The Wakefield Way is a 70 mile, waymarked walking route around the Wakefield Metropolitan District and covers a wide variety of landscapes. The route is divided into 11 sections of varying length with start and end points accessible by public transport.
Sections may be split or added together to suit the individual walker. The walks can be done in any order and in either direction but these leaflets start at Anglers Country Park and follow a clockwise direction. The use of Ordnance Survey Explorer maps is recommended in conjunction with the leaflets, the map number is quoted on each page.
For bus and train information contact Metro on 0113 245 7676 between 7am and 10pm or www.wymetro.com
Please Note: Due to the large number of housing and other developments happening across the Wakefield District we do not propose to update the website with any route alterations for some time. We will however endeavour to ensure that any alterations are waymarked and will put a brief description of the diversion on this web page the front page. As ever it is recommended to take an O/S map and or some form of electronic mapping as footpaths can be closed unofficially without us being informed.
All routemaps below have been updated in November 2022
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Walks 1-3 1. Anglers Country Park to Notton. Distance 6.23 miles (10km) 2. Notton to Bretton. Distance 5.6 miles (9.0km) 3. Bretton to Horbury Bridge. Distance 10.9 miles (17.54km) |
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Walks 4-6 4. Horbury Bridge to Kirkhamgate. Distance 5.47 miles (9.61km) 5. Kirkhamgate to Stanley. Distance 6.59 miles (10.6km) 6. Stanley to Castleford. Distance 7.2 miles (11.82km |
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Walks 7-9 7. Castleford to Pontefract. Distance 3.59 miles (5.76km) 8. Pontefract to Thorpe Audlin. Distance 7.3 miles (11.8km) 9. Thorpe Audlin to South Elmsall. Distance 5.3 miles (8.47km) |
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Walks 10-11 10. South Elmsall to Hemsworth bypass. Distance 7.14 miles (11.5km) 11. Hemsworth Bypass to Anglers Country Park. Distance 6.41 miles (10.31km) |