Woolley
Worth seeing in and around Woolley
6 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.
- 01Yorkshire Sculpture Park
The Yorkshire Sculpture Park is an art gallery, with both open-air and indoor exhibition spaces, in West Bretton, Wakefield, in West Yorkshire, England. It shows work by British and international artists, including Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth.
3.6 km · sculpture park in West Bretton, Yorkshire, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 02Church of All Saints
The Church of All Saints is the parish church in the village of Darton in South Yorkshire, England. It is a Church of England church in the Diocese of Leeds.
3.4 km · Anglican church in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Bretton Hall
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 from 2001 to 2007.
3.9 km · Georgian country house in West Yorkshire, England, now part of Yorkshire Sculpture Park · Wikipedia - 04Church In Bretton Park
St Bartholomew's Chapel is a former estate church in the grounds of Bretton Hall, in West Bretton near Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England. The redundant Grade II* listed chapel has been restored as gallery space for the Yorkshire Sculpture Park.
3.3 km · church building in West Bretton, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 05Kettlethorpe Hall
Kettlethorpe Hall is a Georgian house in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England. The hall is a Grade I listed building.
3.8 km · Grade I listed building in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Woolley Hall
Woolley Hall is a country house in Woolley, West Yorkshire, England. It is a Grade II* listed building.
500 m · house in Woolley, Wakefield, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Woolley
- Airports
- Leeds Bradford (LBA), 30 km · Manchester (MAN), 59 km · East Midlands (EMA), 88 km
- Stations
- Darton railway station, 3 km · Staincross and Mapplewell railway station, 3.9 km · Notton and Royston railway station, 3.8 km
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Woolley50 km · quickest by road, 1h 41m · £6–9
- Nottingham, Leicestershire → Woolley77 km · quickest by road, 1h 45m · £8–11
- Liverpool → Woolley99 km · quickest by road, 2h 23m · £11–14
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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 Woolley
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 Woolley. 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 Woolley
Woolley is 20 km from Leeds, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Dartonvillage in South Yorkshire, England, UK3.4 km
- Nottona village located in Wakefield, United Kingdom2.7 km
- West Brettonvillage and civil parish in West Yorkshire, England, UK3.5 km
- Crigglestonevillage in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, UK3.4 km
- Chevetcivil parish in West Yorkshire, UK3.5 km
- Mapplewellvillage in South Yorkshire, England, UK3.2 km