Civil parish in West Yorkshire, England

Hessle and Hill Top

Hessle and Hill Top is a civil parish in the City of Wakefield district of West Yorkshire, England.

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Every way there

Manchester, Greater Manchester → Hessle and Hill Top
62 km · quickest by road, 1h 47m · £8–11
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Nottingham, Leicestershire → Hessle and Hill Top
79 km · quickest by road, 1h 55m · £9–12
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Liverpool → Hessle and Hill Top
111 km · quickest by road, 2h 29m · £12–16
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The field note

What is in and around Hessle and Hill Top, ranked by how widely it is written about, how you reach it, and the nearest places where we have researched how people move.

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What Hessle and Hill Top has

YScheduled flightsLeeds, West Yorkshire (LBA), 31 km
NTrains and coachesno timetable feed known for this country
YFerriesLeeds Water Taxi Dock, 20 km; sailings estimated
YDriving and taxiOpenStreetMap roads; cab fare from the country band
NBike and scooter shareno share feed known
NCruisesno open itinerary source anywhere

Y routable now · F found, not yet implemented · N no source known. Nearest place with more: Wakefield, 10 km.

53.653°, -1.348°

Scattered settlements in the rural parish include Wragby village and the hamlet of Hessle, which is about 1 mile (1.6 km) northwest of the village of Ackworth Moor Top and 3+1⁄2 miles (6 km) southwest of Pontefract. At the 2011 census the parish was grouped with the neighbouring parish of West Hardwick, and a combined population of 138 was recorded.

How locals move

Getting around Hessle and Hill Top the local way

Go nextOther easy day trips include Bradford, Saltaire, Haworth and Sheffield.

From Wikivoyage: Wakefield (England), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

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