Doncaster

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

Understand

Tourist information

The tourist information centre is located on the High Street.

Get in

By air

Doncaster is situated approximately 6 miles from Robin Hood Airport where airlines such as Thomsonfly and Ryanair connect Doncaster to major European cities such as Dublin, Paris and Amsterdam. In May 2006, long haul flights will commence connecting Doncaster to the USA, Mexico and Dominican Republic

By train

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

GNER

GNER, which operate the railway station, operate trains to and from London to Leeds, Newcastle and Scotland.

Virgin Trains

Virgin Trains operate trains between the south and south-west coasts, Newcastle and Scotland.

Northern

Northern, or Northern Rail, operates local trains throughout Yorkshire and the north of England. They took over Arriva Trains Northern train services in October 2004.

Central Trains

Central Trains run daily services along the Doncaster to Lincoln route.

Transpennine Express

Transpennine Express operates routes from Doncaster to Manchester and Manchester Airport

Midland Mainline

Midland Mainline trains run from Yorkshire to London connection Doncaster directly to Nottingham, Leicester and to the Luton and Gatwick airports.

By bus

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 close to Doncaster and has links with the M1, M62 and A1.

Get around

See

Do

Buy

Doncaster has a wide variety of shops, which include 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.