Moorends

Moorends

ENtering Moorends on Marshland Road from Thorne
Moorends
Moorends shown within South Yorkshire
OS grid reference SE694152
Civil parish
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town DONCASTER
Postcode district DN8
Dialling code 01405
Police South Yorkshire
Fire South Yorkshire
Ambulance Yorkshire
EU Parliament Yorkshire and the Humber
UK Parliament

Moorends is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster (part of South Yorkshire, England), on the border with Lincolnshire. It is part of the civil parish of Thorne, which lies to the south.

Moorends is located at approximately 53°38′N 0°57′W / 53.633°N 0.950°W / 53.633; -0.950, at an elevation of around 3 metres above sea level.

The legendary goalkeeper Ted Sagar was born in Moorends in 1910.

It is also home to two pubs, and it is referred to as the gateway to the moors, with Grange Road offering access to the Humberhead Levels National Nature Reserve (Thorne Moors)


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