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Newland with Woodhouse Moor

Newland with Woodhouse Moor is a civil parish in the City of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England, consisting of some open countryside west of Normanton, including Newland Hall.

The place

Newland with Woodhouse Moor is a civil parish in the City of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England, consisting of some open countryside west of Normanton, including Newland Hall.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Newland with Woodhouse Moor

10 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.

  1. 01
    Barnsley Canal

    The Barnsley Canal is a canal that ran from Barnby Basin, through Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England, to a junction with the Aire and Calder Navigation near Wakefield, West Yorkshire. It was built in the 1790s, to provide a transport link from coal reserves at Barnsley to a wider market.

    2.3 km · canal in the United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Stanley Ferry Aqueduct

    Stanley Ferry Aqueduct was built between 1836 and 1839 to take the Aire and Calder Navigation over the River Calder in West Yorkshire, England. It is one of the earliest through arch bridges in the world and is considered to be the longest span aqueduct executed in cast iron.

    1.6 km · Grade I listed aqueduct in West Yorkshire, England · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Heath Hall

    Heath Hall, Heath, Wakefield, West Yorkshire is a country house dating from 1709. Originally called Eshald House, the estate was purchased by John Smyth whose nephew engaged John Carr of York to reconstruct the house between 1754 and 1780.

    2.7 km · Grade I listed building in Heath, West Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Belle Vue

    Belle Vue, also known as the DIY Kitchens Stadium for sponsorship reasons, in Wakefield, England, is the home of Rugby League club Wakefield Trinity RLFC and, previously, Association Football club Wakefield A.F.C. It is on the A638 Doncaster Road, a mile south of Wakefield city centre.

    4 km · stadium in Wakefield, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    St Peter's Church

    St Peter's Church in Stanley, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England was a Church of England church. The church opened in 1824, closed in 2001 and after falling into disrepair was demolished in 2014.

    2.8 km · church in Stanley, Yorkshire, England · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Chantry Chapel of St Mary the Virgin, Wakefield

    The Chantry Chapel of St Mary the Virgin is a chantry chapel in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, and is designated a Grade I Listed building by Historic England. It is located south of the city centre on the medieval Chantry Bridge over the River Calder.

    4 km · Grade I listed church in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Chantry Bridge

    Chantry Bridge, sometimes known as Wakefield Bridge, is a mediaeval bridge in the city of Wakefield, in West Yorkshire, in England. In the early 14th century, there was a timber bridge over the River Calder in Wakefield, with Kirkgate connecting the bridge to the town centre.

    4 km · Grade I listed bridge in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Old Cathedral Grammar School

    The Elizabethan Gallery is a Grade II* listed historic building in the city centre of Wakefield, in West Yorkshire, England. The building was constructed in 1598, as the Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, funded by the Savile family.

    4 km · historic building in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    The Old Vicarage

    The Old Vicarage in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England is a building dating from c. 1349. Located on Zetland Street, the building and surrounding car park are linked to a network of tunnels, believed to be used by non-conformists after the Act of Uniformity was passed in 1662.

    3.9 km · building in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Trinity Walk

    Trinity Walk is a shopping centre in Wakefield, West Yorkshire. England.

    3.9 km · Shopping center in Wakefield.United Kingdom · Wikipedia

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Go there

Getting to Newland with Woodhouse Moor

Airports
Leeds Bradford (LBA), 24 km · Manchester (MAN), 68 km · East Midlands (EMA), 97 km
Stations
Wakefield Kirkgate railway station, 3.7 km · Normanton railway station, 1.2 km · Streethouse railway station, 3.5 km · Wakefield bus station, 3.9 km
  • Manchester, Greater Manchester → Newland with Woodhouse Moor
    58 km · quickest by road, 1h 46m · £8–10
  • Nottingham, Leicestershire → Newland with Woodhouse Moor
    85 km · quickest by road, 2h 10m · £10–13
  • Liverpool → Newland with Woodhouse Moor
    106 km · quickest by road, 2h 27m · £12–16
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Newland with Woodhouse Moor

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 Newland with Woodhouse Moor. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Go nextOther easy day trips include Bradford, Saltaire, Haworth and Sheffield.

From Wikivoyage: Wakefield (England), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    317 km
  2. 02
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    335 km
  3. 03
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    350 km
  4. 04
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    355 km
  5. 05
    Isle of JuraGB

    10 ways of moving, 19 sources

    378 km

If you know how people move in Newland with Woodhouse Moor – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Newland with Woodhouse Moor

Newland with Woodhouse Moor is 13 km from Leeds, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Normantontown in the City of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England1.6 km
  • Sharlstonvillage and civil parish in West Yorkshire, England, UK3.5 km
  • Warmfield cum Heathcivil parish in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England3.2 km
  • Altoftsvillage in West Yorkshire, England, UK1.6 km
  • Streethousevillage in West Yorkshire, England, UK3.4 km
  • Bottom Boatsettlement in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England2.6 km