An urban explorer has taken a look inside the 200-year-old building

Take a glimpse inside an abandoned landmark Doncaster hotel - after an urban explorer captured the building as it looks today on camera.

The city’s Grand St Leger Hotel on the Racecourse Roundabout has lain empty for a number of years.

But enthusiasts from Doncaster Ghost Hunters and Exploration have been inside the building, revealing crumbling rooms and areas frozen in time.

The 22-minute clip has been uploaded to YouTube and you can watch it here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Oni3Qba2bc&t=1026s

Last November, work began to transform the Grade II listed hotel with a 35 bedroom extension and a new 200 seater restaurant planned for the building at the junction of Carr House Road and Bennetthorpe.

The Benell Group was appointed to co-ordinate the extension of the hotel together with the new restaurant.

Commenting on the project last year, Benells MD Anuj Joshi stated "The project is a very challenging scheme but with the progress we have made to date as well as some hard work, I beleive the end result will be a stunning development."

The Grade II listed building was put up for sale in 2025 and was described as a “prime hotel/retail/roadside site” in an “excellent location.”

The listing said: “The site is located in Bennetthorpe which is located directly off Racecourse Roundabout, a prime location benefitting from excellent visibility and with circa 40,000 vehicle movements on a daily basis.

"The property sits opposite the Hilton Hotel and Doncaster Racecourse which has regular, well attended race meets providing excellent levels of tourism and visitors to the city.

The hotel itself is a 20 bedroom Grade II listed building with large function rooms and restaurant/bar area with “significant redevelopment potential.”

It added: “Planning permission has been obtained and implemented for a redevelopment and extension of the existing hotel.”

The building, which dates from 1801, was originally called Belle Vue House and was built for Alderman Joseph Lockwood. The Doncaster Bloodstock Sales, now known as Goffs UK, was previously housed on the site.

In 2020, it housed a new incarnation of one of Doncaster’s most famous restaurants, taking on the name The Indus, in tribute to the original which opened in Silver Street in 1968 and became a favourite of cricket legend Lord Ian Botham.