Browse Real Estate Listings in Askern, Doncaster or list your own. Advertise, sell your property, list it for letAskern () is a town and civil parish within the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, in South Yorkshire, England. It is on the A19 road between Doncaster and Selby. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it became a spa town in the late 19th century, but this stopped once coal mines opened in the town. The last mine closed in the 1990s. It had a population of 5,570 at the 2011 Census.Askern is also well known in South Yorkshire for its Askern Greyhound Stadium.Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/