Wide, well-drained driveways for Doncaster homes

Doncaster is mostly flat, and many homes have more space at the front than you’ll find in the west of the county. Bessacarr, Cantley and Wheatley Hills have large interwar and post-war houses on long plots, villages such as Tickhill and Bawtry have older brick and stone properties, and new estates have spread around Auckley, Edenthorpe and Rossington. Driveways here are often wide, long or both.

The ground changes from west to east. Around Sprotbrough, Warmsworth and Conisbrough there’s limestone and generally better drainage. Out towards Hatfield, Thorne and the low land beside the Don, the ground is flat, the water table can be high, and parts of the borough, including Bentley and Fishlake, have flooded in recent years. There, we favour permeable surfaces wherever the ground allows and design every fall so water moves away from the house. On the sandier ground found in parts of the borough a soakaway usually works well; on the low clay and silt nearer the river it often won’t, so we test before we decide.

Long drives are where tarmac driveways in Doncaster come into their own: they’re quick to lay over a large area and hard-wearing, and a block-paved border gives them a neat edge. Where the drive is also a showpiece, block paving or a resin bound surface gives more choice of colour and pattern. If you park a motorhome, caravan or van, tell us at the survey, because the extra weight needs a deeper sub-base.

Dropped kerbs anywhere in the borough are a matter for City of Doncaster Council. A few DN postcodes near the edges, such as parts of DN9, DN10 and DN11, cross into North Lincolnshire or Nottinghamshire, where the council for that area handles it instead. For a feel for the numbers, our block paving cost guide shows how size and ground conditions change the price, and our South Yorkshire page lists the towns and villages around Doncaster that we cover.