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Where is Doncaster?

Doncaster is located in the county of South Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber, two miles south of the town of Bentley, and 145 miles north of London. Doncaster lies seven miles north of the Nottinghamshire border, and was historically in the county of Yorkshire. Doncaster falls within the metropolitan district council of Doncaster. It is in the DN1 postcode district. The post town for Doncaster is Doncaster.

Doncaster on a map

Map showing extent of Doncaster as bounding box
Bounding box showing extent of Doncaster
Map showing location of Doncaster within the UK
Location of Doncaster within the UK

Which county is Doncaster in?

Doncaster is in the ceremonial county of South Yorkshire, and the historic county of Yorkshire.

Ceremonial CountySouth Yorkshire
Historic CountyYorkshire

Where is Doncaster in South Yorkshire?

Doncaster is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of South Yorkshire, and towards the easternmost extremity of South Yorkshire.

Map showing location of Doncaster within South Yorkshire
Location of Doncaster within South Yorkshire

What is the postcode for Doncaster?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Doncaster is DN1 1HH.

Where is Doncaster in DN1?

Doncaster is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of the DN1 postcode district, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of the DN1 postcode district.

Map showing location of Doncaster within DN1
Location of Doncaster within DN1

What is the post town for Doncaster?

The post town for Doncaster is Doncaster. Doncaster is in the DN1 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Doncaster.

What is the latitude and longitude of Doncaster?

The centre of Doncaster is located at position 53.52272° latitude and -1.13235° longitude.

Latitude53.52272°
Longitude-1.13235°

What is the easting and northing of Doncaster?

The centre of Doncaster is located at the grid reference easting 457621 and northing 403245 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting457621
Northing403245

What are the nearest towns to Doncaster?

Position of Doncaster relative to nearby towns. Distance is measured from the centre of Doncaster to the centre of the town.

south
2m
Doncaster is 2 miles south of Bentley
south-east
4m
Doncaster is 4 miles south-east of Adwick le Street
north-east
5m
Doncaster is 5 miles north-east of Conisbrough
north
6m
Doncaster is 6 miles north of Tickhill
east
7m
Doncaster is 7 miles east of Mexborough
east
7m
Doncaster is 7 miles east of Goldthorpe
north
7m
Doncaster is 7 miles north of Maltby
east
8m
Doncaster is 8 miles east of Bolton upon Dearne
east
8m
Doncaster is 8 miles east of Thurnscoe
north-west
8m
Doncaster is 8 miles north-west of Bawtry

What are the nearest cities to Doncaster?

Position of Doncaster relative to nearby cities. Distance is measured from the centre of Doncaster to the centre of the city.

north-east
17m
Doncaster is 17 miles north-east of Sheffield
south-east
19m
Doncaster is 19 miles south-east of Wakefield
south-east
26m
Doncaster is 26 miles south-east of Leeds
south
30m
Doncaster is 30 miles south of York
south-east
32m
Doncaster is 32 miles south-east of Bradford
north-west
32m
Doncaster is 32 miles north-west of Lincoln
south-west
36m
Doncaster is 36 miles south-west of Kingston upon Hull
north
39m
Doncaster is 39 miles north of Nottingham
north
44m
Doncaster is 44 miles north of Derby
south
45m
Doncaster is 45 miles south of Ripon

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