Stainforth is a small civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster in South Yorkshire, set on the flat, low-lying landscape of the Humberhead Levels close to the River Don and neighbouring wetlands such as Thorne Moors. Its setting of reclaimed peat and clay gives the area broad skies, drainage ditches and a strong connection to outdoor pursuits like angling and birdwatching, particularly around the local canal and moors.
Historically the community was shaped by agriculture and later by coal mining in the wider Hatfield and Stainforth area, and that industrial legacy still colours local life; today it combines light industry, local services and commuting into Doncaster. Leisure on the Stainforth and Keadby Canal, easy rail links via Hatfield and Stainforth railway station and active village institutions such as churches, clubs and pubs help maintain a distinct local identity.
Postcode districts covering Stainforth
Most populated places nearby
- Sheffield 22.9 miles
- Rotherham 17.8 miles
- Doncaster 5.9 miles
- Wakefield 20.4 miles
- Scunthorpe 15.7 miles
- Barnsley 17.9 miles
- Castleford 15.6 miles
- Pontefract 13.1 miles
- Worksop 19.8 miles
- Bentley 5.8 miles
- Selby 13 miles
- Lofthouse and Robin Hood 21.4 miles
Neighbouring places
- Stainforth Built-up area 0.5 miles
- Stainforth & Barnby Dun Ward 0.8 miles
- Kirk Bramwith Parish 1.3 miles
- Fishlake Built-up area 1.5 miles
- Dunscroft and Hatfield Built-up area 1.6 miles
- Barnby Dun Built-up area 1.9 miles
- Barnby Dun with Kirk Sandall Parish 1.9 miles
- West End Built-up area 2.5 miles
- Edenthorpe & Kirk Sandall Ward 2.9 miles
- Kirk Sandall and Edenthorpe Built-up area 3 miles
- Thorne Built-up area 3.1 miles
- Edenthorpe Parish 3.1 miles
Example postcodes in Stainforth
DN7 5QP, DN7 5PG, DN7 5SH, DN7 5NJ, DN7 5RP, DN7 5NE, DN7 5TP, DN7 5EJ, DN7 5SB … See all
Transport links
- Doncaster Sheffield Airport 7.8 miles
- Leeds Bradford International Airport 31.8 miles
- Hatfield and Stainforth Railway Station 0.5 miles
- Kirk Sandall Railway Station 2.8 miles
Hotels near Stainforth Ad
- Hilton Garden Inn Doncaster Racecourse 4 5.9 miles
- Owston Hall Hotel 3 5.6 miles
- The Earl of Doncaster Hotel 4 6.2 miles
- Hex Wildlife Hotel 6.7 miles
- Best Western Premier Doncaster Mount Pleasant Hotel 4 8.4 miles
- The Reindeer Inn 6.6 miles
- Holiday Inn Express Doncaster 3 7.6 miles
- The Station Restaurant & Bar 5 7.5 miles
- Regent Hotel 3 6.3 miles
- Toby Carvery Doncaster by Innkeeper's Collection 3 6.6 miles
Schools in Stainforth
- Holy Family Catholic Primary School Primary
- Long Toft Primary School Primary
- Stainforth Kirton Lane Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Sandall Beat Wood Forest 5.5 miles
- Doncaster Racecourse Recreation 5.7 miles
- South Yorkshire Aircraft Museum Museum 6.3 miles
- Keepmoat Stadium Stadium 6.7 miles
- Potteric Carr Nature Reserve Nature reserve 7.3 miles
- Cusworth Hall Museum Museum 7.4 miles
- Hampole Priory Historic site 8.4 miles
- Glanford Park Stadium 13.9 miles
- Pontefract Racecourse Recreation 14.3 miles
- Roche Abbey Archaeological site 14.6 miles
- Nostell Priory Country house 15.2 miles
- Fairnurn Ings Nature reserve 15.3 miles