Moorends

{{Short description|Village in South Yorkshire, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}

{{Use British English|date=December 2019}}

{{Infobox UK place

| country = England

| coordinates = {{coord|53.6333|-0.95|display=inline,title}}

| official_name = Moorends

| population = 5,500

| population_ref = (2016 DBMC){{cite web |title=Thorne & Moorends Neighbourhood Plan |url=https://dmbcwebstolive01.blob.core.windows.net/media/Default/Planning/Documents/Neighbourhood%20Plans/Thorne%20and%20Moorends%20NP/Thorne%20and%20Moorends%20Neighbourhood%20Plan%20-%20publication%20version%20(high%20resolution).pdf |website=dmbcwebstolive01.blob.core.windows.net |access-date=4 November 2023 |page=5}}

| metropolitan_borough = Doncaster

| civil_parish = Thorne

| region = Yorkshire and the Humber

| metropolitan_county = South Yorkshire

| post_town = DONCASTER

| postcode_district = DN8

| postcode_area = DN

| dial_code = 01405

| os_grid_reference = SE694152

| constituency_westminster = Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme

| static_image_name = Marshland Road, Moorends - geograph.org.uk - 367666.jpg

| static_image_caption = Entering Moorends on Marshland Road from Thorne

| pushpin_map = United Kingdom Borough of Doncaster

| pushpin_map_caption = Location within City of Doncaster

| type = Village

}}

Moorends is a village in the north-east of the City of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, situated on the border with East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. It was historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire until 1974.{{cite web |title=Thorne & Moorends Neighbourhood Plan |url=https://dmbcwebstolive01.blob.core.windows.net/media/Default/Planning/Documents/Neighbourhood%20Plans/Thorne%20and%20Moorends%20NP/Thorne%20and%20Moorends%20Neighbourhood%20Plan%20-%20publication%20version%20(high%20resolution).pdf |website=dmbcwebstolive01.blob.core.windows.net |access-date=4 November 2023 |page=4}} It is part of the civil parish of Thorne, which lies to the south.{{NOMIS2011|id=E04000095|title=Thorne Parish|access-date=4 November 2023}}

Moorends is located on the edge of Thorne Moors, part of the Humberhead Levels, at an elevation of around {{convert|2|m}} above sea level.{{cite web |title=Moorends, Doncaster - area information, map, walks and more |url=https://getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/local/moorends-doncaster |website=getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk |access-date=4 November 2023}} The moors can be accessed via Grange Road. The village grew up with housing being built to house the miners working in Thorne Colliery, which was developed in the village. Before the coal mine was sunk, the area was largely farmland with only a handful of houses.{{cite news |last1=Tuffrey |first1=Peter |title=The village that grew up around its mine |work=The Yorkshire Post |date=4 November 2023 |page=16|issn=0963-1496}} A missionary church was provided by the owners of the coal mine during the colliery's development ({{circa|1912}}, however, a permanent church, St Wilfrith's, was built in 1934, and this became its own parish in 1956.{{cite web |title=Moorends, St Wilfrith's Parish Records - Archives Hub |url=https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/search/archives/258191b8-95eb-39a3-8c55-e95a1faf1000 |website=archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk |access-date=4 November 2023}}

The legendary goalkeeper Ted Sagar was born in Moorends in 1910. It is also home to one public house.