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Doncaster has an excellent standard of living and boasts a wide variety of leisure, cultural and sporting activities. Steeped in ancient history, the Borough also offers a mix of wonderful heritage sites, unspoilt countryside and nearby picturesque market towns and villages, proving to be an excellent location to work and live.

There is so much to include within Doncaster, with many amazing developments taking place and leisure activities to enjoy. Two thirds of the town is rural, giving the people of Doncaster picturesque countryside as well as the working and shopping aspects. The town centre is packed with history and character, plus has many fantastic architectural specimens.

The Frenchgate Centre and Transport Interchange has been a great success and is one of the largest town centre shopping centres in the country, with over 1.4million shoppers and passengers each month. Doncaster also has its historical side with Consibrough Castle, the oldest such keep in England (1180s), BrodsworthHall and enchanted gardens and CusworthHall (museum of South Yorkshire life) and parkland. Yorkshire Wildlife Park is one of the newest additions to Doncaster’s leisure calendar, with the UK’s first walk through safari park.

Within less than 90 minutes drive you can be walking in the Yorkshire Dales, shopping in one of the largest shopping centre’s in the UK, experiencing extreme sports at Xscape, or dipping your toes in the sea on the East Coast. Doncaster is your gateway to a wide variety of exciting experiences and interesting places to visit.

Housing

Average house prices in Doncaster

Doncaster has a wide and diverse housing stock - from town houses to countryside properties and housing estates to apartments. There is a wide choice of potential homes at a range of prices. 

The table below gives an idea of the average prices in the town and in the South Yorkshire area. 

Source: www.home.co.uk 

Education

A number of Doncaster’s investors have joined up with nearby universities to take advantage of the fantastic research facilities available in sports science, IT, product development, engineering and construction, and many more. In addition, these educational establishments have produced a pool of high calibre graduates from their long established business and law schools. Doncaster also has the best performing primary schools in South Yorkshire according to the latest National Primary School League Table results.The Borough is ranked 81st out of a total of 150 Local Education Authorities for primary schools achieving the national level 4 benchmark at Key Stage 2 in English, maths and science –outperforming the nearest neighbouring authority by over 50 league places.