Moorends

Moorends
Moorends
Moorends shown within South Yorkshire
OS grid reference	SE694152
Civil parish	Thorne
Metropolitan borough	Doncaster
Metropolitan county	South Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
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	Doncaster North
List of places UK England Yorkshire 53°38′00″N 0°57′00″W / 53.6333°N 0.95°W / 53.6333; -0.95Coordinates: 53°38′00″N 0°57′00″W / 53.6333°N 0.95°W / 53.6333; -0.95

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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