Rotherham has been a market town for 900 years and is a pleasant place to visit, with a pedestrianised shopping area, medieval church and traditional market place.
 
Nearby are attractions like the Tropical Butterfly House, an award winning park (Rother Valley Country Park) which is great for canoeing, water ski-ing and golf.

There's plenty of gentle countryside, with picturesque villages like Wentworth to explore or the ruins of Roche Abbey.