Around Ackworth and Hessle
Tourist office 
6.47 km
+40 m
-47 m
2h 00
Easy
Departure from Ackworth (West Yorkshire)
A circular walk around Ackworth. You'll pass The Dando Way, Brackenhill Quarries, Constitution Hill, Hessle Hall and Water Mill.
Thorpe Audlin to South Elmsall Station
Tourist office 9.82 km
+74 m
-80 m
3h 00
Easy
Departure from Thorpe Audlin (West Yorkshire)
Thorpe Audlin to South Elmsall Station using mostly Wakefield Way.
Purston Park to Castle Syke Hill
Tourist office 4.79 km
+33 m
-28 m
1h 30
Easy
Departure from Featherstone (West Yorkshire)
Lovely walk from Purston Park to Castle Syke Hill.
Featherstone Library
Tourist office 3.27 km
+10 m
-10 m
1h 00
Easy
Departure from Featherstone (West Yorkshire)
A short and easy circular walk around Featherstone Library.
Featherstone Library to Old Town Hall
Tourist office 1.73 km
+6 m
-6 m
0h 30
Easy
Departure from Featherstone (West Yorkshire)
A short walk around a playing field in Featherstone.
Featherstone Library to Purston Park
Tourist office 2.34 km
+13 m
-13 m
0h 40
Easy
Departure from Featherstone (West Yorkshire)
A short and easy circular walk from Featherstone Library.
Featherstone Library to the Sports Field
Tourist office 1.81 km
+7 m
-7 m
0h 30
Easy
Departure from Featherstone (West Yorkshire)
A quick and lovely walk to (re)discover Featherstone.
Pontefract to Thorpe Audlin
Tourist office 12.19 km
+47 m
-75 m
3h 35
Easy
Departure from Wakefield (West Yorkshire)
From Pontefract to Thorpe Audlin using mostly the Wakefield Way.
North Elmsall Hall Farm
Tourist office 2.61 km
+5 m
-5 m
0h 45
Easy
Departure from Upton (West Yorkshire)
A short circular walk from Upton Country Park car park.
On the site of Upton Colliery
Tourist office 2.15 km
+13 m
-13 m
0h 40
Easy
Departure from Upton (West Yorkshire)
A short circular walk from Upton Country Park car park.
Via North Elmsall Church
Tourist office 4.56 km
+20 m
-21 m
1h 20
Easy
Departure from Upton (West Yorkshire)
A short circular walk from Upton Country Park car park.
Henswmorth Bypass to Anglers Country Park
Tourist office 10.79 km
+57 m
-52 m
3h 15
Easy
Departure from South Kirkby and Moorthorpe (West Yorkshire)
Easy walk from Henswmorth Bypass to Anglers Country Park using mostly Wakefield Way.
From Crofton Community Centre to Anglers Country Park
Tourist office 4.18 km
+18 m
-18 m
1h 15
Easy
Departure from Crofton (West Yorkshire)
An easy, circular walk, mainly on roadside pavements and good footpaths with some field side grass walking.
From Crofton Community Centre to Windmill Hill & Foulby
Tourist office 4.18 km
+15 m
-15 m
1h 15
Easy
Departure from Crofton (West Yorkshire)
Nice walk with superb views of the East Pennines from the top of Windmill Hill.
From Crofton Community Centre to Foulby
Tourist office 3.03 km
+16 m
-16 m
0h 55
Easy
Departure from Crofton (West Yorkshire)
Much of the walk takes place over an area of restored opencast mineral workings.
South Elmsall to Hemsworth Bypass
Tourist office 12.04 km
+125 m
-93 m
3h 50
Easy
Departure from South Elmsall (West Yorkshire)
Nice walk from South Elmsall to Hemsworth Bypass passing by fields, hills and parks.
Anglers Country Park to Notton
Tourist office 9.75 km
+62 m
-80 m
3h 00
Easy
Departure from Wintersett (West Yorkshire)
Nice walk from Anglers Country Park to Notton passing by wood, hill and dam.
The Wakefield Way
Tourist office 122.22 km
+1,006 m
-1,008 m
11 days
Easy
Departure from Wintersett (West Yorkshire)
The Wakefield Way is a 70 mile walk around the Wakefield Metropolitan District. It takes the walker through attractive undulating countryside of fields and woodland, stretches of water, country estates, charming villages and unexpected views. The walk visits places of historical interest and sites of Wakefield’s industrial past.
Ferrybridge Community Centre around Brotherton Marshes
Tourist office 4.78 km
+5 m
-5 m
1h 25
Easy
Departure from Wakefield (West Yorkshire)
A short circular walk along River Aire and through open fields.
Ferrybridge Medical Centre to Brotherton Church
Tourist office 4.04 km
+15 m
-16 m
1h 10
Easy
Departure from Wakefield (West Yorkshire)
Lovely circular walk along the River Aire from Ferrybridge.
Airedale Health Centre to Gallows Hill
Tourist office 2.03 km
+17 m
-17 m
0h 40
Easy
Departure from Wakefield (West Yorkshire)
The ideal route to do your 30 minutes of walks by day.
More walks in Ackworth
Discover also walks in surrounding cities:
- Great and Little Preston
- Great Houghton
- Hambleton
- Hampole
- Havercroft with Cold Hiendley
- Hemsworth
- Hessle and Hill Top
- Hickleton
- High Melton
- Hillam
- Hooton Pagnell
- Huddleston with Newthorpe
- Huntwick with Foulby and Nostell
- Kellington
- Kippax
- Kirk Smeaton
- Ledsham
- Ledston
- Little Houghton
- Little Smeaton
- Marr
- Micklefield
- Monk Fryston
- Newland with Woodhouse Moor
- Normanton
- North Elmsall
- Norton
- Notton
- Owston
- Ryhill
- Shafton
- Sharlston
- Sherburn in Elmet
- South Elmsall
- South Hiendley
- South Kirkby and Moorthorpe
- South Milford
- Sprotbrough and Cusworth
- Stapleton
- Sturton Grange
- Swillington
- Thorpe Audlin
- Upton
- Walden Stubbs
- Walton
- Warmfield cum Heath
- West Haddlesey
- West Hardwick
- Whitley
- Wintersett
- Womersley