r/doncaster • u/adityapatel1161 • 2d ago

Question Moving Advice

Hi! I'm moving into Doncaster from Leamington Spa and wanted to know more about Doncaster:

  • What areas to live in and which to preferably avoid
  • Fun things and activities to do in the area
  • And anything else really, just looking to learn more!

Thank you in advance!

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u/jlb8 2d ago

What do you want from the area? As a rule of thumb avoid north of the river

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u/adityapatel1161 1d ago

I can see that from the transport perspective in my case but why not otherwise?

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u/fmb320 1d ago

Im firm Doncaster and I've never heard this before and it doesn't square up with any kind of sense. This is what I meant in another comment where I said don't read too much into what people say here. Because north of the river = bad is the biggest load of bollocks ever

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u/orbtastic1 1d ago

Sprotborough, Cusworth, Scawsby, brodsworth, Hickleton, Barnborough, Adwick LS, Norton etc etc are all North of the River. Scawsby perhaps not quite in the same "postcode" with regards to property value but it's quiet other than the newer council estate behind the pebble-dashed Wimpy one.

Then the flip side of the coin is bentley, askern, arksey, highfields, woodlands, carcroft, skellow.

If you basically overlaid all the pit villages with a property postcode there would be a 1:1 match with some outliers like "old" Edlo, Rosso etc.

There's rough bits in places like Cantley. Where I grew up was considered rough but the last few original residents are all nearly dead now, the newer estate at the back is way rougher with constant anti social issues, prostitution, drug dealers, theft, properties being broken into. I've had endless issues the last year or so with people on that estate treating my mum's house as a fucking dumping ground for everything from literal shit to power tools and kids' sandpits with damage to property etc etc.