Photo of Nostell Priory, a Grade II* registered house & garden near Wakefield, West Yorkshire, northern England.

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Places to explore near Pontefract Baghill StationPontefract

23 places within 10 km — the standouts first, nearest first within each group.

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Nostell Priory

House & garden near Wakefield

A Palladian house holding one of the finest Chippendale furniture collections anywhere.

7 km SW

Also nearbygood places nearby, nearest first

$Photo of Farmer Copleys, a farm & farm shop near Pontefract, West Yorkshire, northern England.$

Farmer Copleys

Farm & farm shop near Pontefract

Family farm shop, cafe and agritourism destination between Pontefract and Featherstone.

2.5 km SW

Aire & Calder Navigation

River navigation

Yorkshire's commercial waterway since 1704, canalising the Aire from Leeds and Wakefield down to the docks at Goole.

3.6 km NE · West Yorkshire, East Riding of Yorkshire & North Yorkshire

Fitzwilliam Country Park

Country park near Wakefield

A country park in West Yorkshire.

6.8 km SW

Leeds Country Way

Long-distance path

A green-belt circuit of Leeds that never strays more than seven miles from the city centre, yet spends most of its time in farmland.

8.3 km NW · West Yorkshire

Anglers Country Park

Country park near Wakefield

A country park in West Yorkshire.

9.6 km SW

Steeton Hall Gateway

Landmark near South Milford

Two-storey stone gatehouse of the 1360s or 1370s at South Milford, crenellated and carved with heads and shields, that once guarded a walled manor.

9.8 km N

Everything else within 10 km (16) — reserves, earthworks & places to check before travelling

Pontefract CastleEarthworks of a former castleaccess unclear0.4 km N
St John's Priory (West Yorkshire)Prioryaccess unclear0.7 km N
Ferrybridge HengeHengeaccess unclear2.7 km NE
Wentbridge IngsSSSIaccess unclear4 km SE
Fairburn and Newton IngsSSSIaccess unclear5.2 km N
BrockadaleSSSIaccess unclear5.5 km SE
Fairburn Ings (Newton Abbey) moatAbbeyaccess unclear6.1 km N
Madbanks and Ledsham BanksSSSIaccess unclear7 km N
Buildings at Nostell Priory FarmPrioryaccess unclear7.2 km SW
Nostell Brickyard QuarrySSSIaccess unclear7.3 km SW
Mickletown IngsSSSIaccess unclear7.6 km NW
Ledston Hall and ParkHouse & gardenaccess unclear8.5 km N
Forlorn Hope MeadowSSSIaccess unclear9.4 km SE
Manor Garth Hill ringworkEarthworks of a former castleaccess unclear9.6 km NW
Newland PreceptoryPreceptoryaccess unclear9.6 km W
Townclose HillsSSSI9.9 km NW

Ordered by how far each place is worth travelling for, then by distance. Distances are straight-line to the nearest edge of each place — paths wind, of course.