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The Lakeside, the former Beefeater in Doncaster, photographed in 2016
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The Lakeside, Doncaster

The former The Lakeside Beefeater in Doncaster.

Photo: Jonathan Clitheroe, 4 November 2016 · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source ↗

By the Beefeater Memories team at Does Your Duck Quack? · Published · Last checked · How we research

Last service: 10 September 2026

Now: No new operator has been announced for The Lakeside in Doncaster. If you have news about The Lakeside’s building, please let us know.

Last checked: 8 October 2026

Next door: Premier Inn Doncaster (Lakeside)

The former Beefeater building is being marketed for sale by Christie & Co (property listing, seen 3 November 2026).

The Lakeside was the Beefeater at South Entry Drive, White Rose Way, Doncaster, DN4 5PJ.

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Doncaster : The Lakeside Beefeater
Doncaster : The Lakeside BeefeaterPhoto: Lewis Clarke, Doncaster : The Lakeside Beefeater, CC BY-SA 2.0. Converted to WebP; uncropped.
Lakeside Beefeater Restaurant
Lakeside Beefeater RestaurantPhoto: David Dixon, Lakeside Beefeater Restaurant, CC BY-SA 2.0. Converted to WebP; uncropped.

Local record

History of this pub

The Lakeside sat off White Rose Way near the Lakeside Retail Park, sharing its site with a Premier Inn. The whole Lakeside area grew up on Doncaster's old airfield, opened by the Earl of Lonsdale in 1934 and used as RAF Doncaster during the war, which closed on Christmas Day 1992 to make way for the lake, new housing and shops. CAMRA remembered a large bar and lounge serving the usual Beefeater fare, with Black Sheep Bitter on handpump.

Current status

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The final listing

Opening hours and facilities

Historical Beefeater hours and facilities.

Restaurant and bar hours

  • Mon-Sat 11.30am - 11pm
  • Sun 12pm - 10.30pm

Breakfast service

  • Weekdays 6:30am - 10:30am Weekends 7am - 11am

Facilities recorded

  • Live sport shown here

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Other Beefeaters nearby

Nearest reopened former Beefeater: The Marshfield Bank Farm House in Crewe, 63.5 miles away. The archive uses Doncaster as this page's nearest named town.

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Evidence

Sources

  1. Final Beefeater location page

    The Lakeside’s former Beefeater page supplies the Doncaster address and the historical hours and facilities below.

    View source ↗ (beefeater.co.uk, site closed September 2026)
  2. Licensed venue photograph

    Jonathan Clitheroe's photograph, taken 4 November 2016, is reused under CC BY-SA 2.0.

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  3. CAMRA venue record

    Describes the Beefeater and Premier Inn near Lakeside Retail Park, with a large bar and lounge and Black Sheep Bitter.

    View source ↗
  4. Doncaster Council: Discover Lakeside

    Gives the airport's history: opened 26 May 1934 by the Earl of Lonsdale, RAF Doncaster in wartime, closed Christmas Day 1992.

    View source ↗
  5. Geograph photo

    Notes the council closed the airfield in 1992 to create Lakeside lake, housing and retail.

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