Mickletown is a small village on the eastern edge of the metropolitan area of Leeds in West Yorkshire, sitting amid the mix of former industrial land and greenbelt countryside that characterises this part of Yorkshire. It feels more residential than urban, with a scattering of local shops and community facilities and easy road links that make it popular with people commuting into nearby towns and the city.
Historically the area shares the industrial heritage of the Leeds region, with former coal and railway activity leaving traces in the local landscape; today that past sits alongside newer housing and pockets of open space. Socially it has a quiet, community-focused feel - a place where village-scale social life and practical links to larger centres combine rather than a distinct cultural or commercial centre of its own.
Postcode districts covering Mickletown
Most populated places nearby
- Leeds 7.6 miles
- Bradford 15.4 miles
- York 19.9 miles
- Huddersfield 17.3 miles
- Rotherham 21.2 miles
- Doncaster 18.9 miles
- Wakefield 6 miles
- Harrogate 18.5 miles
- Halifax 19.5 miles
- Barnsley 12.4 miles
- Castleford 2.4 miles
- Morley 8.3 miles
Neighbouring places
- Methley Built-up area 0.6 miles
- Woodend Built-up area 1.2 miles
- Allerton Bywater Built-up area 1.6 miles
- Altofts and Whitwood Ward 1.6 miles
- Great and Little Preston Parish 1.7 miles
- Great Preston Built-up area 1.7 miles
- Kippax & Methley Ward 2.1 miles
- Swillington Built-up area 2.2 miles
- Castleford Built-up area 2.4 miles
- Normanton Built-up area 2.5 miles
- Kippax Built-up area 2.5 miles
- Castleford Central and Glasshoughton Ward 2.6 miles
Example postcodes in Mickletown
LS26 9EY, LS26 9EL, LS26 9AR, LS26 9JB, LS26 9FH, LS26 9JZ, LS26 9EF, LS26 9ES, LS26 9LD … See all
Transport links
- Leeds Bradford International Airport 13.9 miles
- Doncaster Sheffield Airport 23.9 miles
- Castleford Railway Station 2 miles
- Woodlesford Railway Station 2.2 miles
Hotels near Mickletown Ad
- Oulton Hall Hotel, Spa & Golf Resort 4 2.5 miles
- ibis Wakefield East-Castleford 3 1.8 miles
- Ramada by Wyndham Leeds East 3 3.8 miles
- Thorpe Park Hotel and Spa 4 4.1 miles
- Dakota Leeds 5 7.4 miles
- Holiday Inn Express Leeds-East 3 2.2 miles
- Host & Stay | Joffre Avenue 2.5 miles
- The Midland Hotel 3 2.2 miles
- Holiday Inn Express Wakefield 3 5.6 miles
- Quebecs 4 7.4 miles
Local points of interest
- Stanley Library Library 3.6 miles
- Pontefract Racecourse Recreation 3.7 miles
- Fairnurn Ings Nature reserve 3.8 miles
- Outwood Library Library 4.8 miles
- Nostell Priory Country house 5.8 miles
- Pugneys Country Park Nature reserve 7.1 miles
- Trinity Leeds Shopping centre 7.3 miles
- Elland Road Stadium 7.6 miles
- Saw Wood Forest 7.6 miles
- Gotts Park Mansion Country house 9.5 miles
- Clayton Wood Forest 11.2 miles
- Spring Wood Forest 11.4 miles