Wadworth

This article is about the place. For the company, see Wadworth Brewery.

Wadworth
Parish church of St John the Baptist
Wadworth Location within South Yorkshire
Population	1,137 (2011 Census) [1]
Civil parish	Wadworth
Metropolitan borough	Doncaster
Metropolitan county	South Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	DONCASTER
Postcode district	DN11
Dialling code	01302
Police	South Yorkshire
Fire	South Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
UK Parliament	Don Valley
List of places UK England Yorkshire 53°28′02″N1°08′39″W / 53.4673°N 1.1442°W / 53.4673; -1.1442

Entrance to Wadworth from the northern side, via the A60

Wadworth is a village and civil parish in the City of Doncaster in South Yorkshire, England.

History

Notable buildings in the village include Wadworth Hall and the parish church of St John the Baptist.

The name Wadworth derives from the Old English Wadaworð meaning 'Wada's enclosure'. ^[2]

Geography

The parish had a population of 1,137 at the 2011 Census, ^[1] a decrease from 1,229 at the 2001 Census. ^[3]

Motorway

Wadworth interchange is junction 2 of the M18. The B6094, from the west, meets the A60 in the village.

Dowsett Engineering Construction were given the £159,958 contract for the Wadworth interchange contract, in July 1965, before the M18 contract was given. ^[4] Construction of the interchange started in August 1965, months before the M18 contract was given at the end of January 1966. The interchange would take 14 months to build.

Construction of the M18 started in February 1966. ^[5] W. & C. French built 8.5 miles of the M18 in December 1967 for £5,080,309. ^[6]

There was a later plan in 1975 to have access to Loversall on the A60, at the Wadworth interchange, but this was removed in a redesign in May 1976.

The seven-mile section of motorway from Wadworth to Armthorpe was opened from the A60 motorway bridge on December 15 1978, built by Dowsett Engineering Construction.

See also

• Listed buildings in Wadworth
• Wadworth Brewery, of Wiltshire, known for 6X beer

Wadworth interchange in September 2005

References

1. "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
2. "Wadworth". Key to English Place-Names. The Institute for Name-Studies. Retrieved 30 October 2025.
3. "Census 2001: Parish Headcounts: Doncaster". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 27 August 2009.
4. Times Tuesday July 6 1965, page 7
5. South Yorkshire Times Saturday 10 July 1965, page 7
6. South Yorkshire Times Saturday 29 January 1966, page 15