Featherstone sits in the metropolitan borough of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, on the edge of the old Yorkshire coalfield between Pontefract and Normanton. The town has a compact centre of terraces, local shops and community facilities, with decent rail and road links that make it a practical commuter base for nearby urban centres such as Wakefield and Leeds.
Featherstone’s identity was forged by coal mining and the social institutions that came with it - miners’ institutes, a strong trade-union tradition and a community shaped by the boom-and-bust history of the pits. That industrial past sits alongside a proud sporting culture, most famously as the home of Featherstone Rovers rugby league club, and today the town mixes light industry, local retail and ongoing regeneration with an active community spirit.
Postcode districts covering Featherstone
Most populated places nearby
- Sheffield 21.8 miles
- Leeds 10.8 miles
- Bradford 17.6 miles
- York 22.1 miles
- Huddersfield 17.5 miles
- Rotherham 17.7 miles
- Doncaster 15.6 miles
- Wakefield 5.6 miles
- Harrogate 22.2 miles
- Halifax 20.9 miles
- Barnsley 9.4 miles
- Castleford 2.7 miles
Neighbouring places
- Featherstone Built-up area 0.7 miles
- Streethouse Built-up area 1.3 miles
- West Hardwick Parish 1.8 miles
- Normanton Built-up area 1.9 miles
- Sharlston Built-up area 2.2 miles
- Altofts and Whitwood Ward 2.3 miles
- Huntwick with Foulby and Nostell Parish 2.4 miles
- Hessle and Hill Top Parish 2.4 miles
- Pontefract North Ward 2.5 miles
- Castleford Central and Glasshoughton Ward 2.5 miles
- High Ackworth Built-up area 2.7 miles
- Castleford Built-up area 2.7 miles
Example postcodes in Featherstone
WF7 6LY, WF7 6AF, WF7 5JH, WF7 6JN, WF7 6HG, WF7 5JE, WF7 5PS, WF7 6NR, WF7 6GD … See all
Transport links
- Leeds Bradford International Airport 17.1 miles
- Doncaster Sheffield Airport 20.7 miles
- Featherstone Railway Station 0.8 miles
- Streethouse Railway Station 1.4 miles
Hotels in Featherstone Ad
Schools in Featherstone
- Featherstone Girnhill Infant School Primary
- Featherstone Purston St Thomas C of E Voluntary Controlled Junior School Primary
- St Wilfrid's Catholic High School & Sixth Form College: A Voluntary Academy Secondary
- Streethouse Junior, Infant and Nursery School Primary
- The Featherstone Academy Secondary
Local points of interest
- Pontefract Racecourse Recreation 1.9 miles
- Nostell Priory Country house 2.4 miles
- Stanley Library Library 4.7 miles
- Fairnurn Ings Nature reserve 4.8 miles
- Outwood Library Library 5.6 miles
- Pugneys Country Park Nature reserve 5.8 miles
- Hampole Priory Historic site 8.8 miles
- Oakwell Stadium 10.1 miles
- Elland Road Stadium 10.3 miles
- Trinity Leeds Shopping centre 10.4 miles
- Saw Wood Forest 11.2 miles
- Cortonwood Colliery Shopping centre 12.4 miles