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On Shakespeare Avenue, in Sprotbrough
What it's like at DN5 8EZ: every home that has sold on Shakespeare Avenue since 1995 and who owns them, what's happening down the road, crime on the street, a day in the life, history on the doorstep and what's changing nearby. Moving, buying, selling, improving or investing? Pick a lens above for what matters to you.
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Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
ORR, DfE, police.uk, OS Terrain 50 and Open Greenspace, Forestry Commission, Defra noise maps (England), Xoserve. Every distance: Moving; radon, ground and flood checks: Buying.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Shakespeare Avenue; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 22 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Shakespeare AvenueSemi-detached | Feb 2007 | £117,995 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3, Shakespeare AvenueSemi-detached | Dec 2024 | £170,000 | 75 m² | £2,267/m² | 3 |
| 4, Shakespeare AvenueSemi-detached | Jul 2026 | £132,500 | 48 m² | £2,760/m² | 3 |
| 5, Shakespeare AvenueSemi-detached | Feb 2020 | £110,000 | 60 m² | £1,833/m² | 3 |
| 7, Shakespeare AvenueSemi-detached | Oct 2017 | £85,000 | 61 m² | £1,393/m² | 1 |
| 8, Shakespeare AvenueSemi-detached | May 2024 | £170,000 | 64 m² | £2,656/m² | 3 |
| 9, Shakespeare AvenueSemi-detached | Sept 2022 | £175,000 | 65 m² | £2,692/m² | 3 |
| 10, Shakespeare AvenueTerraced | Nov 2001 | £45,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 11, Shakespeare AvenueSemi-detached | Nov 2000 | £33,000 | 66 m² | £500/m² | 2 |
| 11a, Shakespeare AvenueSemi-detached | Oct 2003 | £78,500 | 71 m² | £1,106/m² | 1 |
| 12, Shakespeare AvenueSemi-detached | Apr 1999 | £36,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 15, Shakespeare AvenueSemi-detached | Mar 2023 | £160,000 | 78 m² | £2,051/m² | 3 |
| 17, Shakespeare AvenueSemi-detached | Apr 2025 | £137,000 | 61 m² | £2,246/m² | 4 |
| 18, Shakespeare AvenueSemi-detached | Jul 2022 | £135,000 | 59 m² | £2,288/m² | 5 |
| 19, Shakespeare AvenueSemi-detached | Sept 2020 | £109,000 | 52 m² | £2,096/m² | 3 |
| 20, Shakespeare AvenueSemi-detached | Sept 2025 | £125,000 | 52 m² | £2,404/m² | 3 |
| 21, Shakespeare AvenueSemi-detached | Jan 2023 | £110,000 | 57 m² | £1,930/m² | 2 |
| 22, Shakespeare AvenueSemi-detached | Jun 2000 | £33,000 | 82 m² | £402/m² | 1 |
| 23, Shakespeare AvenueSemi-detached | Apr 2022 | £140,000 | 58 m² | £2,414/m² | 3 |
| 24, Shakespeare AvenueSemi-detached | Oct 1999 | £23,500 | 53 m² | £443/m² | 1 |
| 25, Shakespeare AvenueSemi-detached | Aug 2023 | £120,000 | 53 m² | £2,264/m² | 4 |
| 27, Shakespeare AvenueSemi-detached | May 2026 | £147,000 | 57 m² | £2,579/m² | 5 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Doncaster, a short drive or bike ride (1.4 km), with 4.5m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Kings Cross.
The nearest bus stop is Sprotbrough Road/Somersby Avenue, 250 m away, with a bus about every 60 minutes on weekdays (route 219); 7 departures an hour from the 6 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Richmond Hill Primary Academy, about a 10-minute walk (900 m); 74% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Doncaster UTC, 2.2 km away; Attainment 8: 48.6 · 6.1% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: De Warenne Academy (5.7 km).
The nearest supermarket is Sainsbury's, 250 m away; Go Local (200 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Park View Surgery (600 m), with Weldricks Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (250 m).
For a haircut, Porters is 200 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Doncaster Royal Infirmary, 4.7 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 66% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 64% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 13 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 7 restaurants and cafés, 5 pubs and bars.
Dixies Cafe is the closest café or restaurant (200 m), and Newton Arms the nearest pub (250 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 77 per 1,000 residents a year.
There are 13 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 41% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
The nearest park is Cusworth Hall Museum and Park, 1.1 km away; for exercise, PureGym (950 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 9.4 µg/m³).
For holidays, Leeds Bradford is 50 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 75 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 48% of households own their home outright.
Written from the figures on this page: Census 2021, DfT journey times (2019), NaPTAN/ORR, Ofsted, CQC, FSA, police.uk and planning registers. Figures describe the neighbourhood around the street.
22 places on this map are within about a 10-minute walk.
Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance. Food businesses from the FSA food hygiene register; schools from the DfE register; nurseries from Ofsted's childcare register; care homes from the Care Quality Commission; pools, sports halls, tennis and golf from Sport England Active Places (contains data © Sport England); everything else © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Map © OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenStreetMap contributors.
Doncaster North constituency: Ed Miliband MP (Labour), since May 2005. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 9,126 (29.4%), turnout 44%. Vote shares: Labour 52%, Conservative 23%, Social Democratic Party 6%, Green Party 6%.
15 new homes, planning permissions and school changes on record within 2 km, plus energy projects, road works, storm overflows and major infrastructure. Everything changing near DN5 8EZ →
Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in Doncaster since 2011.
police.uk, 2025-09 to 2026-08. Crimes are mapped to the nearest of a set of anonymised points and labelled with that point's street, so busy roads and junctions collect crimes from nearby; the street has about 22 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
National infrastructure projects and headline schemes only, not local planning applications. See them all on a map.
On this street: 1 of 19 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 0 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 2.2% | 2.2% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.4% | 0.4% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 94.7% | 95.2% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.3% | 1.2% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 3.5% | 2.4% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.1% | 0.1% | 2.1% |
From each home's latest energy certificate, so panels or heat pumps fitted since aren't counted and the shares are lower than today's real figures. Compare areas in the data explorer.
Nearest: Cleethorpes · about 66 min
Nearest: Albert Avenue Pools · about 58 min
Nearest: Elsecar Heritage Railway · about 34 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.