The neighbouring settlements of Adwick le Street and Carcroft sit on the northern edge of Doncaster in South Yorkshire, where suburban streets meet open countryside. The name Adwick le Street hints at its origin on a Roman "street", and the area still benefits from lanes, pockets of woodland and local parks that lend a semi-rural feel.
Both places grew up around coal mining, and that industrial past still shapes local identity in Carcroft, but the economy has shifted towards light industry, retail and commuting, with a local railway station and good road links to the A1(M) helping journeys into Doncaster and Sheffield. Community clubs, sports teams and village-scale facilities keep a strong local spirit despite proximity to the larger town.
Postcode districts covering Adwick le Street & Carcroft
Most populated places nearby
- Sheffield 17.4 miles
- Leeds 21.7 miles
- Rotherham 12.2 miles
- Doncaster 4.6 miles
- Chesterfield 24.5 miles
- Wakefield 15.1 miles
- Scunthorpe 22.2 miles
- Barnsley 11.3 miles
- Castleford 12.2 miles
- Morley 20.9 miles
- Dewsbury 19.8 miles
- Batley 21.3 miles
Neighbouring places
- Adwick le Street Built-up area 0.1 miles
- Toll Bar Built-up area 1.4 miles
- Brodsworth Parish 1.5 miles
- Burghwallis Parish 2 miles
- Owston Parish 2.2 miles
- Scawthorpe and Cusworth Built-up area 2.3 miles
- Roman Ridge Ward 2.3 miles
- Hampole Parish 2.4 miles
- Bentley Built-up area 2.5 miles
- Marr Parish 2.8 miles
- Arksey Built-up area 2.9 miles
- Thorpe in Balne Parish 3.4 miles
Example postcodes in Adwick le Street & Carcroft
DN6 8HH, DN6 7TT, DN6 8EF, DN6 7EA, DN6 7PD, DN6 8HQ, DN6 7RZ, DN6 7TR, DN6 8QD … See all
Transport links
- Doncaster Sheffield Airport 9.8 miles
- Leeds Bradford International Airport 28 miles
- Adwick Railway Station 0.4 miles
- Bentley 2.5 miles
Hotels near Adwick le Street & Carcroft Ad
- Owston Hall Hotel 3 1.7 miles
- Holiday Inn Doncaster A1- M Jct 36 3 5 miles
- The Earl of Doncaster Hotel 4 4.7 miles
- Hilton Garden Inn Doncaster Racecourse 4 4.9 miles
- Travelodge Doncaster 3 1.5 miles
- Regent Hotel Doncaster 3 4.3 miles
- Mercure Danum Hotel Centre 3 4.1 miles
- Holiday Inn Express Doncaster 3 5.8 miles
- Premier Inn Doncaster Central 3 3.9 miles
- Danum Hotel 3 4.1 miles
Schools in Adwick le Street & Carcroft
- Carcroft Primary School Primary
- Highfields Primary Academy Primary
- North Ridge Community School Special
- Outwood Academy Adwick Secondary
- St Joseph and St Teresa's Catholic Primary School Primary
- The Ridge Employability College Special
Local points of interest
- Hampole Priory Historic site 2.3 miles
- Cusworth Hall Museum Museum 3 miles
- South Yorkshire Aircraft Museum Museum 5.1 miles
- Doncaster Racecourse Recreation 5.3 miles
- Keepmoat Stadium Stadium 5.3 miles
- Potteric Carr Nature Reserve Nature reserve 5.9 miles
- Sandall Beat Wood Forest 6.3 miles
- Cortonwood Colliery Shopping centre 9.3 miles
- Nostell Priory Country house 9.9 miles
- Pontefract Racecourse Recreation 10.7 miles
- Elsecar Heritage Centre Museum 10.9 miles
- Oakwell Stadium 11.5 miles