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Sprotbrough

Sprotbrough is a village in the City of Doncaster in South Yorkshire, England, with a population of 7,548 at the 2021 census.

Sprotbrough
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The place

Sprotbrough is a village in the City of Doncaster in South Yorkshire, England, with a population of 7,548 at the 2021 census. The village is transected by the A1(M) motorway and is situated at the top of the Don Gorge, some 3 miles (4.8 km) west of Doncaster city centre. With Cusworth to the north, it forms the civil parish of Sprotbrough and Cusworth, which had a population of 12,134 in 2011.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Sprotbrough

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
    Conisbrough 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.

    4 km · Grade I listed historic house museum in Conisbrough, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    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.

    3.8 km · church in Doncaster, Yorkshire, England · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    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.

    2 km · Grade I listed historic house museum in Sprotbrough and Cusworth, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    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.

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

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

    800 m · viaduct in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, UK · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    St John the Evangelist's Church, Cadeby

    St John the Evangelist's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Cadeby, South Yorkshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.

    2.9 km · grade II listed church in Cadeby, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Doncaster Corn Exchange

    The Corn Exchange is a trading space and events venue in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England. The structure, which was commissioned as a corn exchange, is part of a Grade II* listed complex.

    3.9 km · public building complex at Doncaster, England · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Co-Coperative Emporium And Danum House

    Danum House is a commercial building in Doncaster, in England.

    3.6 km · building in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Frenchgate Centre

    The Frenchgate Shopping Centre is a large shopping centre located in the city centre of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England. It is named after the street of the same name that formed one of the old gates of medieval Doncaster.

    3.6 km · shopping mall in South Yorkshire, 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.

    1.9 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.

Go there

Getting to Sprotbrough

Airports
Leeds Bradford (LBA), 50 km · Manchester (MAN), 75 km · East Midlands (EMA), 76 km
Stations
Doncaster railway station, 3.4 km · Conisbrough railway station, 3.9 km · Q5295499, 3.5 km · Hexthorpe railway platform, 2.3 km · Doncaster (Cherry Tree Lane) railway station, 3.1 km
  • Leeds, West Yorkshire → Sprotbrough
    40 km · quickest by road, 59 min · £5–6
  • Manchester, Greater Manchester → Sprotbrough
    69 km · quickest by road, 2h 5m · £7–10
  • Nottingham, Leicestershire → Sprotbrough
    62 km · quickest by road, 1h 25m · £7–9
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Sprotbrough

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 Sprotbrough. 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

    314 km
  2. 02
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    343 km
  3. 03
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    351 km
  4. 04
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    377 km
  5. 05
    Isle of JuraGB

    10 ways of moving, 19 sources

    404 km

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

Around it

Next door to Sprotbrough

Sprotbrough is 23 km from Sheffield, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Doncastercity in South Yorkshire, England, UK3.9 km
  • Warmsworthvillage in South Yorkshire, England, UK1.4 km
  • High Meltonvillage and civil parish in South Yorkshire, England, UK3.1 km
  • Cadebyvillage in South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom3.7 km
  • Sprotbrough and Cusworthcivil parish in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, UK700 m
  • Balbysuburb of Doncaster, England, United Kingdom2.4 km