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Balby

Balby is a suburb of Doncaster in South Yorkshire, England, located south-west of the city centre.

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The place

Balby is a suburb of Doncaster in South Yorkshire, England, located south-west of the city centre. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, Balby is within the Doncaster Central constituency and contains the electoral wards Balby South and Hexthorpe and Balby North.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Balby

10 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.

  1. 01
    Keepmoat Stadium

    The Club Doncaster Sports Village is a multi-purpose stadium in Doncaster, England, with a capacity of 15,231. It cost approximately £20 million to construct, as part of the wider Lakeside Sports Complex that it resides within which in total cost approximately £32 million, and is used by Doncaster Rovers, Doncaster Rugby League Club and Doncaster Rovers Belles Ladies Football Club.

    2.7 km · football stadium · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Cusworth Hall and Park

    Cusworth Hall is an 18th-century Grade I listed country house in Cusworth, near Doncaster, South Yorkshire in the north of England. Set in the landscaped parklands of Cusworth Park, Cusworth Hall is a good example of a Georgian country house.

    3.1 km · Grade I listed historic house museum in Sprotbrough and Cusworth, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    St George's Minster

    Doncaster Minster, formally the Minster and Parish Church of St George, is the Anglican minster church of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England. It is a grade I listed building and was designed by architect designer George Gilbert Scott.

    2.6 km · church in Doncaster, Yorkshire, England · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Wadworth Hall

    Wadworth Hall is a grade I listed Manor House, in the village of Wadworth, England. It was built in 1749 for the Wordsworth family by the renowned northern architect James Paine.

    4 km · Grade I listed building in Wadworth, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Don Bridge

    The Don Bridge is a motorway viaduct in South Yorkshire, England.

    1.6 km · viaduct in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, UK · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Potteric Carr

    Potteric Carr is a large area of land to the southeast of Doncaster, in Yorkshire, England, over 3,000 acres in size. Part of the area is now a nature reserve.

    2.7 km · park in Yorkshire, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Danum Gallery, Library and Museum

    Danum Gallery, Library and Museum, formerly Doncaster Museum and Art Gallery is a multi-purpose cultural venue in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England.

    2.5 km · Museum in Doncaster, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Mansion House, Doncaster

    The Mansion House is a municipal building in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England. The building, which is owned and managed by Doncaster Council, is a Grade I listed building.

    2.4 km · Grade I listed building in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    The Dome Leisure Centre

    The Dome Leisure Centre is an arena and leisure centre in Doncaster, England, commonly referred to as The Dome or Doncaster Dome. It has a swimming complex, bars, a sports arena that is also used as an event venue and the United Kingdom's first ever split level ice skating rink.

    3.8 km · arena and sports venue in Doncaster, England · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Church of St Peter

    St Peter's Church is the parish church of Warmsworth, south-west of Doncaster in South Yorkshire, in England. The original St Peter's Church was mediaeval.

    1.1 km · church building in Warmsworth, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting to Balby

Airports
Leeds Bradford (LBA), 52 km · East Midlands (EMA), 76 km · Manchester (MAN), 77 km
Stations
Doncaster railway station, 2.2 km · Hexthorpe railway platform, 800 m · Doncaster (Cherry Tree Lane) railway station, 1.6 km · Doncaster (St. James' Bridge) railway station, 1.7 km · Doncaster (York Road) railway station, 2.9 km
  • Leeds, West Yorkshire → Balby
    41 km · quickest by road, 58 min · £5–6
  • Nottingham, Leicestershire → Balby
    61 km · quickest by road, 1h 25m · £7–9
  • Manchester, Greater Manchester → Balby
    71 km · quickest by road, 2h 4m · £8–11
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Balby

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 Balby. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    313 km
  2. 02
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    345 km
  3. 03
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    352 km
  4. 04
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    379 km
  5. 05
    Isle of JuraGB

    10 ways of moving, 19 sources

    406 km

If you know how people move in Balby – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Balby

Balby is 25 km from Sheffield, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Doncastercity in South Yorkshire, England, UK2.4 km
  • Loversallvillage and civil parish in South Yorkshire, England2.7 km
  • Warmsworthvillage in South Yorkshire, England, UK1.8 km
  • Sprotbrough and Cusworthcivil parish in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, UK3 km
  • Sprotbroughvillage in South Yorkshire, England, UK2.4 km
  • Hexthorpesuburb in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, UK1.2 km