West Bretton
in Wakefield of England, United Kingdom
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Leeds Bradford Airport (17 mi) - Robin Hood Doncaster Sheffield Airport (25 mi)
- Manchester Woodford Airport (31 mi)
- RAF Linton-On-Ouse (32 mi)
- Manchester Airport (34 mi)
- Nottingham Airport (52 mi)
- East Midlands Airport (55 mi)
- Durham Tees Valley Airport (62 mi)
- Birmingham International Airport (81 mi)
- Liverpool – Maritime Mercantile City (Unesco heritage, 27 mi)
- Saltaire (Unesco heritage, 57 mi)
- Studley Royal Park including the Ruins of Fountains Abbey (Unesco heritage, 58 mi)
- Derwent Valley Mills (Unesco heritage, 60 mi)
- Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal (Unesco heritage, 71 mi)
- Durham Castle and Cathedral (Unesco heritage, 92 mi)
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Frontiers of the Roman Empire (Unesco heritage, 95 mi) - Bradley Park Golf Course (Golf course, 8 mi)
- The Manor Golf Club (Golf course, 14 mi)
- Leeds Golf Club (Golf course, 15 mi)
- Headley Golf Club (Golf course, 16 mi)
- Horsforth Golf Club (Golf course, 16 mi)
- Hallamshire Golf Club (Golf course, 17 mi)
- Hollins Hall Golf Club (Golf course, 17 mi)
- Branshaw Golf Club (Golf course, 22 mi)
- Barlborough Links (Golf course, 27 mi)
- Flaxby Park Golf Country Club (Golf course, 27 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 53.620 and -1.568 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 53° 37' 13" and W -1° 34' 5"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Pound - GBP
- Spoken languages:
- English, Welsh, Scottish Gaelic
- Local electricity:
- 230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
- Local Time: 11:07 PM (Thursday)
- Timezone: Europe/London
- UTC/GMT offset: 0 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 7:45 am and 3:59 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -45.817 and 170.717 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Otakou - References
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Safety Score: 3,0 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning we advice caution when travelling to United Kingdom.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning United Kingdom. Last Update: 2024-08-13 08:21:03
Discover West Bretton
West Bretton in Wakefield (England) with it's 459 citizens is a place in United Kingdom about 158 mi (or 254 km) north-west of London, the country's capital city.
Current time in West Bretton is now 11:07 PM (Thursday). The local timezone is named Europe / London with an UTC offset of zero hours. We know of 9 airports near West Bretton, of which 5 are larger airports. The closest airport in United Kingdom is Leeds Bradford Airport in a distance of 17 mi (or 28 km), North. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
There are several Unesco world heritage sites nearby. The closest heritage site in United Kingdom is Liverpool – Maritime Mercantile City in a distance of 27 mi (or 44 km), South-East. Also, if you like playing golf, there are a few options in driving distance. If you need a hotel, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
While being here, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Crigglestone, Cawthorne, Woolley, Wakefield and Notton. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 3°C / 37 °F
| Morning Temperature | 1°C / 33 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 3°C / 37 °F |
| Night Temperature | 4°C / 38 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 68% |
| Air Pressure | 999 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Moderate breeze with 9 km/h (6 mph) from East |
| Cloud Conditions | Broken clouds, covering 73% of sky |
| General Conditions | Broken clouds |
Friday, 22nd of November 2024
5°C (40 °F)
2°C (36 °F)
Rain and snow, moderate breeze, clear sky.
Saturday, 23rd of November 2024
4°C (40 °F)
13°C (56 °F)
Rain and snow, fresh breeze, overcast clouds.
Sunday, 24th of November 2024
15°C (59 °F)
10°C (50 °F)
Light rain, fresh breeze, overcast clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
TANKERSLEY MANOR-QHOTELS
Clarion Collection Cedar Court Hotel Wakefield
JCT.37 Holiday Inn BARNSLEY M1
The Grove
JCT.40 Holiday Inn LEEDS - WAKEFIELD M1
Ramada Wakefield M1 Jct 40
BEST WESTERN HOTEL ST PIERRE
Bagden Hall Hotel
The Fairway
ibis Styles Barnsley
Videos from this area
These are videos related to the place based on their proximity to this place.
Wakefield RISC OS Show 2014: Chris Evans, CJE Micro's
Chris Evans' talk at the Wakefield RISC OS Show, 2014.
Wakefield RISC OS Show 2014: Steve Revill, RISC OS Open Ltd
Steve Revill's talk at the Wakefield RISC OS Show, 2014.
Wakefield RISC OS Show 2014: Martin Wuerthner, MW Software
Martin Wuerthner's (unplanned) talk at the Wakefield RISC OS Show, 2014.
Wakefield RISC OS Show 2014: Matthew Phillips, Sine Nomine Software
Matthew Phillips' talk at the Wakefield RISC OS Show, 2014.
MG ZR TDi, quick hoof down a country lane
MG ZR TDi: SDI Injectors, Reidy Maff-less Remap, Green K4.80bc open cone, Decatted, 19psi of boost, Janspeed/Xpower twin backbox, DD stainless turbo outlet pipe, ZR160 front brakes. No speed...
Riding along the River Calder, near Horbury in West Yorkshire
Messing around with mounting a camera on the bars of my bike, and riding along a lovely flowing section on single track by the M1.
44 - West Yorkshire Bash, Horbury, 03 July 2011
Clips from the bash at Horbury, Wakefield, on Sunday 3rd July 2011.
David's Karaoke , Cricketers Arms Horbury
David's Night of Madness.
TM - Bash number 8,for 09 MCD RaceRunner ESP 30.5 Champ ported eng.
this is my MCD Race Runner with its new engine having its first outing,at the TM Bash,number 8 for 09 at Horbury,in wakefield,UK its running :- O'neils brothers crank case,,, +2 mm...
46233 on 16 August 2013 with The Scarborough Flyer
Twenty minutes late and in part sun part shade 46233 heads through Horbury with The Scarborough Flyer.
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Bretton Hall, West Yorkshire
Bretton Hall is a country house in West Bretton near Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England. It housed Bretton Hall College from 1949 until 2001 and was a campus of the University of Leeds (2001–2007). It is a Grade II* listed building.
High Hoyland
High Hoyland is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England, on the border with West Yorkshire. It lies to the west of Kexbrough, and is located at approximately {{#invoke:Coordinates|coord}}{{#coordinates:53|35|10|N|1|35|30|W| | |name= }}, at an elevation of around 200 metres above sea level. At the 2001 census it had a population of 142.
Yorkshire Sculpture Park
The Yorkshire Sculpture Park in the parkland of Bretton Hall in West Bretton, Wakefield, in West Yorkshire, England is an open-air gallery showing work by UK and international artists, including Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth. It was the UK's first sculpture park based on the temporary open air exhibitions organised in London parks from the 1940s to 1970s by the Arts Council and London County Council (and later Greater London Council).
Bretton Hall College
Bretton Hall College was a teacher training college in West Bretton in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England. It opened in 1949 at Bretton Hall. The college merged with the University of Leeds in 2001 but closed in 2007.
Netherton, Wakefield
Netherton is a small village in the City of Wakefield metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England. It lies about 4 miles south-west of Wakefield, 3 miles south of Ossett, 1 mile south of Horbury. The village was originally named "Nether Shitlington", but this was changed sometime after 1855. The village was once home to two collieries - Denby Grange and Bullcliffe Wood. The latter was one of the leading pits behind the UK Miners' Strike (1984-1985).
Haigh, West Yorkshire
Haigh is a small village in South Yorkshire and West Yorkshire, England. Historically within the West Riding of Yorkshire, it lies half in the Wakefield district and half in the Barnsley district. It grew up as a pit village and had its own colliery until 1968. Thereafter, Woolley Colliery became the main source of employment until its closure in 1987. Haigh suffered from significant decline for several years afterwards. It is now a commuter village for the large towns and cities of Yorkshire.
St Peter and St Leonard's Church, Horbury
St Peter and St Leonard's Church, Horbury is in Horbury, West Yorkshire, England. It is an active Church of England parish church and part of the Wakefield deanery in the archdeaconry of Pontefract, diocese of Wakefield and commonly known as St Peter's. It is on the site of a Norman church built in about 1100 and probably an Anglo-Saxon church before that.
Horbury railway works
Horbury, near Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England was the site of two wagon works constructed during the Victorian period of industrialisation. Charles Roberts & Company's wagon works was located at Horbury Junction southeast of Horbury, West Yorkshire, England. It became part of the Procor group in the 1970s as Procor Engineering Ltd. and, subsequently, part of Bombardier Inc. 's European railway businesses in 1990 as Bombardier Prorail (Horbury), closing in 2005.
These are some bigger and more relevant cities in the wider vivinity of West Bretton.
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Bretton, West Bretton
