Local Area Info

Location:
Doncaster is located in South Yorkshire, close to Sheffield and Rotherham and is about 30 miles south of Leeds, and 170 miles north of London.

Transportation Services:
Doncaster is linked to the UK motorway network by the A1(M), M18 and M180. The M18 and M180 motorways provide excellent access to the Humber Ports of Hull and Grimsby & Immingham, 1 hour’s drive away. The M1 and M62 motorways are also nearby. There is a Channel Tunnel rail freight depot offering a direct link with the Channel Tunnel through to Europe. The new International Doncaster Finningley Airport started commercial flights early this year, whilst elsewhere in the region there is a small City Airport at Sheffield and a further four international airports are within 50 miles at Manchester, Leeds/Bradford, Humberside and East Midlands.

South Yorkshire, surprising facts: Available land… • 330 hectares of land has been reclaimed and readied for development in South Yorkshire • 1,135 hectares of land in the area has been designated for commercial development to the end of 2006 Overseas investment… • There are 203 foreign-owned businesses already operating in South Yorkshire Other Regeneration Projects in Doncaster … • Finningley Airport • Frenchgate Interchange • Lakeside • Doncaster Education City and Waterfront • Doncaster Racecourse • Firstpoint Key clusters… • There are 1,711 companies in South Yorkshire's advanced manufacturing and metals cluster employing 42,886 people • There are 1,600 business, professional and financial services organisations in South Yorkshire employing around 30,000 people • Sheffield's Cultural Industries Quarter alone is home to over 300 organisations employing around 3,000 people Accessibility… • 21 million people are within two hours' drive of South Yorkshire • Two million people will travel through Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield by 2014