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Doncaster is a large town in South Yorkshire, England. It has a wide variety of shops and boasts spacious indoor and outdoor markets.

[edit] Understand

[edit] Tourist information

The tourist information centre is located on the High Street.

[edit] Get in

[edit] By air

Doncaster is situated approximately 6 miles from Robin Hood Airport where airlines such as Thomsonfly and Ryanair connect Doncaster to major European cities such as Dublin, Geneva and Amsterdam. Weekly long haul flights to the USA, Mexico and Dominican Republic run throughout the summer months. From May 2007, flyglobespan will proivide a weekly service to Toronto, Canada.

[edit] By train

Doncaster can be reached from most of England and part of Scotland. For more information, please see below.

[edit] GNER

GNER, who operate the railway station, operate trains to and from London to Leeds, Newcastle and Scotland.

[edit] Virgin Trains

Virgin Trains operate trains between the south and south-west coasts, Newcastle and Scotland.

[edit] Northern

Northern, or Northern Rail, operates local trains throughout Yorkshire and the north of England. They took over Arriva Trains Northern train services in October 2004.

[edit] Central Trains

Central Trains run daily services along the Doncaster to Lincoln route.

[edit] Transpennine Express

Transpennine Express operates routes from Doncaster to Manchester and Manchester Airport

[edit] Midland Mainline

Midland Mainline trains run from Yorkshire to London connection Doncaster directly to Nottingham, Leicester and to the Luton and Gatwick airports.

[edit] By bus

Bus services operate to Doncaster from all over South Yorkshire.

[edit] By car

There are plenty of car parks dotted around the town centre. The M18 motorway passes close to Doncaster and has links with the M1, M62 and A1.

[edit] Get around

[edit] See

• Conisborough Castle, take bus number X78 from the Doncaster Interchange and wait unil you see it to get off.

[edit] Do

[edit] Buy

Doncaster has a wide variety of shops, which include department stores, several large supermarkets, two indoor markets, two outdoor markets, charity shops, a large retail outlet known as the 'Lakeside Village' and much more.

[edit] Eat

[edit] Drink

Doncaster is awash with drinking establishments and is a pub crawler's dream with all the pubs within a concentrated area. Promise me one thing though when you visit Doncaster and indulge in your favourite pastime, visit possibly one of the best pubs the town has to offer, Tut 'n' Shive. Also never ever rely on Walkabout as a final destination, it so often puts a dampener on proceedings and leaves you with a bitter taste in your mouth. Probably that crappy Australian lager.

[edit] Sleep

[edit] Get out

Sheffield can be reached in under 20 minutes on the fastest trains

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