Swinton is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, in South Yorkshire, England on the west bank of the River Don. It has a population of 15,559 (2011). The town is five miles north-northeast of the larger town of Rotherham and directly west-southwest of Mexborough.The original junior and infant school building built 1852 on Church Street formerly Fitzwilliam School still exists being converted into residential apartments called 'Fitzwilliam Lodge'