DN6 8JN Doncaster
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Adwick le Street & Carcroft. Region: Yorkshire and The Humber.
Streets
- Skellow Road, Adwick le Street: 9 addresses
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 (45% of about 560 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this postcode is in one.
- Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: 3.
- 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
- BARN ALONGSIDE FOOTPATH IMMEDIATELY TO WEST OF PREMISES OF DENBAR POTATOES, grade II
- BARN END ON TO FOOTPATH IMMEDIATELY TO WEST OF PREMISES OF DENBAR POTATOES, grade II
- SOUTH FARM HOUSE, grade II
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- Land At Corner Of Repton Road And, Sandyfields View, Skellow, Doncaster, DN6 8JQ, permissioned (560 m)
Flood risk
No address in this postcode is in an area at high, medium or low risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. The rest are in areas at very low risk: less than a 0.1% (1 in 1,000) chance a year.
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 addresses are about 12 m above sea level.
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 | 2.0 km |
| Bentley (South Yorkshire) 158,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.7 km | |
| South Elmsall 289,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.8 km | |
| Bus stops | 7 stops within 400 m, 30 within 800 m; nearest Skellow Road/Hawthorne Crescent | 140 m |
| Bus or coach station | South Elmsall Bus Station | 5.9 km |
| EV charging points | MFG Charging Station | 1.8 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Leeds Bradford Airport LBA | 43.5 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Great North Medical Group | 910 m |
| Pharmacies | 4 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Weldricks Pharmacy | 290 m |
| NHS dentists | 3 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Skellow Dental Practice | 380 m |
| Hospital | Cheswold Park Hospital | 7.4 km |
| Police station | West Yorkshire Police | 8.0 km |
| Cash machines | SGN Ltd - White Rose, Skellow Cashzone | 1.1 km |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 5.0 ha | 410 m |
| Play area | 3 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 730 m² | 690 m |
| Playing field | 3 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 6.4 ha | 540 m |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m; nearest Chestnut Avenue Silver Jubilee Allotments 4,180 m² | 730 m |
Within 800 m: 1 park or garden, 5.0 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Skellow market cross, a scheduled monument, 140 m west. 5 listed buildings are within 1.0 km.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Skellow market cross | Scheduled monument | 140 m west |
| Cromwell's Batteries motte and bailey castle, Skellow | Scheduled monument | 210 m west |
| Cross in the churchyard of St Helen's Church | Scheduled monument | 1.7 km north |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Stony Flat Plantation | Wood | 810 m north-east |
| Skellow Cross Plantation | Wood | 840 m north-east |
| Old Ea Beck | Lake or reservoir | 870 m south |
| Cuckoo Plantation | Wood | 880 m west |
| Windmill Hill | Hill | 1.5 km north-east |
| Deep Dale | Valley | 1.9 km south-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 7.9 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.1 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 13.1 | 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 | 1 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 3 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 2 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 3 | 9 |
6 of the postcode's 9 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 43 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 15% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 18% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 57% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 36% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 11% | 17% |
| Private rented | 33% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 59% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 21% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 8% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 15% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 69% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 3% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 5% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 10% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 64% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 4% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 15% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 29% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 4% | 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 4 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 Skellow Road.