Village and civil parish in West Yorkshire, England

West Hardwick

West Hardwick is a village and civil parish in the City of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England.

Plan a trip to West Hardwick→From Manchester, Greater Manchester

Every way there

Manchester, Greater Manchester → West Hardwick
61 km · quickest by road, 1h 47m · £8–11
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Nottingham, Leicestershire → West Hardwick
80 km · quickest by road, 1h 56m · £9–12
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Liverpool → West Hardwick
110 km · quickest by road, 2h 29m · £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.

The field note

What is in and around West Hardwick, 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 West Hardwick has

YScheduled flightsLeeds, West Yorkshire (LBA), 30 km
NTrains and coachesno timetable feed known for this country
YFerriesLeeds Water Taxi Dock, 18 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, 9 km.

53.661°, -1.368°

It has a population of 29. Until 1974 it formed part of Hemsworth Rural District. The population at the 2011 Census remained minimal. Details are included in the parish of Hessle and Hill Top.

How locals move

Getting around West Hardwick 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.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Massachusetts (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.