Travel Doncaster

Doncaster is a town in South Yorkshire, England and the principal settlement of the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster. The town is located approximately twenty miles from Sheffield and is popularly referred to by some of its residents as Donny. Doncaster has a new International airport and its centre has undergone regeneration including the development of an Education City campus, currently the largest education investment of its kind in the UK. There are many Doncaster hotels around the city. But doncaster airport hotels seems to be the best for me as it is nearer to the airport. Doncaster has also recently extended the Frenchgate Centre, a shopping center and transport interchange. Robin Hood Doncaster Sheffield Airport commenced operation on April 28, 2005. The airport was created following the redevelopment of the former RAF station RAF Finningley, that had closed in 1994. The airport serves many destinations through principal carrier Thomsonfly as well as several others. During its first year of operation, the airport handled over 900,000 passengers. Doncaster is the 15th largest population center in the UK outside London. The borough expanded dramatically in population with the development of the coal mining industry. Closure of coal mines in the 1970s and 1980s caused some economic difficulties, the town relied then to a greater extent on tertiary industries; the already good communication links with the rest of the UK supported this development. The town is situated on the A1(M) and M18 motorways, and is within 20 minutes of the key M1 and M62 motorways. Doncaster is also an important railway town, serving the East Coast Mainline.

Despite some local opposition, over the years much of the traditional housing in the town center has been razed. Inevitably controversial decisions in this regard were taken, including clearance for building of a ring road that cut off St George’s parish church, now St George’s Minster, from the town center. The town center has undergone some regeneration in recent years with private and public investment taking place. Presently central Doncaster provides a strong retail and commercial focal point.