Balby

For the village in North Yorkshire, see Barlby.
Balby
Suburb
St John the Evangelist Church
Balby is located in South Yorkshire
Balby
Balby
Location within South Yorkshire
Population15,332 (Population of Balby ward at 2011 census)[1]
OS grid referenceSE561012
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townDONCASTER
Postcode districtDN4
Dialling code01302
PoliceSouth Yorkshire
FireSouth Yorkshire
AmbulanceYorkshire
UK Parliament
List of places
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England
Yorkshire
53°30′17″N 1°09′12″W / 53.5046°N 1.1533°W / 53.5046; -1.1533

Balby is a suburb of Doncaster in South Yorkshire, England,[2][3] located south-west of the city centre. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, Balby is within the Doncaster Central constituency and contains the electoral wards Balby South and Hexthorpe and Balby North.[4]

Housing stock ranging from terraced housing nearer to Doncaster town centre and post-war suburbs to the south west. There are several new housing developments, including Woodfield Plantation, which is part of an attempt to regenerate the area following deindustrialisation.

Economic activity is still centred on heavy industry, especially around the Carr Hill Industrial Estate, home to Bridon, a large rope manufacturer.

  1. ^ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Balby Ward (as of 2011) (1237320663)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  2. ^ "Balby and Hexthorpe, West Riding of Yorkshire - genealogy heraldry and history". ukga.org. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
  3. ^ "BALBY, ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST PARISH RECORDS - Archives Hub". archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
  4. ^ "Street check".