Bessacarr
| Bessacarr | |
| Yorkshire West Riding | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Footpath across Warren Golf Course, Bessacarr | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SE611014 |
| Location: | 53°30’22"N, 1°4’48"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 19,803 |
| Post town: | Doncaster |
| Postcode: | DN4 |
| Dialling code: | 01302 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Doncaster |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Doncaster Central |
Bessacarr is a suburb on the south-east edge of Doncaster, in the West Riding of Yorkshire. Consisting of mostly private residential development from the 1960s onward, it also contains some of the most expensive property in Doncaster, around St Wildfrid's Road and Warning Tongue Lane. It is largely interwoven with Cantley to the north-east having partially signposted ancient boundaries, upon which its population was 19,803 at the 2001 census.
Localities
West Bessacarr
The bulk of Bessacarr is often known as West Bessacarr and is south of Bawtry Road. A small minority of the neighbourhood was built in the 1930s or earlier, the majority of the building occurred in the 1960s and 70s. Some recent development has occurred in the late 1990s and into the 21st century. Apartments are a feature of the most recent developments.
Nostell Place includes a Doctor's surgery, veterinary surgery, pharmacist, Co-Operative food store, bakery, hairdresser, hardware store, fish and chip shop and Chinese takeaway amongst others. Nearby is the Flying Childers public house, St Francis of Assisi Anglican Church, Bessacarr Library and Willow Primary School. Some other shops, including an off-licence and a hairdresser / beautician, are further up Alston Road around the corner from Toby Carvery. Doncaster Lawn Tennis Club is on Saxton Avenue and is accessible via a footpath from Ellers Road.[citation needed]
West Bessacarr is part of the cycle path from Doncaster to Rossington, known locally as "the red path" owing to the colour of its tarmac. Routes including the red path and others within Bessacarr can lead walkers and cyclists to the developed area known as Lakeside. Public transport to and from Bessacarr is provided by First Mainline routes 58C and 58F, with the direct 89 bus through the estates being withdrawn in 2004. Primary education for the area is provided by the excellent Bessacarr Primary School including its own nursery and by another called Willow Primary School, both of which feed into the local Hall Cross lower school, formally Ellers Middle School, next to the north-west boundary. [citation needed]
Bessacarr Grange
Bessacarr Grange is a largely 1990s neighbourhood south of the M18 motorway with some of its own amenities including Yorkshire Wildlife Park.
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