Wintersett is a small, rural civil parish in the metropolitan borough of Wakefield, in West Yorkshire. The area is best known for Wintersett Reservoir and the adjacent Anglers Country Park, which together provide popular opportunities for walking, birdwatching and coarse fishing amid a landscape of farmland, pockets of woodland and open water.
Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, the parish retains a quiet, agricultural character with traditional stone farm buildings and a small local community; leisure and nature tourism around the reservoir now complement farming, while proximity to larger towns gives residents access to wider services without losing a distinctly rural feel.
Postcode districts covering Wintersett
Most populated places nearby
- Sheffield 18.2 miles29.3 km
- Leeds 12.4 miles20 km
- Bradford 17.3 miles27.9 km
- Huddersfield 15.1 miles24.3 km
- Rotherham 14.5 miles23.3 km
- Doncaster 15.1 miles24.4 km
- Wakefield 4.5 miles7.2 km
- Harrogate 24.9 miles40.1 km
- Halifax 19.5 miles31.4 km
- Barnsley 5.4 miles8.8 km
- Castleford 6.7 miles10.8 km
- Morley 10.6 miles17 km
Neighbouring places
- Crofton, Ryhill and Walton Ward 0.9 miles1.4 km
- Ryhill Parish 1 mile1.6 km
- Havercroft and Ryhill Built-up area 1.2 miles1.9 km
- Havercroft with Cold Hiendley Parish 1.2 miles1.9 km
- Crofton Built-up area 1.5 miles2.4 km
- Walton Built-up area 1.7 miles2.8 km
- Huntwick with Foulby and Nostell Parish 1.9 miles3 km
- Sharlston Built-up area 2.1 miles3.5 km
- Chevet Parish 2.2 miles3.5 km
- Fitzwilliam and Kinsley Built-up area 2.3 miles3.7 km
- South Hiendley Built-up area 2.3 miles3.7 km
- Notton Built-up area 2.6 miles4.2 km
Example postcodes in Wintersett
WF4 2FT, WF4 2EB, WF4 2ED, WF4 2EE, WF4 2PY, WF4 2EA, WF4 2FN
Transport links
- Leeds Bradford International Airport 18.4 miles29.7 km
- Doncaster Sheffield Airport 20.4 miles32.8 km
- Fitzwilliam Railway Station 2.2 miles3.5 km
- Sandal & Agbrigg Railway Station 2.8 miles4.6 km
Hotels near Wintersett Ad
- Holmfield Arms 3.9 miles6.3 km
- Wentbridge House Hotel 4 6.8 miles10.9 km
- Waterton Park Hotel 4 1 mile1.7 km
- Rogerthorpe Manor Hotel 4 5.5 miles8.9 km
- Hotel St Pierre, Sure Hotel Collection 3 3.1 miles5 km
- Holiday Inn Express Wakefield 3 4.2 miles6.7 km
- Kings Croft Hotel 5 miles8 km
- The Mews 6.9 miles11.2 km
- Holiday Inn Leeds Wakefield M1 Jct.40 4 5.9 miles9.5 km
- York House Hotel 3 4.4 miles7.1 km
Local points of interest
- Nostell Priory Country house 1.9 miles3 km
- Pugneys Country Park Nature reserve 3.4 miles5.5 km
- Stanley Library Library 5.7 miles9.1 km
- Outwood Library Library 5.8 miles9.3 km
- Pontefract Racecourse Recreation 5.8 miles9.4 km
- Oakwell Stadium 6.1 miles9.8 km
- Hampole Priory Historic site 8.5 miles13.7 km
- Fairnurn Ings Nature reserve 8.9 miles14.3 km
- Cortonwood Colliery Shopping centre 9.1 miles14.6 km
- Elsecar Heritage Centre Museum 9.9 miles15.9 km
- Elland Road Stadium 11.4 miles18.3 km
- Trinity Leeds Shopping centre 12 miles19.4 km