Two miles from Doncaster city centre, Saddlers Chase is within ten minutes’ drive of both the M18 and the A1(M), bringing Sheffield within half an hour’s drive. Leeds and Grimsby can both be reached within an hour. Local buses stop in Bawtry Road, ten minutes’ walk from the development, and Doncaster Railway Station is a major hub with excellent intercity connections, including direct services to Manchester, Liverpool, Edinburgh and London. Kings Cross Station is an hour and three quarters away by train.

A nearby petrol station incorporates a Spar convenience store, open 24 hours a day, and an Asda Superstore, half a mile away, also opens round the clock on weekdays and incorporates a pharmacy. Doncaster city centre presents an eclectic variety of shopping environments. Around the High Street and Hallgate, traditional traders are complemented by bars, restaurants and cafés. The market place hosts regular fish markets, flea and street markets. In contrast, malls and retail centres like Lakeside Village, Waterdale and Frenchgate, with its 120 stores, international dining and leisure facilities, present a huge choice of high street fashion, technology and sports brands.

Saddlers Chase is close to superb leisure amenities. Adjacent to Doncaster Racecourse, it is around five minutes’ walk from The Dome, which incorporates a water park with flumes, an ice rink, gym and fitness studios. Nearby, there is a tenpin bowling alley, an 11-screen Vue cinema and an Aircraft Museum. Behind the cinema, Lakeside park and garden features heritage and nature trails around a spectacular lake, while virtually next to the development the vast Cantley Park and Amthorpe Park offer endless opportunities for woodland walks. The Town Moor Golf Club sits within Doncaster Racecourse, and Wheatley Golf Club is just two and a half miles away.

Doncaster’s cultural and nightlife attractions range from live drama, music and dance at the exciting new Cast theatre, community shows at Doncaster Little Theatre and concerts at Doncaster Racecourse, to the Savoy Cinema with its six screens and five restaurants, and the many clubs and bars in the city centre. The city also has an excellent museum, art gallery and library.

Nearby schools include Hawthorn Primary and St Peter’s Catholic Primary, both within around a mile, and Hall Cross Academy and The McAuley Catholic High School, both around two miles away. The Burns Medical Practice, a large, comprehensive health centre which also hosts an orthodontic clinic, is located around a mile from Saddlers Chase.