Waverley is a

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in the

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in the southeastern part of the county of

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. It is situated about north of London, from

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town centre and from

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. The parish was formed on 1 April 2019 from parts of the parishes of

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and Orgreave. The

Advanced Manufacturing Park The Advanced Manufacturing Park (AMP) is a manufacturing technology park in Waverley, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England. It was partly funded by the European Regional Development Fund, with Yorkshire Forward, and developed by Harworth Gro ...

has been developed in the area of the later parish since the 2000s, partly on land reclaimed from a former opencast coal mine.

Transportation

A railway station is proposed on the Sheffield–Lincoln line which is adjacent to the parish. In 2020, the government announced that it would provide funding for a feasibility study, as part of the

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scheme. The station would be intermediate between to the west and {{rws, Woodhouse to the south-east.Ordnance Survey, 1:50,000 map The bus route 73, operated by

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, links Waverley between Rotherham Interchange and

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References

Waverley Community Council
Civil parishes in South Yorkshire Geography of the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham