Bessacarr

Bessacarr
Bessacarr
Suburb
	Footpath across Warren Golf Course, Bessacarr
	Stoops Lane shopping parade
	Bessacarr Location within Borough of Doncaster Bessacarr Location within South Yorkshire
Population	19,803
OS grid reference	SE6101
• London	140 mi (230 km) S by SE
Metropolitan borough	Doncaster;
Metropolitan county	South Yorkshire;
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	DONCASTER
Postcode district	DN4
Dialling code	01302
Police	South Yorkshire
Fire	South Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
UK Parliament	Doncaster Central;
	List of places UK England Yorkshire 53°30′22″N 1°04′48″W / 53.506°N 1.080°W

Bessacarr (/ˈbɛsəkər/)^[1] is a suburb on the south-east edge of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England. Consisting of mostly private residential development from the 1960s onward, it also contains some of the most expensive property in Doncaster, around St Wildfrid's Road and Warning Tongue Lane. It is largely interwoven with Cantley to the north-east having partially signposted ancient boundaries, upon which its population was 19,803 at the 2001 census.^[2]

The Bessacarr and Cantley ward within the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster had a population of 14,408 at the 2011 census, although this includes most of Cantley and Lakeside, and does not include Bessacarr Grange.

Localities

West Bessacarr

The bulk of Bessacarr is often known as West Bessacarr and is south of Bawtry Road. A small minority of the neighbourhood was built in the 1930s or earlier, the majority of the building occurred in the 1960s and 70s. Some recent development has occurred in the late 1990s and into the 21st century. Apartments are a feature of the most recent developments.^{[citation needed]}

Nostell Place includes a Doctor's surgery, veterinary surgery, pharmacist, Co-Operative food store, bakery, hairdresser, hardware store, fish and chip shop and Chinese takeaway amongst others. Nearby is the Flying Childers public house, St Francis of Assisi Anglican Church, Bessacarr Library and Willow Primary School. Some other shops, including an off-licence and a hairdresser / beautician, are further up Alston Road around the corner from Toby Carvery. Doncaster Lawn Tennis Club is on Saxton Avenue and is accessible via a footpath from Ellers Road.^{[citation needed]}

West Bessacarr is part of the cycle path from Doncaster to Rossington, known locally as "the red path" owing to the colour of its tarmac. Routes including the red path and others within Bessacarr can lead walkers and cyclists to the developed area known as Lakeside. Public transport to and from Bessacarr is provided by First Mainline route 59, with the direct 89 bus through the estates being withdrawn in 2004. Primary education for the area is provided by the excellent Bessacarr Primary School including its own nursery and by another called Willow Primary School, both of which feed into the local Hall Cross lower school, formally Ellers Middle School, next to the north-west boundary.^{[citation needed]}

Bessacarr Grange

Bessacarr Grange is a largely 1990s neighbourhood south of the M18 motorway with some of its own amenities including Yorkshire Wildlife Park.

Politics

Bessacarr is currently the name of the ward which as such undergoes boundary and name reviews every eight to twelve years theoretically to avoid malapportionment. For the 2021 term the ward is served by a team of two local Conservative councillors and one Labour councillor. Finningley ward would on a historic synthesis and real-politik critique of the first past the post system be considered a set of three Conservative 'safe seats' and currently includes all bar the latest developed areas of Cantley as well as Bessacarr Grange.

Demography

**2011 Published Statistics: Population, home ownership and extracts from Physical Environment, surveyed in 2005^[3]**
Output area	Homes owned outright	Owned with a loan	Socially rented	Privately rented	Other	km² green spaces	km² roads	km² water	km² domestic gardens	km² domestic buildings	km² non-domestic buildings	Usual residents	km²
Bessacarr and Cantley ward	2,338	2,085	898	876	130	2.76	0.69	0.21	1.90	0.46	0.08	14,408	6.72

Around 40% of Bessacarr is in Finningley Ward which had the following land use and housing statistics in 2011:

**2011 Published Statistics: Population, home ownership and extracts from Physical Environment, surveyed in 2005^[3]**
Output area	Homes owned outright	Owned with a loan	Socially rented	Privately rented	Other	km² green spaces	km² roads	km² water	km² domestic gardens	km² domestic buildings	km² non-domestic buildings	Usual residents	km²
Finningley ward	2,633	2,407	435	605	110	38.64	1.04	0.64	2.42	0.61	0.14	15,209	43.42

Notable people

Louis Tomlinson, singer (One Direction)^[4]

References

^ Wells, John (29 January 2010). "Bessacarr". John Wells's phonetic blog. Retrieved 5 March 2010.
^ "Bessacarr, Doncaster - local map, administrative data, historical information and reader comments - the British Place Names website". Archived from the original on 1 February 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Key Statistics: Dwellings; Quick Statistics: Population Density; Physical Environment: Land Use Survey 2005". Archived from the original on 11 February 2003. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
^ "One Direction's Louis Tomlinson to make Doncaster debut". CBBC Newsround. BBC. Retrieved 28 April 2021.

External links

Media related to Bessacarr at Wikimedia Commons

[1] Wells, John (29 January 2010). "Bessacarr". John Wells's phonetic blog. Retrieved 5 March 2010.

[2] "Bessacarr, Doncaster - local map, administrative data, historical information and reader comments - the British Place Names website". Archived from the original on 1 February 2014.

[ons-3] "Key Statistics: Dwellings; Quick Statistics: Population Density; Physical Environment: Land Use Survey 2005". Archived from the original on 11 February 2003. Retrieved 21 February 2022.

[4] "One Direction's Louis Tomlinson to make Doncaster debut". CBBC Newsround. BBC. Retrieved 28 April 2021.

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