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 Monkhill StationPontefract

26 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.

7.5 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.

3 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.

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

Fitzwilliam Country Park

Country park near Wakefield

A country park in West Yorkshire.

7.5 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.

7.9 km NW · West Yorkshire

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.

9.1 km N

Everything else within 10 km (20) — reserves, earthworks & places to check before travelling

St John's Priory (West Yorkshire)Prioryaccess unclear0.3 km SE
Pontefract CastleEarthworks of a former castleaccess unclear0.4 km S
Ferrybridge HengeHengeaccess unclear2 km NE
Fairburn and Newton IngsSSSIaccess unclear4.5 km N
Wentbridge IngsSSSIaccess unclear4.8 km S
Fairburn Ings (Newton Abbey) moatAbbeyaccess unclear5.3 km N
BrockadaleSSSIaccess unclear6.2 km SE
Madbanks and Ledsham BanksSSSIaccess unclear6.2 km N
Mickletown IngsSSSIaccess unclear7.1 km NW
Ledston Hall and ParkHouse & gardenaccess unclear7.7 km N
Buildings at Nostell Priory FarmPrioryaccess unclear7.7 km SW
Nostell Brickyard QuarrySSSIaccess unclear7.8 km SW
Manor Garth Hill ringworkEarthworks of a former castleaccess unclear8.9 km NW
Townclose HillsSSSI9.2 km NW
Roach Lime HillsSSSIaccess unclear9.5 km NW
Newland PreceptoryPreceptoryaccess unclear9.6 km W
Castle Hills settlementCastleaccess unclear9.7 km N
Forlorn Hope MeadowSSSIaccess unclear9.8 km SE
Micklefield QuarrySSSIaccess unclear9.8 km N
Sherburn WillowsSSSIaccess unclear9.9 km N

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.