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Fairburn walks
Airedale Square via Well Wood
Tourist office 
2.82 mi
+118 ft
-118 ft
1h 25
Easy
Departure from Wakefield (West Yorkshire)
A nice and easy circular walk around Airedale Square.
Airedale Health Centre to Gallows Hill
Tourist office 1.26 mi
+59 ft
-59 ft
0h 40
Easy
Departure from Wakefield (West Yorkshire)
The ideal route to do your 30 minutes of walks by day.
Ferrybridge Community Centre around Brotherton Marshes
Tourist office 2.97 mi
+20 ft
-20 ft
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 2.51 mi
+69 ft
-52 ft
1h 15
Easy
Departure from Wakefield (West Yorkshire)
Lovely circular walk along the River Aire from Ferrybridge.
Castleford to Pontefract
Tourist office 4.54 mi
+230 ft
-69 ft
2h 15
Easy
Departure from Wakefield (West Yorkshire)
An easy linear walk from Castleford Bus Station to Pontefract Bus Station.
Pontefract to Thorpe Audlin
Tourist office 7.57 mi
+148 ft
-233 ft
3h 35
Easy
Departure from Wakefield (West Yorkshire)
From Pontefract to Thorpe Audlin using mostly the Wakefield Way.
Featherstone Library to Old Town Hall
Tourist office 1.08 mi
+16 ft
-16 ft
0h 30
Easy
Departure from Featherstone (West Yorkshire)
A short walk around a playing field in Featherstone.
Featherstone Library
Tourist office 2.03 mi
+36 ft
-36 ft
1h 00
Easy
Departure from Featherstone (West Yorkshire)
A short and easy circular walk around Featherstone Library.
Featherstone Library to Purston Park
Tourist office 1.45 mi
+43 ft
-43 ft
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 1.13 mi
+23 ft
-23 ft
0h 30
Easy
Departure from Featherstone (West Yorkshire)
A quick and lovely walk to (re)discover Featherstone.
Purston Park to Castle Syke Hill
Tourist office 2.98 mi
+82 ft
-69 ft
1h 25
Easy
Departure from Featherstone (West Yorkshire)
Lovely walk from Purston Park to Castle Syke Hill.
Stanley to Castleford
Tourist office 8.16 mi
+36 ft
-121 ft
3h 45
Easy
Departure from Wakefield (West Yorkshire)
A nice and easy walk mostly on Wakefield Way and along the Aire & Calder Navigation.
Around Ackworth and Hessle
Tourist office 4.02 mi
+171 ft
-171 ft
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 6.10 mi
+269 ft
-285 ft
3h 00
Easy
Departure from Thorpe Audlin (West Yorkshire)
Thorpe Audlin to South Elmsall Station using mostly Wakefield Way.
The Stanley Ferry Pub to Southern Wahslands Reserve
Tourist office 2.75 mi
+13 ft
-13 ft
1h 15
Easy
Departure from Wakefield (West Yorkshire)
A walk in Southern Washlands Nature Reserve with its lakes, beautiful trees, wildlife and excellent views of the River Calder.
The Stanley Ferry Pub to Stanley Marsh Nature Reserve
Tourist office 2.40 mi
+23 ft
-23 ft
1h 05
Easy
Departure from Wakefield (West Yorkshire)
The Stanley Marsh Nature Reserve is small but contains a wide variety of habitats and can be enjoyed in any season of the year.
The Stanley Ferry Pub to Park Hill
Tourist office 1.99 mi
+46 ft
-46 ft
0h 55
Easy
Departure from Wakefield (West Yorkshire)
Nice walk along Aire and Calder Navigation and Park Hill.
From Crofton Community Centre to Windmill Hill & Foulby
Tourist office 2.60 mi
+56 ft
-52 ft
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 Anglers Country Park
Tourist office 2.60 mi
+59 ft
-59 ft
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 Foulby
Tourist office 1.88 mi
+62 ft
-62 ft
0h 55
Easy
Departure from Crofton (West Yorkshire)
Much of the walk takes place over an area of restored opencast mineral workings.
From Heath to Goosehill, Kirkthorpe and back
Tourist office 3.61 mi
+148 ft
-138 ft
1h 45
Easy
Departure from Warmfield cum Heath (West Yorkshire)
This walk start at the large common at Heath, then take you along footpath and bridleways to the smaller commons at Warmfields, Goosehill and Kirkthorp where you can discover the hidden gems such as pond at Goosehill or the village stocks, last used in the 1860's, at Kirkthorp.
North Elmsall Hall Farm
Tourist office 1.62 mi
+23 ft
-23 ft
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 1.33 mi
+49 ft
-49 ft
0h 40
Easy
Departure from Upton (West Yorkshire)
A short circular walk from Upton Country Park car park.
Via North Elmsall Church
Tourist office 2.84 mi
+82 ft
-72 ft
1h 25
Easy
Departure from Upton (West Yorkshire)
A short circular walk from Upton Country Park car park.
Shay Lane to Haw Park Bridge
Tourist office 2.92 mi
+108 ft
-89 ft
1h 25
Easy
Departure from Walton (West Yorkshire)
Lovely walk from Walton to Haw Park using Trans-Pennine Trail.
Walton Colliery Nature Park
Tourist office 2.31 mi
+85 ft
-85 ft
1h 10
Easy
Departure from Walton (West Yorkshire)
Nice walk from Walton along railways and through Walton Colliery Nature Park.
The Balk
Tourist office 1.62 mi
+75 ft
-75 ft
0h 50
Easy
Departure from Walton (West Yorkshire)
Nice and easy walk passing by The Walton War Memorial and using mostly the Wakefield Way.
The Wakefield Way
Tourist office 75.94 mi
+3,671 ft
-3,675 ft
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.
Anglers Country Park to Notton
Tourist office 6.06 mi
+279 ft
-335 ft
3h 00
Easy
Departure from Wintersett (West Yorkshire)
Nice walk from Anglers Country Park to Notton passing by wood, hill and dam.
Henswmorth Bypass to Anglers Country Park
Tourist office 6.71 mi
+200 ft
-180 ft
3h 15
Easy
Departure from South Kirkby and Moorthorpe (West Yorkshire)
Easy walk from Henswmorth Bypass to Anglers Country Park using mostly Wakefield Way.
Notton and Newmillerdam Circular
Visorando Member 
5.84 mi
+151 ft
-151 ft
2h 50
Easy
Departure from Notton (West Yorkshire)
This an easy, relatively flat circular walk south of Wakefield. It makes use of a disused railway line and the Newmillerdam Country Park - beautiful woodlands and rolling countryside.
More walks in Fairburn
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- Acaster Malbis
- Acaster Selby
- Ackworth
- Allerton Bywater
- Appleton Roebuck
- Askern
- Austhorpe
- Badsworth
- Bardsey cum Rigton
- Barkston Ash
- Barwick in Elmet and Scholes
- Beal
- Biggin
- Birkin
- Bolton Percy
- Bramham cum Oglethorpe
- Brotherton
- Burghwallis
- Burton Salmon
- Byram cum Sutton
- Cawood
- Chapel Haddlesey
- Church Fenton
- Wakefield
- Clifford
- Colton
- Cridling Stubbs
- Crofton
- Darrington
- East Hardwick
- Eggborough
- Featherstone
- Gateforth
- Great and Little Preston
- Grimston
- Hambleton
- Havercroft with Cold Hiendley
- Hemsworth
- Hessle and Hill Top
- Hillam
- Huddleston with Newthorpe
- Huntwick with Foulby and Nostell
- Kellington
- Kippax
- Kirk Smeaton
- Kirkby Wharfe with North Milford
- Lead
- Ledsham
- Ledston
- Little Fenton
- Little Smeaton
- Lotherton cum Aberford
- Micklefield
- Monk Fryston
- Newland with Woodhouse Moor
- Newton Kyme cum Toulston
- Normanton
- North Elmsall
- Norton
- Oxton
- Parlington
- Ryhill
- Ryther cum Ossendyke
- Saxton with Scarthingwell
- Scarcroft
- Sharlston
- Sherburn in Elmet
- South Hiendley
- South Milford
- Stapleton
- Steeton
- Sturton Grange
- Stutton with Hazlewood
- Swillington
- Tadcaster
- Thorner
- Thorpe Audlin
- Thorpe Willoughby
- Towton
- Ulleskelf
- Upton
- Walden Stubbs
- Walton
- Warmfield cum Heath
- West Haddlesey
- West Hardwick
- Whitley
- Wintersett
- Womersley
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