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Doncaster

Doncaster is a large town in South Yorkshire, England. It has a wide variety of shops and boasts spacious indoor and outdoor markets.

Culture and History

Tourist information

The tourist information centre is located on the High Street.

Travel to Doncaster & Visa Requirements

By air

Doncaster is situated approximately 6 miles from Robin Hood Airport where airlines such as Thomsonfly,Ryanair and Wizzair connect Doncaster to major European cities such as Dublin, Geneva and Warsaw and many other Polish, Spanish and Portugese destinations.

A more extensive selection of European destinations is available during the summer months.

From May 2007, Flyglobespan will proivide a weekly service to Toronto, Canada also during the summer. It may return in 2008.

By train

Doncaster can be reached from most of England and part of Scotland. For more information, please see below.

  • Arriva Cross Country[2] operate trains between the south and south-west coasts, Birmingham, Newcastle and Scotland.
  • Transpennine Express operate routes from Doncaster to Manchester and Manchester Airport.

Buses to Doncaster

Bus services operate to Doncaster from all over South Yorkshire.

By car

There are plenty of car parks dotted around the town centre. The M18 motorway passes through the outskirts of Doncaster as does the A1 motorway which provide Doncaster with excellent links to both the M1 motorway to London and the M62 motorway to Manchester and Liverpool.

Tours & Getting around Doncaster

By bus There are services to all parts of Doncaster operated by 'First Busses', simply ask for a day ticket for Doncaster and pay £3.50, this entitles you to unlimited use of the busses within Doncaster for the remainder of the day.

Doncaster attractions and sightseeing

  • Conisborough Castle, take bus number X78 from the Doncaster Interchange and wait unil you see it to get off.

Doncaster city tours

Visit the largest leisure centre in South Yorkshire, the Doncaster Dome (take the airport bus and ask for 'the Dome')

Visit the newly refurbished Frenchgate Shopping Centre in the centre of town.

Take the 'Lakeside' bus and visit the outlet shopping area, about 10 minutes away from the centre of town.

Doncaster souvenirs & shopping

Doncaster has a wide variety of shops, including the recently extended and refurbished French Gate Centre, many department stores, several large supermarkets, two indoor markets, two outdoor markets, charity shops, a large retail outlet known as the 'Lakeside Village' and much more.

Doncaster Restaurants: cheap, moderate and expensive

Doncaster nightlife, bars, clubs & pubs

Doncaster is awash with drinking establishments and is a pub crawler's dream with all the pubs within a concentrated area. Promise me one thing though when you visit Doncaster and indulge in your favourite pastime, visit possibly one of the best pubs the town has to offer, Tut 'n' Shive. Also never ever rely on Walkabout as a final destination, it so often puts a dampener on proceedings and leaves you with a bitter taste in your mouth. Probably that crappy Australian lager.

Doncaster cheap and luxurious hotels, youth hostels & lodging

Health Services in Doncaster

 The trust comprises of 4 hospitals-
 * Doncaster Royal Infirmary
 * Women's Hospital, 
 * Montagu Hospital
 * Bassetlaw Hospital
  • Capio Park Hill
  • Tickhill Road Hospital
  • St. Catherines Hospital

Get out

Sheffield can be reached in under 20 minutes on the fastest trains

This page was last edited at 10:48, on 21 October 2008 by Neil Shaw. Based on work by subahsh, Philipp Schäufele and Neil Lindsay, Anonymous user(s) of Wikitravel and others.

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