Adwick railway station

Adwick railway station serves the communities of Adwick le Street and Carcroft, in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England. Located on the line linking Leeds to Doncaster via Wakefield, immediately south-east of the point where it passes beneath Church Lane, the present station is the second to serve Adwick: the first, the main building of which still stands, lay on the other side of the present road bridge.

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Adwick le Street & Carcroft (ward)

Adwick le Street and Carcroft—consisting of Adwick le Street, Carcroft, Highfields, Skellow and Woodlands—is one of 21 electoral wards in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England. It forms part of the Doncaster North parliamentary constituency. The ward is a stronghold for the Labour Party. In 2011 it had a population of 16,894. The ward was formed in 2015.

Adwick Town Hall

Adwick Town Hall is a municipal building in Adwick le Street, a town in South Yorkshire, in England. The hall, which currently accommodates St Leger Homes, is included in the local listing for Adwick Park.

Adwick le Street

Adwick le Street is a village in the City of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England. It is situated north-west of Doncaster. It had a population of 2,815 as of 2014. Adwick lends its name to the wider Adwick le Street & Carcroft ward of Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council, which also includes Carcroft, Woodlands and Highfields. These had a combined population of 16,518 at the time of the 2021 Census. As of 2023, the largest of these settlements independently is Woodlands, with a confirmed population of 7,100. Adwick's district, in the 1920s, had a population of around 12,000. The West Riding of Yorkshire's Adwick le Street Urban District existed until 1974. Within the former urban district lies the model village of Woodlands, built for Brodsworth Colliery.

Carcroft

Carcroft is a rural village in the City of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, the village is roughly 6 miles (10 km) north-north west of Doncaster. At the time of the 2011 Census the village fell within the ward of Adwick le Street & Carcroft in the Doncaster MBC. At the 2021 census, the combined population of Carcroft and its neighbour Skellow was 7,823. In 2023, the Get Doncaster Moving website published a document citing Skellow's population alone as 3,800 at the time. This would suggest that Carcroft currently has a population close to 4,023 on its own, making it the second most populous of the villages in the ward after Woodlands.

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