Editing Doncaster (section)

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!Place!!Distance!!Direction!!Relation
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|[[London]]||{{Convert|146|miles|km}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Distance from City of London to Doncaster |url=https://www.distancecalculator.net/from-city-of-london-to-doncaster |access-date=29 January 2023 |website=Distance Calculator |archive-date=29 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230129221455/https://www.distancecalculator.net/from-city-of-london-to-doncaster |url-status=live}}</ref>||South||Capital city of the United Kingdom
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|[[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]]||{{Convert|36|miles|km}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Distance from Doncaster to Hull |url=https://www.distancecalculator.net/from-Hull-to-Doncaster |access-date=29 January 2023 |website=Distance Calculator |archive-date=29 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230129221457/https://www.distancecalculator.net/from-Hull-to-Doncaster |url-status=live}}</ref>||East||Nearby city
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|[[Lincoln, England|Lincoln]]||{{Convert|32|miles|km}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Distance from Doncaster to Lincoln |url=https://www.distancecalculator.net/from-Doncaster-to-Lincoln-2 |access-date=29 January 2023 |website=Distance Calculator |archive-date=29 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230129221455/https://www.distancecalculator.net/from-Doncaster-to-Lincoln-2 |url-status=live}}</ref>||South east||Nearby city
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|[[York]]||{{Convert|30|miles|km}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Distance from York to Doncaster |url=https://www.distancecalculator.net/from-Doncaster-to-york |access-date=29 January 2023 |website=Distance Calculator |archive-date=29 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230129221456/https://www.distancecalculator.net/from-Doncaster-to-york |url-status=live}}</ref>||North||Nearby city; historic [[county town]] of Yorkshire
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|[[Wakefield]]||{{Convert|19|miles|km}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Distance from Doncaster to Wakefield |url=https://www.distancecalculator.net/from-doncaster-to-wakefield |access-date=29 January 2023 |website=Distance Calculator |archive-date=29 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230129221500/https://www.distancecalculator.net/from-doncaster-to-wakefield |url-status=live}}</ref>||North west||Nearby city
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|[[Sheffield]]||{{Convert|17|miles|km}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Distance from Doncaster to Sheffield |url=https://www.distancecalculator.net/from-doncaster-to-sheffield |access-date=29 January 2023 |website=Distance Calculator |archive-date=29 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230129221458/https://www.distancecalculator.net/from-doncaster-to-sheffield |url-status=live}}</ref>||South west||Largest city in county; within combined authority area
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|[[Barnsley]]||{{Convert|15|miles|km}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Distance from Doncaster to Barnsley |url=https://www.distancecalculator.net/from-doncaster-to-barnsley |access-date=29 January 2023 |website=Distance Calculator |archive-date=29 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230129221456/https://www.distancecalculator.net/from-doncaster-to-barnsley |url-status=live}}</ref>||West||Within combined authority area
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|[[Rotherham]]||{{Convert|11|miles|km}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Distance from Doncaster to Rotherham |url=https://www.distancecalculator.net/from-doncaster-to-rotherham |access-date=29 January 2023 |website=Distance Calculator |archive-date=29 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230129221456/https://www.distancecalculator.net/from-doncaster-to-rotherham |url-status=live}}</ref>||South west||Within combined authority area
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Doncaster is the second largest settlement in South Yorkshire and the largest metropolitan district in England by [[List of English districts by area|area]]. It expanded dramatically in population with the development of coal mining. Closure of coal mines in the 1970s and early 1980s caused economic difficulties; the town then developed its [[service industry]], drawing on the good communication links with the rest of the UK.

The Doncaster skyline is overlooked by the minster in the middle of the city. The [[Frenchgate Shopping Centre]] is in a similar position in the skyline, along with the Doncaster College Hub building.

After the old Doncaster College and surrounding buildings were demolished, the new [[Doncaster Civic Office]] designed by Cartwright Pickard was built for the [[City of Doncaster Council]] at a cost of £20{{nbsp}}million and completed in 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ajbuildingslibrary.co.uk/projects/display/id/6892 |title=Doncaster Civic Office |publisher=AJ Buildings Library |access-date=9 February 2021 |archive-date=9 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209152535/https://www.ajbuildingslibrary.co.uk/projects/display/id/6892 |url-status=live}}</ref>