday
• Messy Church- Arts and Crafts Day for families at St Giles Church 4th Wednesday at 3.15pm
• Killamarsh Bears Pre-School
•Writing Group at the Library-1st Wednesday of every month-4-6pm
Thursday
• Killamarsh Amateur Photographic Society 7.30pm
Contact Andy Cotton on 0114 2489468
• Coffee Morning at Methodist Church Hall ( Sheffield Road) 9.30-12pm
• Killamarsh Bears Pre-School
• Rhythm and Rhyme at the Library - babies and pre-school children 2-2.30pm
• Cafe for people with Dementia and their carers. Every 4th Thursday of the month, 1.30-3.30pm.
Hosted at the Sports Centre. Call 01246 223366 for more details.
Friday
• 3C’s Coffee Morning at Methodist Church Hall ( Sheffield Road)
Free Fair-trade tea and coffee with Fair-trade goods for sale
• Walking Group
• Killamarsh Pre-School Bears
Saturday
• Warhammer Game Club at the Library 10.30am-12.30pm
Sunday
• Killamarsh Silver Band rehearse at St Giles Church 4-5pm
Unless stated all events are held at the Sports Centre . Please call on 0114 2485554 for further information
Killamarsh Bears is a pre-school group located in the Childzone and is for children from 2 years old (Free funding for all 3 and 4 years old). Please enquire at Reception or call the Pre-School Manager on 07952755784.
For information about walking in the beautiful Derbyshire countryside please click on this link
Killamarsh Children and Young Adult Centre
Our winter 2012 program booklet can be found here
Community Shuttle Bus
The Killamarsh Community Shuttle Bus has been running in the village since 2005. The aim is to support residents of Killamarsh to take part in the community life and make Killamarsh a better place. The bus runs on a Thursday each week and will pick you up from your home and take you to the villiage centre shops or the Sports Centre to enable you to join in the activities. It will then pick you up to take you back home again.
For further details please contact: 01246 573040.
Rother Valley Country Park
Fun for all the family is right on your doorstep. The park was opened in 1983 and has four artifical lakes which are home to various water activities and many wildlife. Even if you do not wish to take to the water this is a lovely environment for you to enjoy individually or as a family. Many families take a picnic to enjoy the outdoors and watch the various events which take place in the park.
Sustrans/Connect 2 Project Schemes in Your Area
Killamarsh, Halfway Tram Terminus, Rother Valley Country Park and Chesterfield Canal Link
There have been some delays in the above project and the bridge lifts will now go back to 14th January 2012.
However the contractor believe they can complete Phase 1 by the end of January 2012, only two weeks late overall, as they will advance other works in the meantime.
This project aims to connect communities to the revitalised Chesterfield Canal, the Sheffield Tram and to the Rother Valley.
Rather than working on the historic journey patterns, this innovative project builds on the ‘success based’ approach to the public foot, cycle and bridle paths of South Rotherham, South East Sheffield and North East Derbyshire. This project will utilise new bridges, lost ways, canal paths, disused railway lines and reclamation sites to create a holistic network connecting communities to each other through attractive greenbelt terrain.
For those of you who don’t know, Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council, together with Sheffield City Council and Derbyshire County Council has been working in partnership to deliver exciting new access in the areas of Killamarsh, Halfway, and the south of Rotherham borough around the Cuckoo Way/Chesterfield Canal.
In December 2007, after a huge amount of public support, Sustrans won the £50 million Big Lottery Giveaway.
Connect2 is a UK-Wide project that will see hundreds of miles of walking and cycling routes created around the UK.
The project will provide extra bridges and extra links – improving travel and reducing our carbon footprint.
The Killamarsh, Halfway Tram Terminus, Rother Valley Country Park and Chesterfield Canal Link project is one of 79 schemes that was successful in its bid.
It is proposed an Open Evening will take place in the Autumn of 2009 to give an update on the project, so please look out for information regarding this on websites and in local facilities.
For further information on the project please visit www.rotherham.gov.uk