England · United Kingdom
Where to stay in Doncaster
Doncaster is a city in England, United Kingdom, home to about 110,000 people. This guide covers 3 hotels in Doncaster, with about 240 rooms between them. Every one carries a published guest score, and the list below is ordered by it.
- Places to stay in this guide
- 3
- Best months
- June to September
- Nearest airport
- LBA52 km · Leeds Bradford Airport
- Currency
- GBPpound sterling
- Time zone
- Europe/London
- Language
- Cornish, English, Irish
About
About Doncaster
Doncaster ( DONK-ə-stər, DONK-ast-ər) is a city in South Yorkshire, England. Named after the River Don, it is the administrative centre of the City of Doncaster metropolitan borough, and is the second largest settlement in South Yorkshire after Sheffield.
"Donny" to the Romans was Danum. Their main highway Ermine Street ran from London through Lincoln to the Humber then to York, but ferrying across the Humber was sometimes impractical. So they created an alternative route through Danum that in modern times became the Great North Road then A1. Doncaster grew with trade but remained a small market town until the 19th century, when it industrialised through coal-mining. The South Yorkshire coalfield tilts, outcropping west towards the Pennines, having the best seams at Barnsley, and becoming unprofitable and deep to the east.
Wikipedia and Wikivoyage contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
Things to do
What to see and do in Doncaster
See
- St George's Minster
- Danum Gallery, Library & Museum
- South Yorkshire Aircraft Museum
- Potteric Carr
- Conisbrough Castle
- Cusworth Hall
- Yorkshire Wildlife Park
- Brodsworth Hall and Gardens
- Hooton Pagnell
- Trolleybus Museum
- Markham Grange Steam Museum
- Epworth
Do
- Cast
- Doncaster Racecourse
- Eco-Power Stadium
- Castle Park
- The Dome
- Vue
- Savoy
- Doncaster Town Moor
- Wheatley GC
- Doncaster GC
- Crookhill Park
- Bawtry Golf Club
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Where to stay
The best-rated places to stay in Doncaster
Ordered by guest score as each operator publishes it, weighted by the number of reviews so a handful of perfect scores does not outrank thousands of very good ones. Scores are shown on their own scale.
| # | Place to stay | Rooms | Guest score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Travelodge Doncaster M18/M180 hotel | 69 | 4.4/5 558 reviews |
| 2 | Travelodge Doncaster Lakeside hotel | 74 | 4.3/5 825 reviews |
| 3 | Travelodge Doncaster hotel | 97 | 4.3/5 518 reviews |
Schematic: the city centre in orange, each place to stay as a dot, distance rings in kilometres.
Where to stay
More hotels in Doncaster
11 hotels within 25 km of the centre, as recorded in Wikidata. Each name links to its encyclopedia article where there is one.
| Hotel | Opened | From centre |
|---|---|---|
| Best Western Premier Doncaster Mount Pleasant Hotel | 8.5 km | |
| Boat Inn | 4.4 km | |
| Rossington Bridge House And Attached Wall With Railings | 6.5 km | |
| The Grand St Leger Hotel With Flanking Screen Walls And Pavilion | 1.6 km | |
| The Magdalen Hotel | 0.3 km | |
| The Salutation Hotel | 0.4 km | |
| The White Hart Inn | 15.0 km | |
| The Woolpack Hotel | 0.2 km | |
| HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS | 2.9 km | |
| The Earl of Doncaster Hotel | 0.9 km | |
| The Queen Hotel And Numbers 1 To 5 The Queen Hotel And Numbers 1 To 5 Sunny Bar | 0.2 km |
All 14 hotels in Doncaster, with their history and operators
When to go
The best time to visit Doncaster
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Doncaster are June to September. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 21 °C; August is the wettest, with about 65 mm of rain.
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Getting to Doncaster: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Leeds Bradford Airport (LBA), about 52 km from the city centre in a straight line; Humberside Airport (HUY, 52 km) and East Midlands Airport (EMA, 78 km) are also within reach.
Getting in
Leeds-Bradford (LBA) and Manchester (MAN) are the closest airports. Doncaster Sheffield Airport (DSA) closed in 2022.
Getting around
For Cusworth Hall take Bus 41 towards Scawby; it runs every 20 min. For Conisbrough Castle take Bus X78 towards Sheffield and get off when you see the castle. For Brodsworth Hall and Hooton Pagnell, take Bus 203 which runs M-Sa every 2 hours. For the Wildlife Park, take Bus 57 / 58 as far as Branton. It's usually going to Finningley but sometimes wanders as far as Epworth in Lincolnshire. Taxi operators are Absolute Cabs +44 1302 556688 and Drive Doncaster +44 1302 820282.
Wikivoyage contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
LBA · Leeds Bradford Airport
HUY · Humberside Airport
EMA · East Midlands Airport
Good to know
Accessibility, parking and families in Doncaster
How many places to stay in this guide offer each, in their operators' own words.
of 3 places
of 3 places
Questions
Doncaster: questions travellers ask
What are the best-rated hotels in Doncaster?
By published guest score: Travelodge Doncaster M18/M180 (4.4 / 5 · 558 reviews · www.travelodge.co.uk (operator's own guest score)); Travelodge Doncaster Lakeside (4.3 / 5 · 825 reviews · www.travelodge.co.uk (operator's own guest score)); Travelodge Doncaster (4.3 / 5 · 518 reviews · www.travelodge.co.uk (operator's own guest score)).
When is the best time to visit Doncaster?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Doncaster are June to September. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 21 °C; August is the wettest, with about 65 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Doncaster?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Leeds Bradford Airport (LBA), about 52 km from the city centre in a straight line; Humberside Airport (HUY, 52 km) and East Midlands Airport (EMA, 78 km) are also within reach.
What currency is used in Doncaster?
pound sterling (GBP).
Nearby
Destinations near Doncaster
Sources: city facts from Wikidata and Wikipedia; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit), 1991–2020 monthly means, 0.5° grid; places to stay, guest scores and amenities from each operator's own public pages. How this guide is made.