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Emley and Bretton Country Park
Denby Dale, Huddersfield, England

Emley and Bretton Country Park

Length10.9 mi
Elev. Gain1141.4 ft
Est. Steps25000
Created by steveg

Emley and Bretton Country Park Introduction

Emley and Bretton Country Park is a 10.9 mile (25,000-step) route located near Denby Dale, Huddersfield, England. This route has an elevation gain of about 1141.4 ft and is rated as hard. Find the best walking trails near you in Pacer App.
starting at church Street car park Emley, a circular route which takes in the Yorkshire Sculpture Park

Attractions Near Emley and Bretton Country Park

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Kirklees Light Railway

Tourist Attraction
The Kirklees Light Railway is a 3 1⁄2-mile (5.6 km) long 15 in (381 mm) gauge minimum gauge railway in Kirklees metropolitan borough, West Yorkshire, Northern England.First opened on 19 October 1991, the KLR runs along the trackbed of the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway's now long closed/former branch line, from the village of Clayton West via Skelmanthorpe to the village Shelley Woodhouse (a few yards close to the former Clayton West Junction 1⁄2 mile (0.8 km), near Shepley) on the Penistone Line from Huddersfield to Sheffield, (via Penistone and Barnsley).

Bretton Hall College of Education

Place
Bretton Hall College of Education was a higher education college in West Bretton in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England. It opened as a teacher training college in 1949 with awards from the University of Leeds. The college merged with the University of Leeds in 2001 and the campus closed in 2007.

Bretton Hall, West Yorkshire

Place
Bretton Hall is a country house in West Bretton near Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England. It housed Bretton Hall College from 1949 until 2001 and was a campus of the University of Leeds (2001–2007). It is a Grade II* listed building.

Clayton West

Building
Clayton West is a village in Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England. It had a population of 2,648 (2001 census) and 2,704 in 2008. It is 9 miles (14 km) southeast of Huddersfield and 7 miles (11 km) northwest of Barnsley.It is in the parish of Clayton West and High Hoyland. An attractive stone-built village, there is also a little light industry and a number of new housing developments.

Clayton West railway station

Place
Clayton West railway station is a station that was previously on the national rail network (until 1983) and now forms the eastern terminus of the Kirklees Light Railway. It is situated in Clayton West, West Yorkshire, England.

Emley, West Yorkshire

Place
Emley is a village in West Yorkshire, England between Huddersfield and Wakefield with a population of 1,867. It is 6.4 miles (10 km) east of Huddersfield and 7.1 miles (11 km) west of Wakefield. The village dates from Anglo-Saxon times and is on high ground, close to the Emley Moor transmitting station.

Emley A.F.C.

Place
Emley Association Football Club is a football club based in Emley, West Yorkshire, England. They are currently members of North West Counties League Division One North and play at the Welfare Ground.

Yorkshire Sculpture Park

Building
The Yorkshire Sculpture Park (YSP) is an open-air gallery in West Bretton near Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England, showing work by British and international artists, including Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth. The park's collection of works by Moore is one of the largest open-air displays of his bronzes in Europe.

St Bartholomew's Chapel, West Bretton

Place
St Bartholomew's Chapel is a former estate church in the grounds of Bretton Hall, in West Bretton near Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England. The redundant Grade II* listed chapel has been restored as gallery space for the Yorkshire Sculpture Park.

Iron Cow Kaye's Milleneum Green

Tourist Attraction
Last updated: Dec 1, 2025

Route Details

Length

10.9 mi

Elev. Gain

1141.4 ft

Est. Steps

25000
Created by
steveg
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