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Post by scriptman on Jun 10, 2008 22:06:06 GMT 1
The Waterfront development is the one project I find fascinating. For those who don't know where it is...it's the area what is being developed behind the new college and along the banks of the canal. It's costing £30 million alone to prepare and reinforce the land....and it's been suggested that over a billion pound worth of developments are going to take place there. These include a marina, shops, offices, waterside cafes and bars and apartments. It's going to be some spectacle when finished.
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Post by Marko69 on Jun 10, 2008 22:18:13 GMT 1
Not been to Doncaster since I used to live up that way.
Can't picture where the canal is?? I know it runs through Thorne, from Scunthorpe, but can't picture it deeper into Doncaster...
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Post by scriptman on Jun 10, 2008 22:21:31 GMT 1
It's on the north side of town..... behind and to the east of St Georges church.... or Doncaster Minster as it's now called .
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Post by Marko69 on Jun 10, 2008 22:40:06 GMT 1
It's on the north side of town..... behind and to the east of St Georges church.... or Doncaster Minster as it's now called . Minster?? Does that mean Doncaster is now recognised as a City? For the size I always said it should be a city, but didn't realise this has actually happened? I know the church (minster) and I know theres the big bridge near the Frenchgate, but I thought that was over the railway and the river (Don??) and up towards Bentley/toll bar? Bizzarre really, I've spent a lot of my life in Doncaster, yet some of it seems such a faint memory.
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Post by scriptman on Jun 10, 2008 23:17:15 GMT 1
The Canal and River run more or less parellel.....I'm not sure if its the canal or river which is closer to the town centre (I think it could be the canal). Whichever one it is, it veers in a southern direction when it gets to the town centre...and then runs parallel again as they head towards Kirk Sandall way. There is an inlet where St Georges bridge crosses over.....and that's where they plan the marina. The other way, the river and canal head in the direction of Bentley/Sprotborough.......towards Mexborough > Rotherham and Sheffield. In Mexborough they are only a few metres apart. I used to walk my dog along the bank of the canal......but he jumped in once.....and being a canal, the sides are pretty steep. I literally had to dangle my lad by his feet over the canal so he could grab the dogs collar Doncaster certainly aspires to be a city......and I think it will probably get its wish the next time city status' are announced....I hope so anyway.
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Post by Marko69 on Jun 10, 2008 23:37:06 GMT 1
One of my dogs fell in that same canal about eight years ago, although this was near a little village called Ealand (Near Crowle/Scunthorpe). He disapeared from view so I had a walk back looking for him. Silly bugger was clinging onto the edge wimpering like hell! Pulled him out and he stayed close to me all the way back. He's now my oldest of three dogs
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Post by hometownpride on Jun 11, 2008 0:05:13 GMT 1
15 years ago me and my friends made a fishing peg on the river don, we were only 10 at the time.
Two years ago i took my gf & her dog for a walk at the place we built this fishing peg, a place known as the parnies, i don't know if that's spelt correct, but i was amazed when i seen our little fishing peg it had been extended, and now it is a top fishing spot on the river don
Just for curiosity i search 5 miles for another fishing peg none in the vicinity looks like my bucket and spade as brought much joy through the years :-)
Just a follow up to the river don canal thing :-d
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Post by danumbacon on Jun 26, 2008 13:33:10 GMT 1
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Post by scriptman on Jun 26, 2008 15:01:17 GMT 1
Cheers for that D, I really like the look of it. I think people are so wrapped up in the Civic and Cultural Quarter, they fail to see what is happening north of the town centre. By all accounts the Waterfront is going to be something else. ..bars, cafes, retail etc. It is the canal then that runs by...not the river? I think the river is a few yards further north isn't it?
I didn't think they had progressed so much. I only get to see it really from driving over St George's Bridge... I'm shocked to see that the land is just about ready to be built on.
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Post by danumbacon on Jun 27, 2008 0:18:32 GMT 1
When Tykes and Millers say we've built a bowl we can say we've built a basin as well. The potential of the Waterfront is amazing, like you say. When only a third of the area - 40 acres or so is being currently prepared and there's 100 acres that could be used.
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Post by scriptman on Jun 27, 2008 10:38:52 GMT 1
I was chatting to a guy in the Blue Building...well over a year ago, and he was saying the same thing. One of his concerns was access. They were (I'm sure they still are) looking at ways to provide access to the area... via the market. He explained to me also, that the difference between the Waterfront development and the Cultural Quarter, is that whereas the latter is a 'fixed' development project, i.e. they know exactly what's going in and where, the Waterfront development plots are open to tender... so nobody really knows with a decree of certainty what is going to be built there....except that it has to be in the leisure, accommodation, business type sector. I reckon what we'll see are apartments, not unlike the ones at Lakeside, student accommodation blocks, bars, shops and cafes. I reckon it will be a good alternative to the town centre
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