Swallownest

{{short description|Village in South Yorkshire, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}

{{Use British English|date=January 2025}}

{{Infobox UK place

| country = England

| official_name = Swallownest

| static_image = Swallownest - High Street - geograph.org.uk - 956772.jpg

| static_image_caption = High Street

| coordinates = {{coord|53.3623|-1.3251|display=inline,title}}

| population = 15,022

| population_ref = {{cite web | url=http://www.citypopulation.de/php/uk-england-yorkshireandthehumber.php?cityid=E35000281 | title=Yorkshire and the Humber (United Kingdom): Counties and Unitary Districts & Settlements - Population Statistics, Charts and Map }}

| metropolitan_borough = Rotherham

| metropolitan_county = South Yorkshire

| civil_parish = Aston cum Aughton

| region = Yorkshire and the Humber

| constituency_westminster = Rother Valley

| post_town = SHEFFIELD

| postcode_district = S26

| postcode_area = S

| dial_code = 0114

| os_grid_reference = SK449852

}}

Swallownest is a village located in the civil parish of Aston cum Aughton within the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England. The village lies {{convert|4|mi}} south of Rotherham and {{convert|7|mi}} from Sheffield.

Swallownest borders the Sheffield suburb of Woodhouse to the west, Beighton to the southwest, the small village of Aston to the east, and Aughton to the north. The village is also served by Woodhouse railway station.

According to White's directory of 1833, Swallow Nest was the name of the Toll bar and public house, the home of J. Ward, a victualler and H. Ward, a wheelwright.{{cite book|title=History, and General Directory, of the Borough of Sheffield, with Rotherham…|editor-first=William|editor-last=White|editor-link=William White (publisher)|location=Sheffield|year=1833|page=372|url=http://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p16445coll4/id/218311|accessdate=5 February 2018|via=University of Leicester: Special Collections Online}}