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Doncaster
| Doncaster | |
|---|---|
| City | |
Top to bottom, left to right: Doncaster Racecourse, St George's Minster, Corn Exchange, Civic Office, Lakeside and Cusworth Hall | |
  Doncaster Location within City of Doncaster  Doncaster Location within South Yorkshire | |
| Area | 43.5 km2 (16.8 sq mi) |
| Population | 87,455 (Built up area, 2021)[1] 308,100 (Borough, 2021)[2] |
| OS grid reference | SE575032 |
| Metropolitan borough | |
| Metropolitan county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Areas of the city | |
| Post town | DONCASTER |
| Postcode district | DN1-DN12 |
| Dialling code | 01302 |
| Police | South Yorkshire |
| Fire | South Yorkshire |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
| UK Parliament | |
| Website | www |
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Doncaster (/ˈdɒŋkəstər, -kæs-/ DONK-ə-stər, DONK-ast-ər)[3][4] is a city in South Yorkshire, England.[5] Named after the River Don, it is the administrative centre of the City of Doncaster metropolitan borough, and is the second largest settlement in South Yorkshire after Sheffield. Noted for its racing and railway history, it is situated in the Don Valley on the western edge of the Humberhead Levels and east of the Pennines.[6][7] It had a population of 87,455 at the 2021 census,[1] whilst its built-up area had a population of 160,220,[8] and the wider metropolitan borough had a population of 308,100.[2]
Adjacent to Doncaster to its east is the Isle of Axholme in Lincolnshire, which contains the towns of Haxey, Epworth and Crowle, and directly south is Harworth Bircotes in Nottinghamshire. Also, within the city's vicinity are Barnsley, Wakefield, Pontefract, Selby, Goole, Scunthorpe, Gainsborough, Retford, Worksop and Rotherham, to which Doncaster is linked by road and rail.
As part of the Platinum Jubilee Civic Honours, Doncaster received city status by Letters Patent.[9] A ceremony to confer city status took place at Mansion House on 9 November 2022 as part of a tour of Yorkshire by King Charles III and Queen Camilla.[10][11]
- ^ a b "Towns and cities, characteristics of built-up areas, England and Wales: Census 2021". Census 2021. Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 21 November 2023. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
- ^ a b "Population and household estimates, England and Wales: Census 2021". Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 6 June 2023. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
- ^ BBC Pronouncing Dictionary of British Names
- ^ "Doncaster". dictionary.com. Archived from the original on 11 October 2019. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
- ^ Council, Doncaster. "Doncaster City Status - City of Doncaster Council". www.doncaster.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 26 December 2023. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
- ^ "Humberhead Levels - Historic England". www.historicengland.org.uk. Archived from the original on 20 November 2022. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
- ^ "Visit Doncaster - Yorkshire's newest city". www.yorkshire.com. Archived from the original on 14 November 2023. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
- ^ "UNITED KINGDOM: Urban Areas in England". citypopulation.de. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
- ^ "Platinum Jubilee: Eight towns to be made cities for Platinum Jubilee". BBC News. 19 May 2022. Archived from the original on 30 May 2022. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
- ^ "The King is coming to Doncaster". Doncaster Council. Archived from the original on 3 November 2022. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
- ^ "Where will King Charles III visit during his first trip to Yorkshire as monarch?". ITV. 2 November 2022. Archived from the original on 2 November 2022. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
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