DN6 7QB Doncaster
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Adwick le Street & Carcroft. Region: Yorkshire and The Humber.
Streets
- Fourth Avenue, Adwick le Street: 14 addresses
- Welfare Road, Adwick le Street: 4 addresses
- Great North Road, Adwick le Street: 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 (95% of about 630 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this postcode is in one.
- Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: 1.
- 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.
Listed buildings
- Miners' Welfare Institute, grade II
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- Woodland View, Edwin Road, Woodlands: up to 18 homes, permissioned (620 m)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 2 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: no home is in an area at risk.
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: no postcode centre is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Height above sea level
The postcode's 19 addresses are between 25 m and 27 m above sea level (26 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 | 1.3 km |
| Bentley (South Yorkshire) 158,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.1 km | |
| Doncaster 4.5 million journeys in 2024–25 | 5.4 km | |
| Bus stops | 6 stops within 400 m, 21 within 800 m; nearest Welfare Road/Fifth Avenue Woodlands | 120 m |
| Bus or coach station | Greyfriars Road/X1 Doncaster Town Centre | 5.1 km |
| EV charging points | 1 within 1.6 km; nearest MFG Charging Station | 1.3 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Leeds Bradford Airport LBA | 46.0 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Great North Medical Group | 2.4 km |
| Pharmacies | 3 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Weldricks Pharmacy | 300 m |
| NHS dentists | Carcroft Dental Surgery | 2.4 km |
| Hospital | Cheswold Park Hospital | 4.5 km |
| Police station | Doncaster Police Station | 6.1 km |
| Cash machines | 3 machines within 800 m; nearest General Store and Off Licence Cashzone | 470 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 2 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 8.7 ha | 290 m |
| Play area | 3 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 1,080 m² | 210 m |
| Playing field | 5 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 1.7 ha | 30 m |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 1.8 ha | 460 m |
Within 800 m: 2 parks and gardens, 12 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Roman Ridge, Roman road, NW of Doncaster, a scheduled monument, 680 m south-west. 22 listed buildings are within 1.0 km.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Roman Ridge, Roman road, NW of Doncaster | Scheduled monument | 680 m south-west |
| Cross in the churchyard of St Laurence's Church, Adwick le Street | Scheduled monument | 1.1 km north |
| Castle Hills motte and bailey castle, Langthwaite, Adwick le Street | Scheduled monument | 1.5 km south-east |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Middle Plantation | Wood | 560 m south-west |
| Hanging Wood | Wood | 590 m south |
| Beck Hill Plantation | Wood | 740 m west |
| Common Hill | Hill | 1.6 km south-west |
| Radcliffe Moat | Lake or reservoir | 1.8 km south-east |
| Deep Dale | Valley | 2.7 km north-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 8.3 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.2 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 13.0 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Under 55 | 19 | 19 |
None of the postcode's 19 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road or rail traffic.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 36 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 19% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 10% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 69% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 28% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 14% | 17% |
| Private rented | 17% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 66% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 6% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 12% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 5% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 16% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 65% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 3% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 8% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 9% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 74% | 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) | 22% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 21% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 7% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 97% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 3 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 Fourth Avenue.