Central Locality

Here you’ll find information about your local community, including latest news and updates, key contacts for support and advice, community venues, local facilities, groups and activities in your area, and more.

Local Amenities and Important Contacts

Here's a list of contact numbers, websites and email addresses we think you'll find useful as part of the Central community:

Environment, Sustainability and Green Spaces

Balby:

Westfield Park | Visit the Council webpage.
Brayford Road | toddler and junior play areas, playing field | See Brayford Road on Google Maps
Woodfield Way | toddler and junior play areas, multi-use games area, outdoor gym equipment, playing field, teen sheltered seating, nature and scenery including a pond, wildlife and woodlands, walking routes and nature walks, angling | See Woodfield Way on Google Maps
Woodfield Road | multi-use games area, playing field | See Woodfield Road on Google Maps

Bessacarr:

Cornflower Drive | toddler and junior play areas, multi-use games area, playing field| See Cornflower Drive Play Area on Google Maps
Haslam Park | toddler and junior play areas, multi-use games area, playing field, tennis courts, sports pitches (visit the Council’s football pitches pages for booking information)| bowling green (visit the Council’s bowling green page for booking information) | See Haslam Park on Google Maps
Bessacarr Park, Stoops Lane | toddler play area, multi-use games area, outdoor gym equipment, playing field | See Bessacarr Park on Google Maps

Cantley:

Cantley Park | Visit the Council webpage
Acacia Road | multi-use games area, playing field | See Acacia Road on Google Maps
Hillsborough Road | multi-use games area | See Hillsborough Road on Google Maps
Goodison Boulevard | multi-use games area, toddler and junior play area | See Goodison Boulevard Games Area on Google Maps

Clay Lane:

Shackleton Road | toddler and junior play areas | See Shackleton Road Play Area on Google Maps

Hexthorpe:

Hexthorpe Park | Visit the Council webpage
Urban Road | toddler play area, multi-use games area, outdoor gym equipment, sports pitches (visit the council’s football pitches pages for booking information), playing field | See Urban Road on Google Maps

Hyde Park:

Elmfield Park | Visit the Council webpage.
Beechfield Road | junior play area, multi-use games area | See Beechfield Road Play Area on Google Maps
Belle Vue Avenue | toddler and junior play areas, playing field | See Belle Vue Avenue Play Area on Google Maps
North Street | toddler play area | See North Street Play Area on Google Maps
Stirling Street | junior play area, multi-use games area, skate park, playing field, sports pitches, teen sheltered seating | See Stirling Street Play Area on Google Maps
St James Street | toddler play area | See St James Street on Google Maps

Intake:

Sandall Beat Playing Fields | skate park, playing field, sports pitches (visit the council’s football pitches pages for booking information) | See Sandall Beat Playing Fields on Google Maps
Essex Avenue | toddler and junior play areas, playing field | See Essex Avenue Play Area on Google Maps
Shaftesbury Avenue | toddler and junior play areas, multi-use games area | See Shaftesbury Avenue on Google Maps

Lakeside:

Buttermere Crescent | junior play area, playing field | See Buttermere Crescent Play Area on Google Maps

Wheatley:

Broxholme Lane | toddler play area, basketball post | See Broxholme Lane on Google Maps
St Mary’s Crescent | junior play area, outdoor gym equipment | See St Mary's Crescent Play Area on Google Maps
Hills Lane | junior play area, single basketball post, playing field, sports pitches | See Hills Lane Play Area on Google Maps
Beckett Road | toddler & junior play area, multi-use games area, playing field | See Beckett Road Multi-Use Games Area on Google Maps

Community Safety

To report Anti-Social Behaviour or crimes please visit the Doncaster Council webpage or the South Yorkshire Police website.

Neighbourhood Policing Teams

Doncaster Central | Sgt Steve Roberts| Email | 01302 385372
Doncaster Central | PCSO Soneel Minhas | Email | 01302 385803
Bessacarr and Cantley | PC Steve Morris | Email | 01302 385078
Bessacarr and Cantley | PCSO Andy Grix | Email | 01302 385078
Bessacarr and Cantley | Hayley Connelly | Email | 01302 385295
Doncaster Town | PC Paul White | Email | 01302 385078
Doncaster Town | PC Rachel Lindsey | Email | 01302 385078
Doncaster Town | PCSO Paula Fox | Email | 01302 385078
Doncaster Town | PCSO Andy Ireland | Email | 01302 385078
Doncaster Town | PCSO Dave Twigg | Email | 01302 385078
Doncaster Town | PC Keeley Lees | Email | 07464984070
Doncaster Town | PC Gwen Howroyd | Email
Wheatley and Intake | Sam Cookson | Email | 01302 385078
Intake | PC Gemma Ibbitson | Email | 01302 385803
Hexthorpe and Balby North | PCSO Emma Langstaff | Email | 01302 385078
Hexthorpe | PC Amy Bowser | Email | 01302 385803
Balby | PC Danielle Green | Email | 07920 792804

Thriving Communities

Councillors

Family Hubs

Libraries

Waste and Recycling

Balby HWRC

Food Banks

Local food bank information
You can also find out a list of food banks nearest your address by entering your postcode on the Trussell Trust website.

Fairness, Health and Wellbeing

Health Services

Well Doncaster Officer

Kelly Watson – Kelly.Watson@doncaster.gov.uk
Lisa Wharton – Lisa.Wharton@doncaster.gov.uk

Community Connectors

Intake and Wheatley | Ian Ogley
Balby | Lisa Hughes | lisa.hughes38@nhs.net

Support for Businesses

Business Doncaster work to support the Business sector in Doncaster | info@businessdoncaster.co.uk | 01302 735555
Doncaster’s Employment Hub are there to help wherever you are in your career. Whether you are looking for work, want to explore alternative careers, want to develop new skills or are facing redundancy, get in touch to access free and confidential support | employmenthub@doncaster.gov.uk | 01302 735554

Central Locality Plan

The Central Locality Plan has been developed in conjunction with residents and sets out what we will be doing to improve your community over the next 12 months.

If you want to feedback on the plan select the ‘Take part in the latest locality survey’ button below. To discuss further you can do so by emailing localitiessupport@doncaster.gov.uk

Read the plan

What have we achieved so far?

The Central Locality Plan has now reached its first year milestone. Over the last 12 months local people, businesses, partners, Voluntary Community and Faith Sector have come together to co-design, co-produce and co-deliver against our local priorities in order to make a positive difference across our communities.

Click below to find out what's happened so far to help make the improvements in the Central area as identified by your community:

What we've achieved so far

Community Conversation Points

Community Conversation Points are opportunities for people to meet with volunteers and Council staff to have conversations about what they want from life; their care & support, their housing, their environment and their community. To find out more follow the link below.

Find a Community Conversation Point

Local Events

We have started to build a page of local events. More events will be added soon.

Find local events

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