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Connections By Road

Doncaster is situated at the very heart of the UK and is extremely well-placed, with easy access to travel routes to other major cities within the county and beyond. The region is located on the A1(M) and M18 motorways and lies within 20 minutes of the important M1 and M62 motorways. 

Distance to Central London: Up to 200 miles
Distance to Birmingham: Up to 100 miles (Up to 2 hours)
Distance to Leeds: Up to 50 miles (Up to 1 hour)
Distance to Leicester: Up to 100 miles (Up to 1.5 hour)
Distance to Liverpool: Up to 100 miles (Up to 2 hours)
Distance to Manchester: Up to 50 miles (Up to 1.5 hour)
Distance to Sheffield: Up to 50 miles (Up to 1 hour)
Distance to Oxford: Up to 200 miles (Up to 3 hours)
Distance to Cambridge: Up to 150 miles (Up to 3 hours)

Connections By Rail

Doncaster is a mere 90 minutes away from London by rail on the East Coast Main Line. There are also fast rail links which provide easy access to Leeds, Edinburgh, Newcastle, Bristol, Birmingham, South Wales and the South West, plus Trans-Pennine routes to Manchester and Liverpool. In addition to the main line station, Doncaster has several smaller stations which are suitable for commuting into the town centre.

For freight, Doncaster International Railport is conveniently located near Junction 3 of the M18 and is run by Freightliner. Freightliner handles 37,000 deep sea containers each year.

Hours to Central London: Up to 2

Connections By Air

Doncaster is closely located near Robin Hood airport, the UK’s newest purpose built airport, where over one million passengers fly each year. In addition, the airport is one of the few in the UK that has the airfield infrastructure and surface access capability to handle large freight aircraft. 

Closest Airport: Doncaster Sheffield Airport
Distance to Birmingham: Up to 100 miles (Up to 2 hours)
Distance to Manchester: Up to 75 miles (Up to 1.5 hour)

Connections By Freight Ports

Doncaster is within an hour’s drive of the Humber Ports of Grimsby, Immingham, Hull and Goole, offering the UK’s largest port complex handling 40,000 international shipping movements every year.  The Humber Ports serve over 50 countries with direct shipping services and over 170 shipping lines operating regularly.

Distance to Liverpool: Up to 75 miles (Up to 1.5 hour)

Broadband / ICT Facilities

Broadband provision in Doncaster is excellent and is soon to get even better with the roll out of super-fast broadband that will provide connection speeds up to 25Mb/sec using state of the art technology across South Yorkshire. The initiative looks set to become the largest open-access infrastructure platform in the world and will ensure that business located in the area will maintain a competitive advantage over many of their rivals and undertake a range of advanced applications.