Christmas magic is coming to a street near you. All Doncaster routes for the Santa sleigh floats are now available. We’ve included all the current information on each route, but please see each of the Lion’s websites for updates and up-to-date information. Please remember these volunteers give up their time outside of work and family commitments to collect donations for charity. Routes are a guide and may change depending on factors such as the weather, volunteers, etc. Updates are also available on each of the Lion’s websites featured below.Â
Went Valley LionsÂ
Went Valley Lions serve the north of Doncaster from Sprotborough and Bentley up to Askern and Norton. More information and up-to-date information on their website. https://wentvalleylions.co.uk/
Saturday, 25th November, Sprotborough Lights turn on, then Anchorage Lane Area.
Thursday 30th November Jossey Lane (opp Don Valley School)
Friday 1st December Adwick le Street
Saturday 2nd Reserve
Sunday 3rd Norton
Monday 4th Campsall
Tuesday 5th Sprotborough Challenger Drive & Ingleborough
Wednesday 6th Woodlands Avenues
Thursday 7th Skellow
Friday 8th Bentley West End
Saturday 9th Reserve
Sunday 10th Askern
Monday 11th Sunnyfields & Barnsley Road
Tuesday 12th Highfields + Scotsman Drive + Dominion Estate
Wednesday 13th Arksey
Thursday 14th Cusworth + Rear of the Mallard Estate + St Martins Avenue
Friday 15th Scawthorpe (East)
Saturday 16th Reserve
Sunday 17th Scawsby + Morrisons York Road
Monday 18th Sprotbrough (Spring Lane)
Tuesday 19th Sprotborough (Parks)
Wednesday 20th Red House (Nr McDonalds)
Thursday 21st Reserve
Tickhill & District Lions
Tickhill Lions advises: “Check the dates and routes below to see when Santa’s due in your area! Donations to our buckets are very welcome if you are able to do so. Please be aware that routes and dates are subject to change due to weather, so keep an eye on our Facebook page for up-to-date information.” https://www.facebook.com/tickhill.lions
“The streets mentioned below are a guide to the general area covered by the float on the night, not the route order.”
For more information and up-to-date news, see their website. https://www.tickhillanddistrictlions.co.uk/
Harworth and Bircotes routes.
10/12/23 Harworth, Bracken Way (Common Lane, Bracken, Thornhill, Main St, Hesley Rd, Scrooby Rd, Bawtry Rd)
11/12/23 Harworth, Mirabelle Way (Bawtry Rd, Sandymount, Beverley, West St, East St, Grosvenor, Alexandra, Dorchester)
13/12/23 Harworth, Meadow Way/Baulk Ln (Grange View, Lindsey, Whitby, Beech, Welbeck, Sherwood, Rutland, Sandrock, Baulk Lane)
14/12/23 Harworth, Amanda/Smith Square (Amanda Rd, Smith Sq, Thompson, Cambridge, Devonshire)
15/12/23 Bircotes (Simpson Park Area, Snipe, Shrewsbury, Gilbert, Waterslack, Church, White House, Swinnow, Crescent, Milne, Droversdale, Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Galway, Scrooby)
Rossington routes.
09/12/23 Rossington, West End Lane
10/12/23 Rossington, Radburn Road
11/12/23 Rossington, Bond Street
12/12/23 Rossington, Clay Flat Lane
13/12/23 Rossington, Brodsworth
14/12/23 Rossington, Parklands
15/12/23 Rossington, Littleworth/Old Village
17/12/23 Rossington, Bankwood/Heatherfields
Other routes.
16/12/23 Balby, Dominion
17/12/23 Balby, Woodfield Plantation
18/12/23 Bawtry West (Park Road, Cheyne, Madison, Richmond, Cavendish, Westwood, Lime Tree, Oak Tree, Sycamore, Martin Lane, Ingham, Grange)
19/12/23 Austerfield / Bawtry East (All of Austerfield followed by Bawtry: Harewood, Brantingham, Eshton, Rydale, Dalton, Sandbeck, North/South Ave, Central, Station Rd, Peakes, Russet, Queens, Gresley, Stirling)
20/12/23 Tickhill, Lancaster/Lindrick (Sunderland St, Meadow Dr, Lumley, Lancaster, Castlegate, Lindrick, Worksop Rd, Rotherham Rd and Westgate)
21/12/23 Tickhill, Wong Lane (Shorter route for 2023! Dadesley, Wilsic, Westfield, Saffron, Wong Ln, Crown, King Edward, Pinfold, St Mary’s)
22/12/23 Tickhill, Common Lane (New route for 2023! St Leonard’s, Northgate, Common Ln, Langdale, Wheatfield, Rye Croft, Pasture Way, Airedale, Alderson, Oval, Beech, Walnut)
23/12/23 Loversall (from 4pm) and Wadsworth (from 5pm)
Doncaster LionsÂ
Full route and time details their website. http://www.doncasterlions.co.uk
Doncaster Lions say, “Fancy joining us on our rounds?! Message us or email us – you will be most welcome!
Routes and appearances
Tuesday 28th November Doncaster Deaf Trust Lights Switch On, Leger Way.
Friday 1st December Hexthorpe, Intake & Clay Lane
4.45 pm By the clock on Lindum St
5.00pm, we will move up Urban Road, stopping where safe to do so
Finishing at Hexthorpe Primary School (leaving at 6 pm)
Intake
6.15pm Corner of Evelyn Ave and Fairfax Rd
The bend on Fairfax Road
6.30pm Junction of Tudor Road & Shaftsbury Ave
6.40pm Junction Shaftesbury Ave & Evelyn Ave
6.45pm Intake Community Library
7.15pm Clay Lane
Shackelton Rd
Wilberforce Road Chalmers Drive
and Finish at Jefferson Ave
Saturday 2nd December Balby ASDA 10.00am till 2.00pm
Saturday 2nd December The House Martin Wheatley Hall Road from 4.30pm
Monday 4th December Armthorpe route 1
4.45pm Horse & Groom Car Park
5.00pm Fiddlers Drive by No 62
5.10pm Fair Holme View by No 49
5.15pm Fair Holme View by No 87
5.25pm Alder Holt/Granby Court junction
5.35pm Mulberry Way corner
5.45pm We will drive down Bellrope Acre to Brampton Lane,
turn round and stop on request coming back
6.10pm Tranmore Lane/Southfield Road junction
6.20 approx Willow Road
Right on to Laburnham Drive
Cedar Road
6.45pm Rands Lane
Cleveland Road
St Marys Drive
7.30pm Locking Drive
Hornsby Road
Tuesday 5th December Armthorpe route 2
4.45pm Spar shops
5.00pm We will proceed along Harris Road left into
Reeves Way and stop as requested (please group together)
5.35pm Mansfield Crescent grass area by No 135
5.40pm Mansfield Crescent by Basil Avenue
5.45pm Mansfield Crescent by George Street
5.50pm Mansfield Crescent grass area by Park Avenue junction
6.00pm Mansfield Crescent grass area by Markham Avenue junction
6.10 Markham Avenue/Elm Road junction
6.15pm Elm Road/Mere Lane junction
6.20pm Elm Road/Briar Road Junction
6.25pm Briar Road/Oak Road junction
6.30pm Holly Dene by No 51
6.35pm Holly Dene/Pinewood Avenue
6.40pm Pinewood Avenue by No 49
6.45pm Corner of Pinewood Avenue and Hawthorne
6.50pm Fernbank Drive by No 9
6.55pm Fernbank Drive by No 39
7.00pm Junction Beech Road and Hawthorne
7.10pm Beech Road, the square by No 106
7.20pm Beech Road/Poplar Place Junction
Thursday 7th December Lakeside & Hyde Park
4.45pm to 5.15pm Buttermere Crescent Park
5.20pm Junction Lake View & Chester Drive (new est by roundabout)
Hyde Park
5.30pm Corner of Sandy Lane & Rufford Road
5.35pm Corner of Rufford Road & Chequer Ave
5.45pm Chequer Ave by P&K Stores
5.50pm Corner of Chequer Ave & Hamilton Road
6.10pm Corner of Chequer Ave & Theobald Ave
6.15pm Corner of Theobald Ave & Lime Tree Ave
6.25pm Corner Lime Tree Ave & Stockil Road
Corner Stockil Road & Chequer Ave
We will travel down Palmer Street and across to
North Street by the centre square
Friday 8th December Armthorpe Morrisons 3.00pm to 6.00pm
Saturday 9th December Edenthorpe Tesco 10.00am till 4.00pm
Saturday 9th December Woolmarket Doncaster 12.00 till 4.00pm
Monday 11th December Wheatley
5.00pm Exeter Road by No 86
5.10pm Exeter Road by No 58
5.17pm Exeter Road by No 32
5.23pm Exeter Road by No 8
5.30pm Winchester Ave at the corner with Bristol Grove
5.37pm Gloucester Road by Monmouth Road
5.45pm Gloucester Road by Selby Road
We will move down Chelmsford Drive and stop where safe to do so
5.55pm Chelmsford Drive on the corner with Canterbury Road
6.00pm Shops by Gee Bees
6.10pm Parkway North by St Pauls Church
6.25pm Norwich Road by No 5
6.35pm Norwich Road by No 29
6.45pm Norwich Road by No 71
6.55pm Hereford Road by No 9
7.00pm Hereford Road by No 39
7.05pm Hereford Road by No 67
7.10pm Guilford Road by No 40
7.15pm Guilford Road by No 12
Tuesday 12th December West Bessacarr
5.00pm Bus stop on Stoops Lane/Broughton Road
5.05pm Lindsay Close Junction with Stoops Lane
5.10pm Roxby Close Junction with Stoops Lane
5.20pm Lanham Close by No 52
5.25pm Lanham Close by No 32
5.30pm Lanham Close by No 6
5.35pm Lindrick Close Junction with Stoops Lane
Stoops Lane by shops car park
5.40pm Howden Close Junction with Stoops Lane
5.45pm Welton Close Junction with Stoops Lane
5.50pm Whitton Close Junction with Stoops Lane
5.55pm Hallam Close Junction with Stoops Lane
Harcourt Close Junction with Stoops Lane
6.00pm Clayworth Drive Junction with Stoops Lane
6.05pm Hindburn Close Junction with Stoops Lane
6.10pm Hennings Close Junction with Stoops Lane
Burnham Close Junction with Stoops Lane
6.20pm Cornflower Drive by No 17
6.40pm Cornflower Drive Honeysuckle Close roundabout
6.50pm Corner of Ellers Road & Ellers Drive
7.00pm Thealby Gardens by No 117
Thealby Gardens on the corner by No 89
7.15pm Corner of Ellers Drive & Stoops Road
7.20pm Saundby Close corner by No 38
7.30pm Corner of Alston Road/Longfield Drive
Finally down Longfield Drive to Broughton Road
Wednesday 13th December Cantley
4.45pm Bechers Brook
5.00pm Aldsworth Road/Forest Grange junction
5.10pm Aldsworth Road/Lewyns Drive junction
5.15pm Aldsworth Road/Rawson Close junction
5.20pm Levet Road by No 86
5.25pm Levet Road By No 52
5.30pm Levet Road By No 18
5.35pm Everingham Road/Elmham Road
5.40pm Elmham Road by No 16
5.45 Elmham Road by Clarell Gardens
5.50pm Bardolf Road by No 80
5.55pm Bardolf Road by No 40
6.00pm Bardolf Road/Anston Road junction
6.05pm Everingham Road Shops
6.15pm Along Acacia road
Right into Birch Road
Right into Lilac Grove
Left into Almond Road
6.35pm Church Lane by No 117
6.40pm Church Lane/Goodison Boulevard
6.50pm Anfield Road by No 8
6.55pm Anfield Road/Blundell Close junction
7.00pm Hillsborough Play Area
7.10pm Villa Park/Highbury Avenue junction
7.15pm Highbury Avenue/Millmoor Road junction
7.20pm St Wilfrids Road/Somerton Drive junction
Friday 15th December ASDA Dome 10.00am till 4.00pm
Saturday 16th December Wheatley Hall Centre 10.00am till 4.00pm
Sunday 17th December Wheatley Hall Centre 10.00am till 4.00pm
Tuesday 19th December Cantley Manor Bessacarr
4.45 to 5.30pm The Green by Cammidge Way Stayers Road
5.40pm Swannington Close
5.45pm Packington Drive junction with Eggington Close
5.50pm Packington Drive junction with Goodison Blvd.
6.00pm Cantley Manor Avenue junction with Spilsby Close
6.05pm Cantley Manor Avenue junction with Horninglow Close
6.10pm Cantley Manor Avenue corner by No 84
6.20pm Tutbury Gardens
6.30pm Cantley Manor Avenue junction with Woodlea Gardens
6.35pm Cantley Manor Avenue junction with Woodcross Gardens
6.40pm Cantley Manor Avenue junction with Temple Gardens
6.45pm Cantley Manor Avenue junction with Lych Gate Close
6.50pm Cantley Manor Avenue junction with Meaburn Close
7.00pm Stretton Close
7.15pm along Staunton Road
7.25pm Greenfield Gardens
Friday 22nd December Morrisons Balby 10.00am till 4.00pm
Saturday 23rd December Morrisons Balby 10.00am till 4.00pm
Thorne Rural Lions
Thorne Rural Lions say, “The time is fast approaching when Santa puts on his winter clothes and travels the streets spreading Christmas Cheer to everyone.
Below is a list of the dates and areas our sleigh will be visiting this year. A full list of the streets will be posted here nearer the time.”
See more on their website. https://www.thornerurallions.com/
Friday 1st December, Thorne Christmas lights switch on
Saturday 2nd, morning Thorne Market
Saturday 2nd, evening Hayfield, Auckley
Monday 4th, MoorendsÂ
Tuesday 5th, Fishlake, Sykehouse, Dunscroft.
Wednesday 6th,DunsvilleÂ
Thursday 7th, Thorne South
Friday 8th, morning Thorne MarketÂ
Friday 8th, evening, Auckley/Robin Hood Estate
Saturday 9th, EdenthorpeÂ
Sunday 10th, Asda.(Bawtry Road) 10 am to 2.30pm
Monday 11th, Hatfield Woodhouse, Lindholm, Blaxton
Tuesday 12th, Hatfield/Dunscroft
Wednesday 13th, Thorne, Kirton Lane, StainforthÂ
Thursday 14th, Thorne North
Friday 15th, Hatfield
Saturday 16th, Barnby Dunn
Sunday 17th, Asda (Bawtry Road)
Monday 18th, EdenthorpeÂ
Tuesday 19th, Stainforth
Wednesday 20th, spare catch-up day
Thursday 21st, FinningleyÂ
Friday 22nd, Kirk Sandall
Saturday 23rd, Branton.
They advise, “We will always do our best to cover all areas, but unfortunately, the weather sometimes beats us, but we will always try to re-schedule where possible.”
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