City of Doncaster

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The City of Doncaster is a metropolitan borough with city status in South Yorkshire, England. It is named after its principal settlement, Doncaster, and includes the surrounding suburbs of Doncaster as well as numerous towns and villages. The district has large amounts of countryside; at 219 square miles (570 km2), it is the largest metropolitan borough in England by area. The main settlement is the city of Doncaster, but the metropolitan borough covers a much larger area which includes the towns of Askern, Bawtry, Conisbrough, Edlington, Hatfield, Mexborough, Stainforth, Thorne, and Tickhill. As well as some notable villages such as Adwick le Street, Arksey, Barnby Dun, Carcroft, Denaby, Finningley, Kirk Sandall, Rossington, Thorpe in Balne and Warmsworth. Doncaster borders North Yorkshire to the north, the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north-east, North Lincolnshire to the east, Bassetlaw in Nottinghamshire to the south-east, Rotherham to the south-west, Barnsley to the west, and Wakefield...

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