Doncaster

The City of Doncaster is a metropolitan borough with city status in , England. It is named after its principal settlement, , and includes the surrounding suburbs of Doncaster as well as numerous towns and villages.
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Wikipedia
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  • Type: metropolitan borough with 320,000 residents
  • Description: metropolitan borough of South Yorkshire in Yorkshire and the Humber Region of England
  • Also known as: “Borough of Doncaster”, “City of Doncaster”, “City of Doncaster Metropolitan Borough”, and “Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Keepmoat Stadium and Dome Leisure Centre.

Stadium
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The Club Doncaster Sports Village is a multi-purpose stadium in , 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.

Sports venue
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The is an arena and leisure centre in , 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 's first ever split level ice skating rink.

Museum
The is a volunteer-led museum located at Lakeside in , , . It occupies the former site of the Royal Air Force Station, RAF Doncaster.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Doncaster and Bessacarr.

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is an industrial city in in the north of England, with a population of about 110,000 in 2019. It's a metropolitan borough which also includes the towns of Bawtry, Mexborough, Conisbrough, Hatfield and Stainforth.

Suburb
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is a suburb on the south-east edge of , , England. Consisting of mostly private residential development from the 1960s onward, it also contains some of the most expensive property in Doncaster, around St Wildfrid's Road and Warning Tongue Lane.

Suburb
is a suburb of in , England. The area borders , a large area of public land based on Town Moor Avenue. It contains 'Town Moor' which is part of the electoral ward, although 'Town Fields' is a local Doncaster Council administrative area which encompasses the Town Moor district.

Doncaster

Latitude
53.5° or 53° 30′ north
Longitude
-1.0833° or 1° 5′ west
Population
320,000
Elevation
39 feet (12 metres)
Abbreviation
“DNC”
Open location code
9C5WGW28+2M
Geo­Names ID
3333143
Wiki­data ID
Q1925846
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Welsh—“Doncaster” goes by many names.
  • Azerbaijani: “Donkaster”
  • Belarusian: “бора Данкастэр”
  • Belarusian: “Данкастэр”
  • Breton: “Distrig Doncaster”
  • Bulgarian: “Донкастър (община)”
  • Bulgarian: “Донкастър”
  • Catalan: “Doncaster”
  • Cebuano: “Doncaster”
  • Chinese: “Doncaster”
  • Chinese: “唐卡斯特都市自治市”
  • Chinese: “唐卡斯特都會自治市”
  • Chinese: “頓卡斯特都會自治市鎮”
  • Dutch: “Doncaster”
  • Dutch: “Metropolitan borough of Doncaster”
  • Dutch: “Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster”
  • Finnish: “Doncaster”
  • French: “Cité de Doncaster”
  • French: “district métropolitain de Doncaster”
  • German: “Doncaster (Borough)”
  • German: “GB-DNC”
  • German: “Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster”
  • Irish: “Doncaster”
  • Italian: “Città di Doncaster”
  • Italian: “Doncaster”
  • Italian: “Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster”
  • Japanese: “メトロポリタン・バラ・オブ・ドンカスター”
  • Korean: “동커스터 도시 자치구”
  • Latvian: “Donkastera (boro)”
  • Latvian: “Donkastera”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Doncaster (koān)”
  • Northern Frisian: “City of Doncaster”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Doncaster”
  • Norwegian: “Doncaster”
  • Persian: “کلان‌شهر مستقل دانکستر”
  • Polish: “Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster”
  • Russian: “Донкастер”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Doncaster”
  • Spanish: “Municipio metropolitano de Doncaster”
  • Swedish: “City of Doncaster”
  • Swedish: “Doncaster”
  • Swedish: “Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster”
  • Ukrainian: “Донкастер”
  • Urdu: “میٹروپولیٹن بورو ڈانکاسٹر”
  • Welsh: “Bwrdeistref Fetropolitan Doncaster”

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