Low Ackworth
Ackworth is a village and civil parish in the metropolitan borough of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, between Pontefract, Barnsley and Doncaster on the River Went.
Ackworth is a village and civil parish in the metropolitan borough of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, between Pontefract, Barnsley and Doncaster on the River Went. It has four parts: High Ackworth, Low Ackworth, Ackworth Moor Top, and Brackenhill. The 2001 census gave it a population of 6,493, which rose to 7,049 at the 2011 census. There is also a city ward called Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton, with a 2011 census population of 16,099.
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Worth seeing in and around Low Ackworth
3 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Nostell Priory
Nostell Priory is a Palladian house in Nostell, West Yorkshire, in England, near Crofton and on the road to Doncaster from Wakefield. It dates from 1733 and was built for the Winn family on the site of a medieval priory.
3.8 km · historic house located in West Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Six Arches
The Six Arches is a railway viaduct in Ackworth, West Yorkshire, England, named after its design. It carries the Pontefract to Rotherham line over the River Went.
1.4 km · railway viaduct in Ackworth, West Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Kinsley Greyhound Stadium
Kinsley Greyhound Stadium is a Greyhound Board of Great Britain regulated greyhound racing stadium situated on Wakefield Road in Kinsley, West Yorkshire, England.
2.7 km · Greyhound racing stadium in England · Wikipedia
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Getting to Low Ackworth
- Airports
- Leeds Bradford (LBA), 33 km · Manchester (MAN), 70 km · East Midlands (EMA), 90 km
- Stations
- Fitzwilliam railway station, 2.7 km · Ackworth railway station, 2.2 km · Hemsworth bus station, 3.3 km
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Low Ackworth63 km · quickest by road, 1h 46m · £8–11
- Nottingham, Leicestershire → Low Ackworth78 km · quickest by road, 1h 46m · £9–11
- Liverpool → Low Ackworth113 km · quickest by road, 2h 27m · £12–16
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Low Ackworth
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Low Ackworth. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Go nextOther easy day trips include Bradford, Saltaire, Haworth and Sheffield.
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Next door to Low Ackworth
Low Ackworth is 22 km from Leeds, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Hemsworthtown in the City of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England3.5 km
- Ackworthvillage and civil parish in West Yorkshire, England, UK2.1 km
- Badsworthvillage in West Yorkshire, England, UK3.3 km
- Thorpe Audlinvillage and civil parish in West Yorkshire, UK3.5 km
- Uptonvillage in Upton and North Elmsall, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England3.8 km
- East Hardwickvillage in West Yorkshire, England, UK3.3 km