Bawtry
South Yorkshire
The gateway to Yorkshire from the south, Bawtry has been busy with road traffic ever since Roman times. Then it was the crossing point of the River Idle on the western alternative route of Ermine Street, a Roman road from London via Lincoln to York. The route avoided the crossing of the wide River Humber on the more direct route.
The A1 road followed the route of the Great North Road making Bawtry an increasingly congested bottleneck in an age of increasing car ownership. The A1(M) Doncaster bypass, a short stretch of early motorway, opened in 1961 and brought some relief, but the town remains busy with traffic with the convergance of six A-road routes into the town.
Bawtry used to have a station on the Great Northern Railway main line just north of the low viaduct which skirts the eastern side of the town. The station closed to passengers in the mid-1960s, although regular services had stopped a few years earlier, and goods traffic ceased in 1971. The line was subsequently upgraded for 125mph running as part of what has now become known as the East Coast Main Line.
The town still seems to owe something to its coaching inn past with a hotel and a good selection of restaurants to provide a great welcome to Yorkshire for weary travellers in their many cars.
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Travel

Bus travel
The town has buses to neighbouring towns and villages.
Road travel
Bawtry can be reached via the A638 A614 A631
Air travel
Doncaster Sheffield Airport (Robin Hood Airport) is nearby. See airports.
Places to visit
Cusworth Hall
Cusworth Lane, Doncaster
Situated two miles north of Doncaster, off the More information at these
Doncaster Council - Cusworth Hall web pages.

South Yorkshire Aircraft Museum
Dakota Way, Airbourne Road, Doncaster
The museum has a collection of aircraft from the first air show to be held in Britain, held at Doncaster Racecourse in 1909, together with more modern preserved light aircraft and jets. It is located about a mile to the south east of the town centre. For opening times see the museum's website. Details at
South Yorkshire Aircraft Museum website.

Conisbrough Castle
The castle is situated in the small town of Conisbrough, about five miles south-west of Doncaster and seven miles north-east of Rotherham. Its tall circular cylindrical keep has had its walls and roofs restored to create a feeling of how the castle would have been in the late 12th century when it was built. In 1201, the castle had a royal visit, when King John stayed there. The castle became famous through fiction as the inspiration for Sir Walter Scott's 'Ivanhoe'. The historic site is managed by English Heritage.
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Brodsworth Hall and Gardens
BrodsworthThe Victorian country house at Brodsworth, about 5 miles north-west of Doncaster, was built in 1860, surrounded by beautiful gardens. It remained largely unchanged through its lifetime and is now being conserved by English Heritage. Yorkshire bands perform at the hall most Sundays during the summer. A car park for the hall can be accessed from Church Lane, between the villages of Marr and Brodsworth.
More information at the

Yorkshire Wildlife Park
Hurst Lane, Auckley, Doncaster
The Yorkshire Wildlife Park, about 4 miles south-east of Doncaster, was created at a former farm and riding school in 2009. Over the years it has grown and it is now the outdoor home of 400 animals of 70 different species, including polar bears, lions, tigers and leopards and a whole range of other animals native to Africa, South America and other parts of the world. A few of the species can be visited within their enclosures. A recent addition has been the addition of animatronic versions of long-extinct dinosaur species. Just outside the park gates, The Hive offers craft and gift shops, dining and a hotel. Further details at the
Yorkshire Wildlife Park website.

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Yorkshire Wildlife Park

The Trolleybus Museum at Sandtoft
Belton Road, Sandtoft, North Lincolnshire
Although just outside the Yorkshire border at the former RAF Sandtoft airfield in North Lincolnshire, the museum is only a 12-mile drive from Doncaster. It lays claim to having the world's largest collection of preserved trolleybuses and includes many examples of trolleybuses used in Yorkshire, including those from the fleets of More information at
The Trolleybus Museum at Sandtoft website.

Emergency services
South Yorkshire Police 
South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue

Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust

Local government
Civil parish council
Bawtry Town CouncilProvides some local services in the area.
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Metropolitan district council
Doncaster is one of four metropolitan district authorities within the county of South Yorkshire.
It covers Doncaster and many other towns and villages within a radius of between 7 to 10 miles from centrally-placed Doncaster.
Unusually within Yorkshire, the district council is run by an executive-powered elected mayor, who is supported by a cabinet. The mayor chooses the cabinet from elected councillors.
The elected mayor system means that Doncaster Council has two elections to organise, one for the elected mayor and one for councillors. The mayor and all councillors are selected in elections every four years, the most recent election being in 2021.
The election of 55 councillors is done across 21 wards with two or three councillors elected in each ward. Eight councillors currently serve under the chairmanship of the mayor on the cabinet.
Doncaster is the responsibility of an elected mayor:
Elected mayor:Political composition of the councillors after the May 2021 election:
55 members
Link to
Doncaster council website.

County strategic authority
South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined AuthorityCovers combined services including public transport, housing, infrastructure and regeneration and adult education in




Elected mayor:

Police and Crime Commissioner
This role becomes the responsibility of the elected South Yorkshire mayor after the May 2024 election.
Fire Authority
South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue AuthorityThe fire authority is made up of elected members of each of the four metropolitan district councils of South Yorkshire - Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield.

Parliamentary constituency
Doncaster East and the Isle of AxholmeElected MP: