Askern
Askern is a town and civil parish within the City of Doncaster, in South Yorkshire, England.
Askern is a town and civil parish within the City of Doncaster, in South Yorkshire, England. It is on the A19 road between Doncaster and Selby. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it had a population of 5,570 at the 2011 Census. Askern was also known in for its greyhound stadium, which closed in 2022.
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Worth seeing in and around Askern
3 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01St Mary Magdalene, Campsall
St Mary Magdalene is a parish church in the Church of England in Campsall in South Yorkshire. It is Grade I listed.
1.9 km · Grade I listed church in Norton, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Church of St Peter
St Peter's Church is the parish church of Kirk Smeaton, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. The church was originally built in the 12th century, from which period the tower and chancel arches survive, although the chancel arch may have been heightened in the 13th century.
5.2 km · church in Kirk Smeaton, North Yorkshire, England · Wikipedia - 03Robin Hood's Well
Robin Hood's Well is a historic structure beside the A1 road near Burghwallis, South Yorkshire, England. It was originally built in 1710 as a well house over a spring alongside the old Great North Road, but the structure was moved to its present location alongside the Doncaster By-Pass in what is known as Barnsdale.
4.8 km · historic building in Barnsdale, South Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Askern
- Airports
- Leeds Bradford (LBA), 44 km · Manchester (MAN), 80 km · East Midlands (EMA), 88 km
- Stations
- Adwick railway station, 5.4 km · Thorpe-in-Balne railway station, 4.6 km
- Leeds, West Yorkshire → Askern33 km · quickest by road, 50 min · £4–5
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Askern73 km · quickest by road, 1h 57m · £9–12
- Nottingham, Leicestershire → Askern74 km · quickest by road, 1h 44m · £8–11
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Askern
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Askern. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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If you know how people move in Askern – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Askern
Askern is 33 km from Leeds, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Kirk Smeatonvillage in North Yorkshire, England, UK5.2 km
- Nortonvillage and civil parish in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England2.5 km
- Thorpe in Balnevillage in South Yorkshire, England, UK4.4 km
- Fenwickvillage and civil parish in South Yorkshire in United Kingdom3.9 km
- Balnevillage in North Yorkshire, England, UK5.9 km
- Kirk Bramwithvillage and civil parish in South Yorkshire, United Kingdom5.8 km