Traditional county: South Yorkshire · District / Borough: Doncaster · Region: Yorkshire and the Humber
Explore Carcroft Common, South Yorkshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Carcroft Common map and move it around to re-centre it. You can change between standard map view and satellite map view by clicking the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. You can use the zoom buttons on the lower right side of the map to zoom in or out to street-level detail. You will find live weather, local and world news below.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Carcroft Common, South Yorkshire, England. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.
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| Place | Carcroft Common |
| Traditional County | South Yorkshire |
| District / Borough | Doncaster |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.577179 |
| Longitude | -1.172061 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Carcroft Common stretches across the flat, open expanse of South Yorkshire with a quiet, industrial stoicism that defies the encroaching sprawl of the modern road network. It lies 0.7 miles east-north-east of Adwick le Street (from Adwick le Street: bearing 57°T, OS grid SE 549 092). The landscape here is defined by the low, insistent pull of the land, where the water flows sluggishly through the nearby Bowling Alley Drain and Bentley Moor Drain, carving thin, dark arteries through the soil. These waterways serve as humble reminders of the drainage schemes that once allowed this part of the Doncaster district to be tamed for agricultural and later residential use. Sunlight often hits the horizon with a pale, thin clarity, illuminating the rooftops and the utilitarian brickwork that characterises the local architecture. A short distance away, the historic cross in the churchyard of St Laurence’s Church stands as a solitary, weathered sentinel, anchoring the identity of the wider district in a much older narrative. Carcroft Common holds a certain stillness in the gaps between the passing traffic, a place where the sky feels vast and unencumbered by the weight of grand monuments. It is a location that values the practical over the ornate, maintaining a steady, grounded pace that has outlived the soot and clamour of the coal-mining era.
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Explore Carcroft Common, South Yorkshire, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 53.577179, -1.172061. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Wikipedia and editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.
Location data is sourced from OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024, Ordnance Survey, Open Government Licence v3.0, and verified by coordinates.
| Page built | August 2026 |
| Location data | OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0. |
| County data | Traditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography. |
| Coordinates | WGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data. |