Edlington
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| Edlington | |
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| Statistics | |
| Population: | 42,564[citation needed] |
| Ordnance Survey | |
| OS grid reference: | SK5397 |
| Administration | |
| Metropolitan borough: | Doncaster |
| Metropolitan county: | South Yorkshire |
| Region: | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Constituent country: | England |
| Sovereign state: | United Kingdom |
| Other | |
| Ceremonial county: | South Yorkshire |
| Historic county: | Yorkshire (West Riding) |
| Services | |
| Police force: | South Yorkshire Police |
| Fire and rescue: | {{{Fire}}} |
| Ambulance: | Yorkshire |
| Post office and telephone | |
| Post town: | DONCASTER |
| Postal district: | DN12 |
| Dialling code: | 01709 |
| Politics | |
| UK Parliament: | Don Valley |
| European Parliament: | Yorkshire and the Humber |
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Edlington is a town lying to the South West of Doncaster, England. The original parish town of Edlington is now known as Old Edlington. New Edlington is adjacent to (and North of) Old Edlington.
Edlington was home to Yorkshire Main Colliery which was, until its closure in 1986, the largest coal mine in Great Britain.
Since 1974 Edlington has been part of the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster in the Metropolitan county of South Yorkshire, even though it was not part of the Doncaster County Borough beforehand. It remains within the historic boundaries of the West Riding of Yorkshire.
