Wheatley Hills

Wheatley Hills
Wheatley Hills is located in the City of Doncaster district
Wheatley Hills
Wheatley Hills
Location within the Borough of Doncaster
Wheatley Hills is located in South Yorkshire
Wheatley Hills
Wheatley Hills
Location within South Yorkshire
Population17,733 (2011 census)
OS grid referenceSE575024
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townDONCASTER
Postcode districtDN2
Dialling code01302
PoliceSouth Yorkshire
FireSouth Yorkshire
AmbulanceYorkshire
List of places
UK
England
Yorkshire
53°32′11″N 1°05′57″W / 53.5364°N 1.0991°W / 53.5364; -1.0991

Wheatley Hills is a suburb of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England. It is situated around 2 miles (3.2 km) north-east of the city centre. The Wheatley Hills & Intake ward within the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster had a population of 17,733 at the 2011 census.

Wheatley means wheat fields in Old English, located at the eastern end of the central ridge that runs through most of the town. The surrounding region was often flooded in the times before the River Don was rerouted and extra drainage channels dug, and lies on the old floodplain of the Don, which peaked at today's Thorne Road. Originally the suburb was part of the Wheatley, but due to the expansion of housing during the post-war era and boundary changes, Wheatley Hills became a separate area in its own right.