Doncaster
Doncaster is a city in South Yorkshire, England.
Doncaster is a city in South Yorkshire, England. Named after the River Don, it is the administrative centre of the City of Doncaster metropolitan borough, and is the second largest settlement in South Yorkshire after Sheffield. Noted for its racing and railway history, it is situated in the Don Valley on the western edge of the Humberhead Levels and east of the Pennines. It had a population of 87,455 at the 2021 census, whilst its built-up area had a population of 160,220, and the wider metropolitan borough had a population of 308,100.
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Worth seeing in and around Doncaster
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.
- 01Conisbrough Castle
Conisbrough Castle is a medieval fortification in Conisbrough, South Yorkshire, England. The castle was initially built in the 11th century by William de Warenne, the Earl of Surrey, after the Norman Conquest of England in 1066.
7.5 km · Grade I listed historic house museum in Conisbrough, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Keepmoat 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.
1.9 km · football stadium · Wikipedia - 03Cusworth 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 km · Grade I listed historic house museum in Sprotbrough and Cusworth, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04St 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.
400 m · church in Doncaster, Yorkshire, England · Wikipedia - 05Brodsworth Hall
Brodsworth Hall, near Brodsworth, 5 miles north-west of Doncaster in South Yorkshire, is one of the most complete surviving examples of a Victorian country house in England. It is virtually unchanged since the 1860s.
8 km · Grade I listed historic house museum in Brodsworth, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Yorkshire Wildlife Park
The Yorkshire Wildlife Park is a zoo, wildlife conservation and rehabilition centre and tourist attraction located in Branton, south-east of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, and Auckley, also south-east of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England. It opened in 2009 on the site of Brockholes Farm, a former riding school and petting zoo, and features 500 animals of 100 species.
6.3 km · British wildlife park · Wikipedia - 07Hickleton Hall
Hickleton Hall is a Grade II* listed Georgian stately home in Hickleton, South Yorkshire, England, about 6 miles west of Doncaster. For more than 50 years it was a Sue Ryder Care home.
9.5 km · country house in South Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 08Wadworth 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.
6.1 km · Grade I listed building in Wadworth, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 09Don Bridge
The Don Bridge is a motorway viaduct in South Yorkshire, England.
3.3 km · viaduct in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, UK · Wikipedia - 10Potteric 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.
3.5 km · park in Yorkshire, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01St George's Minster
200 yards (180 m) from the Interchange, is a stonking great Gothic affair by George Gilbert Scott, who else?
- 02Danum Gallery
In an attractive new building, the displays reflect the town traditions of horse-racing, railways and industry.
- 03South Yorkshire Aircraft Museum
Tue-Sun: Apr-Oct 10AM-5PM, Nov-Mar 10AM-4PM.
- 04Conisbrough Castle
Castle Hill, Conisbrough DN12 3BU (8 miles SW of town, take Bus X78),.
- 05Cusworth Hall
Cusworth Lane DN5 7TU (2 miles NE of town, take Bus 41), museum@doncaster.gov.uk.
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Things to do
- 01Cast
Eclectic, creative theatre, you'll seldom find trad rep playing here.
- 02Doncaster Racecourse
Leger Way DN4 5DYB (east edge of town off A18),.
- 03Eco-Power Stadium
- 04Castle Park east edge
Rugby League: Doncaster RLFC play in the Championship, the second tier.
- 05The Dome
This large leisure centre has ice skating, multiple swimming pools, gym and fitness classes.
- 06Vue is between The Dome
From Wikivoyage: Doncaster, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Where to eat
Doncaster has lots of cheap and cheerful eating places but not much in the way of fine dining. The main strips are High St into Hall Gate, and Silver St into Market Rd and Nether Hall Rd. Cooplands, multiple locations. Mon-Sat 9AM-5:30PM, Sun 10AM-4PM. Delicious home-baked goods. Sausage rolls and a cracking chicken pastie.
- 01Mallard
Unit 14, Food Court Frenchgate Shopping Centre.
- 02Vintage Bar
64-66 Silver St.
- 03Kian's Restaurant
51 Copley Rd.
- 04Top Meal
4 Broxholme Ln.
- 05Greggs
19-21 Baxter Gate.
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Getting to Doncaster
- Airports
- Leeds Bradford (LBA), 52 km · East Midlands (EMA), 78 km · Manchester (MAN), 78 km
- Stations
- Doncaster Sheffield Airport, 10 km · Doncaster railway station, 500 m · Bentley railway station, 2.7 km · Conisbrough railway station, 7.7 km · Adwick railway station, 6.3 km
- Leeds, West Yorkshire → Doncaster41 km · quickest by road, 1h · £4.5–6
- Nottingham, Leicestershire → Doncaster63 km · quickest by road, 1h 27m · £7–9
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Doncaster73 km · quickest by road, 2h 7m · £10–13
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No local-transport research exists yet for Doncaster
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 Doncaster. 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 Doncaster – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
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Doncaster is 27 km from Sheffield, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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