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Common End West Yorkshire Map

(Suburban Area)

Traditional county: West Yorkshire · District / Borough: Wakefield · Region: Yorkshire and the Humber

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Place	Common End
Traditional County	West Yorkshire
District / Borough	Wakefield
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England, United Kingdom

Latitude	53.608598
Longitude	-1.348842
Place Type	Suburban Area

About Common End

Common End retains a modest, unassuming character as a suburban pocket within the Wakefield district of West Yorkshire. It lies 0.4 miles south-south-east of Hemsworth (from Hemsworth: bearing 152°T, OS grid SE 431 126). The terrain here possesses a sturdy, workmanlike quality, where the low-lying fields catch the pale, slanted light of northern afternoons. Residents of Common End often look towards the nearby rise of Shaw Hill, a prominence that interrupts the horizon and lends a sense of scale to the surrounding sprawl. A quiet pastoral persistence lingers in the landscape, punctuated by the faint, rhythmic movement of Hague Hall Beck as it traverses the lower ground to the east. The architecture reflects the industrial legacy of the coalfield region, favouring functional brickwork that has weathered into a soft, soot-dusted grey over the passing decades. Common End functions as a gentle transition between the busier thoroughfares of the district and the more secluded pockets of green space that remain. Even in the bustle of modern transit, the air retains a cool, damp clarity typical of the Yorkshire hummocks.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Vale Head Park (Park) — 0.9 mi, 340° NNW
Shaw Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 0.9 mi, 325° NW
Hague Hall Beck (River) — 0.9 mi, 109° ESE
Hoyle Mill Stream (River) — 1.0 mi, 350° N
Hemsworth Marsh (Wetland) — 1.1 mi, 017° NNE
Prehistoric Enclosed Settlement Known As South Kirkby Camp (Scheduled Monument) — 1.4 mi, 170° S · 3 ha
Ringstone Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.7 mi, 192° SSW
South Kirkby Marsh (Wetland) — 1.7 mi, 111° ESE
Kinsley Moat And Fishpond (Scheduled Monument) — 1.7 mi, 308° NW
Fitzwilliam Country Park (Park) — 1.8 mi, 342° NNW
Addey Bottoms (Valley) — 1.9 mi, 211° SSW
Hallsteads Moated Site, Grimethorpe (Scheduled Monument) — 2.1 mi, 196° SSW · 4 ha
Howell Wood (Forest / Woodland) — 2.2 mi, 170° S
Carlton Main Brickworks Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 3.0 mi, 203° SSW · 16 ha
Nostell Brickyard Quarry Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 3.2 mi, 329° NNW · 11 ha
Nostell Priory (Historic Park or Garden (Grade II*)) — 3.4 mi, 337° NNW · 180 ha
Upper Lake (Lake / Reservoir) — 3.5 mi, 327° NNW
Middle Lake (Lake / Reservoir) — 3.5 mi, 331° NNW
Lower Lake (Lake / Reservoir) — 3.6 mi, 335° NNW
Compass Rose (Public Artwork) — 3.7 mi, 261° W
Little John's Well (Monument) — 4.3 mi, 105° ESE
Houghton Main Colliery Memorial (Monument) — 4.3 mi, 189° S
Waterton Park, Walton, Wakefield (Historic Park or Garden) — 4.6 mi, 299° WNW · 105 ha
Maurice Dobson Museum (Museum) — 5.3 mi, 190° S
Monk Bretton Priory (Attraction) — 5.3 mi, 224° SW
Brodsworth Hall and Gardens (Attraction) — 5.8 mi, 127° SE
Long Plantation (Forest / Woodland) — 5.9 mi, 045° NE
East Gawber Hall Colliery Fanhouse (Historic Ruins) — 6.0 mi, 246° WSW
Pontefract Museum (Museum) — 6.0 mi, 015° NNE
Brodsworth Hall (Historic Park or Garden (Grade II*)) — 6.1 mi, 128° SE · 102 ha

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