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Moorends sits on the edge of the northernmost reaches of South Yorkshire, a former mining village that shares a close boundary with the market town of Thorne. The landscape here is defined by its flatness, shaped by the vast expanse of the Thorne Moors - part of the Humberhead Peatlands National Nature Reserve - which borders the village to the east and provides a distinctive, atmospheric backdrop for walking. Originally a small farming hamlet, the layout of the village was transformed in the early 20th century to house workers for Thorne Colliery, resulting in the characteristic red-brick terraces and greens that still form its core. While the pit has long since closed, Moorends remains a self-contained community with its own primary schools and local shops, benefiting from its proximity to the M18 and M180 motorway interchange. This gives it a practical advantage, offering a quiet, peripheral pace of life while keeping the larger centres of Doncaster and Scunthorpe within a twenty-minute drive.