C F Booth

C F Booth Ltd is a scrap metal and recycling business based in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England.

Their main site is Clarence Metal Works, located on the residual southern section of the Sheffield and Rotherham Railway adjacent to the Rotherham Ring Road. There have been a number of other associated sites and businesses including: a rail served site in Doncaster (closed); and a site in Aston, near Rotherham, which concentrated on dismantling buses.

The Clarence Works site is essentially a scrapyard for ferrous and non ferrous metals, and non ferrous Melting Shop. The company's gantry cranes and three Derrick cranes make the site quite distinctive.

The company is most associated with the scrapping of diesel and electric locomotives since the 1960s. This work continues at present, although a number of the vehicles bought are now resold for preservation. Many wagons, carriages, underground and departmental stock are also processed here. C F Booth was involved in one of the most high-profile scrapping contracts for British Rail of all time, with the media descending on the site for the arrival and scrapping of several vehicles from the APT fleet in 1987. Rail vehicles can still be brought in through a connection to Network Rail, although much is now brought in by road.

Cable and electrical equipment is also a significant part of the business, but the interest in the railway activities and the proximity of the railway sidings to roads give this side of the business a high profile.