Moorends

Moorends is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster (part of South Yorkshire, England), on the border with Lincolnshire. It was historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire until 1974. It is part of the civil parish of Thorne, which lies to the south.

Moorends

Entering Moorends on Marshland Road from Thorne
Moorends
Location within South Yorkshire
OS grid referenceSE694152
Civil parish
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townDONCASTER
Postcode districtDN8
Dialling code01405
PoliceSouth Yorkshire
FireSouth Yorkshire
AmbulanceYorkshire
UK Parliament

Moorends is located at approximately 53°38′N 0°57′W, at an elevation of around 3 metres above sea level.

The legendary goalkeeper Ted Sagar was born in Moorends in 1910.

It is also home to one pub, and it is referred to as the gateway to the moors, with Grange Road offering access to the Humberhead Levels National Nature Reserve (Thorne Moors)



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