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

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.
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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.
- 01Keepmoat 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 - 02Cusworth 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 - 03St 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 - 04Wadworth 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 - 05Don Bridge
The Don Bridge is a motorway viaduct in South Yorkshire, England.
1.6 km · viaduct in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, UK · Wikipedia - 06Potteric 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 - 07Danum 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 - 08Mansion 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 - 09The 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 - 10Church 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
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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 → Balby41 km · quickest by road, 58 min · £5–6
- Nottingham, Leicestershire → Balby61 km · quickest by road, 1h 25m · £7–9
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Balby71 km · quickest by road, 2h 4m · £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 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.
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If you know how people move in Balby – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
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