Finningley is a small, mainly rural ward in the northern part of the metropolitan borough of Doncaster, set in low-lying agricultural country close to the A1(M) and the market town of Bawtry. The landscape is shaped by arable fields and drainage channels such as the River Torne, and the ward’s location makes it a quiet commuter and farming community with easy road links toward Doncaster and Sheffield.
The area is best known for its aviation heritage: the former RAF base at RAF Finningley later became Doncaster Sheffield Airport, bringing national attention through military use and airshows and providing local employment until the airport’s closure in 2022. That legacy, together with continuing farming, a compact village community centred on the church and village hall, and ongoing redevelopment interest on former airfield land, gives the ward a mix of historic, social and economic threads uncommon in such a small place.
Postcode districts covering Finningley
Most populated places nearby
- Sheffield 20.2 miles
- Rotherham 15.6 miles
- Doncaster 4.3 miles
- Chesterfield 25 miles
- Wakefield 23.7 miles
- Scunthorpe 15.8 miles
- Barnsley 19.1 miles
- Castleford 20.4 miles
- Pontefract 17.7 miles
- Worksop 14 miles
- Bentley 6.3 miles
- Staveley 22 miles
Neighbouring places
- Auckley Built-up area 0.5 miles
- Cantley Parish 0.9 miles
- Blaxton Built-up area 1.1 miles
- Branton Built-up area 1.1 miles
- Finningley Built-up area 1.4 miles
- Armthorpe Built-up area 2.5 miles
- Bessacarr Ward 3 miles
- Rossington Parish 3.1 miles
- Rossington & Bawtry Ward 3.6 miles
- New Rossington and Rossington Built-up area 3.7 miles
- Edenthorpe Parish 3.9 miles
- Hatfield Woodhouse Built-up area 4 miles
Example postcodes in Finningley
DN9 3PY, DN3 3NX, DN4 6ER, DN9 3FT, DN4 6XW, DN9 3GA, DN3 3QZ, DN9 3PX, DN9 3GE … See all
Transport links
- Doncaster Sheffield Airport 1.6 miles
- Leeds Bradford International Airport 36.4 miles
- Kirk Sandall Railway Station 4.8 miles
- Doncaster Railway Station 5.4 miles
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Schools in Finningley
- Auckley Primary Academy Primary
- Branton St Wilfrid's C of E Primary School Primary
- Hatchell Wood Primary Academy Primary
- Hayfield Lane Primary School Primary
- Hill House School Independent - all ages
- New College Doncaster Further education
- St Oswald's C of E Academy Primary
- The Hayfield School Secondary
- The McAuley Catholic High School Secondary
Local points of interest
- Sandall Beat Wood Forest 2.4 miles
- Doncaster Racecourse Recreation 3.6 miles
- South Yorkshire Aircraft Museum Museum 4.1 miles
- Potteric Carr Nature Reserve Nature reserve 4.2 miles
- Keepmoat Stadium Stadium 4.2 miles
- Cusworth Hall Museum Museum 7 miles
- Roche Abbey Archaeological site 10 miles
- Hampole Priory Historic site 10.9 miles
- Glanford Park Stadium 14.1 miles
- Heynings Priory Historic site 15.4 miles
- Cortonwood Colliery Shopping centre 15.5 miles
- Elsecar Heritage Centre Museum 16.8 miles