DN6 7AW Doncaster
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Adwick le Street & Carcroft. Region: Yorkshire and The Humber.
Streets
- Planet Road, Adwick le Street: 35 addresses
- Church Lane, Adwick le Street: 2 addresses
- Adwick Lane, Doncaster: 1 address
Council tax
What each band costs in Doncaster in 2026-27: Band D £2,168 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,445 | £1,686 | £1,927 | £2,168 | £2,649 | £3,131 | £3,613 | £4,336 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band A (96% of about 670 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this postcode is in one.
- Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: none.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- Suite Express House, 39A Skellow Road, Carcroft, not permissioned (770 m)
- Suite Express House, 39A Skellow Road, Carcroft, Doncaster, DN6 8HQ, permissioned (770 m)
- Land Side Of Central Garage, High Street, Carcroft, Doncaster, permissioned (1.0 km)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 3 at medium risk and 1 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: of the 1 homes the Environment Agency counts, 0 are in areas at high risk, 0 medium, 1 low and 0 very low.
High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.
Flood zone for planning: the postcode centre is in flood zone 2. Zone 2 is between 0.1% and 1% a year from rivers (0.1% and 0.5% from the sea), ignoring defences.
Height above sea level
The postcode's 38 addresses are between 6 m and 8 m above sea level (7 m on average).
Broadband
Superfast 100%, ultrafast 100%, gigabit 100% of premises; 0% cannot get 10 Mbit/s. Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026.
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Adwick 176,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 260 m |
| Bentley (South Yorkshire) 158,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.0 km | |
| Doncaster 4.5 million journeys in 2024–25 | 6.4 km | |
| Bus stops | 5 stops within 400 m, 14 within 800 m; nearest Church Lane/Victoria Road Adwick le Street | 190 m |
| Bus or coach station | Greyfriars Road/X1 Doncaster Town Centre | 6.1 km |
| EV charging points | 1 within 1.6 km; nearest MFG Charging Station | 1.2 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Leeds Bradford Airport LBA | 45.3 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Great North Medical Group | 1.0 km |
| Pharmacies | 6 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Asda Pharmacy | 1.0 km |
| NHS dentists | 3 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Carcroft Dental Surgery | 1.0 km |
| Hospital | Cheswold Park Hospital | 5.6 km |
| Police station | Doncaster Police Station | 7.0 km |
| Cash machines | General Store and Off Licence Cashzone | 1.0 km |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 5.0 ha | 1.1 km |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 2,260 m² | 630 m |
| Playing field | 2 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 2.0 ha | 220 m |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m; nearest Skellow Road Allotments 2,930 m² | 740 m |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Church of St Laurence, a listed building (Grade II*), 390 m south-west. 4 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Church of St Laurence | Listed building, Grade II* | 390 m south-west |
| Cross in the churchyard of St Laurence's Church, Adwick le Street | Scheduled monument | 400 m south-west |
| Skellow market cross | Scheduled monument | 1.9 km north-west |
| Cromwell's Batteries motte and bailey castle, Skellow | Scheduled monument | 1.9 km north-west |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Old Ea Beck | Lake or reservoir | 1.1 km north-west |
| Randall Croft Wood | Wood | 1.8 km north-east |
| Beck Hill Plantation | Wood | 1.9 km south-west |
| Middle Plantation | Wood | 1.9 km south-west |
| Windmill Hill | Hill | 2.1 km north |
| Deep Dale | Valley | 2.5 km west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 8.0 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.1 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 12.9 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; PM2.5 is above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 65 to 69 | 2 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 3 | 8 |
| 55 to 59 | 4 | 12 |
| Under 55 | 29 | 18 |
9 of the postcode's 38 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, and 20 at 55 dB or more from railways, above the WHO guidelines.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 38 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 21% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 16% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 50% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 29% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 10% | 17% |
| Private rented | 40% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 49% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 7% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 21% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 10% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 17% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 58% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 2% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 6% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 13% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 57% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 6% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 14% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 30% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 8% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 98% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 2 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of England's 33,755 neighbourhoods and 10 the least.
The full dossier for this postcode's main street is on Planet Road.