Hexthorpe
Hexthorpe is a suburb of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England.
Hexthorpe is a suburb of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, the area's shape resembles a rhombus, with borders with Balby and Doncaster city centre, separated by railway lines and the river separating the area from the villages of Sprotbrough and Newton. The Hexthorpe House was a well known pub in the area. Following a fire, the pub remained derelict for a few months and the remains were demolished in 2009. The old pub sign was saved and has now been erected in Hexthorpe Flatts Park.
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Worth seeing in and around Hexthorpe
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 - 02St 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.
1.6 km · church in Doncaster, Yorkshire, England · 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.
2.2 km · Grade I listed historic house museum in Sprotbrough and Cusworth, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Mansion 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.
1.5 km · Grade I listed building in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05The 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.
3.6 km · arena and sports venue in Doncaster, England · 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.
3.5 km · park in Yorkshire, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 07Don Bridge
The Don Bridge is a motorway viaduct in South Yorkshire, England.
1.8 km · viaduct in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, UK · Wikipedia - 08Danum 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.
1.8 km · Museum in Doncaster, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 09Belle Vue
Belle Vue was a football stadium in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, that served as the home ground of Doncaster Rovers from 1922 to 2007. The ground was affectionately known as "Old Belle Vue" by fans and at its peak had a total capacity of 40,000.
3.2 km · stadium in Doncaster, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 10South Yorkshire Aircraft Museum
The South Yorkshire Aircraft Museum is a volunteer-led museum located at Lakeside in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England. It occupies the former site of the Royal Air Force Station, RAF Doncaster.
2.9 km · aviation museum in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
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Getting to Hexthorpe
- Airports
- Leeds Bradford (LBA), 51 km · Manchester (MAN), 77 km · East Midlands (EMA), 77 km
- Stations
- Doncaster railway station, 1.2 km · Bentley railway station, 3.2 km · Q5295499, 1.3 km · Bentley Crossing Halt, 3 km · Doncaster (St. James' Bridge) railway station, 800 m
- Leeds, West Yorkshire → Hexthorpe41 km · quickest by road, 1h 1m · £5–7
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Hexthorpe72 km · quickest by road, 2h 7m · £8–11
- Nottingham, Leicestershire → Hexthorpe63 km · quickest by road, 1h 28m · £7–9
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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 Hexthorpe
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 Hexthorpe. 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 Hexthorpe – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Hexthorpe
Hexthorpe is 25 km from Sheffield, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Doncastercity in South Yorkshire, England, UK1.6 km
- Loversallvillage and civil parish in South Yorkshire, England3.8 km
- Warmsworthvillage in South Yorkshire, England, UK2.5 km
- Bentleyvillage in South Yorkshire, England, UK4 km
- Sprotbrough and Cusworthcivil parish in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, UK2.8 km
- Sprotbroughvillage in South Yorkshire, England, UK2.4 km