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

Nostell Priory© habiloid / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Places to explore near Pontefract Tanshelf StationPontefract

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

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Worth the tripnational icons and local highlights within reach

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

Nostell Priory

House & garden near Wakefield

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

6.4 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.

1.9 km SW

Photo of the Aire & Calder Navigation, a 34-mile river navigation running from Leeds to Goole, northern England.

Aire & Calder Navigation

River navigation

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

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

Photo of Fitzwilliam Country Park, a country park near Wakefield, West Yorkshire, northern England.

Fitzwilliam Country Park

Country park near Wakefield

A country park in West Yorkshire.

6.5 km S

Photo along the Leeds Country Way, a 62-mile long-distance path in northern England.

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.

7.4 km NW · West Yorkshire

Photo of Anglers Country Park, a country park near Wakefield, West Yorkshire, northern England.

Anglers Country Park

Country park near Wakefield

A country park in West Yorkshire.

8.9 km SW

Photo of Walton Country Park, a country park near Wakefield, West Yorkshire, northern England.

Walton Country Park

Country park near Wakefield

A country park in West Yorkshire.

9.3 km SW

Photo of Steeton Hall Gateway, a landmark near South Milford, North Yorkshire, northern England.

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.

9.9 km N

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

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.