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Mount Pleasant West Yorkshire Map

(Suburban Area near Ackworth Moor Top)

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

Explore Mount Pleasant, West Yorkshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Mount Pleasant map and move it around to re-centre it. You can change between standard map view and satellite map view by clicking the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. You can use the zoom buttons on the lower right side of the map to zoom in or out to street-level detail. You will find live weather, local and world news below.

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PlaceMount Pleasant
Traditional CountyWest Yorkshire
District / BoroughWakefield
RegionYorkshire and the Humber
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude53.644880
Longitude-1.338209
Place TypeSuburban Area

About Mount Pleasant

Mount Pleasant commands a quiet elevation in the Wakefield district, where the horizon broadens to capture the pale, shifting light of the West Yorkshire sky. It lies 2.2 miles south-south-east of Featherstone (from Featherstone: bearing 157°T, OS grid SE 438 166), and is situated north-east of Ackworth Moor Top village. From this vantage, the land rolls outward in a series of modest slopes that hold the memory of the region’s long industrial pulse. To the west, the subtle rise of Brackenhill breaks the skyline, offering a silent witness to the changing seasons as they wash across the fields. The nearby currents of Hessle Beck thread through the lower ground, carving a path that hums with the persistence of moving water. Mount Pleasant retains a grounded character, its houses shaped by the practical needs of those who laboured in the collieries that once defined the surrounding gritstone earth. A short distance away, the expansive grounds of Nostell Priory offer a contrast of manicured calm, where ancient trees arch over paths that have seen centuries of quietude. Here, the air carries a crisp, open quality, reminding any visitor that this part of England remains inextricably tied to the rhythms of the earth beneath the tarmac.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Brackenhill (Hill / Mountain) — 0.5 mi, 281° WNW
  • Constitution Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 0.6 mi, 289° WNW
  • Hessle Beck (River) — 0.7 mi, 297° WNW
  • Fitzwilliam Country Park (Park) — 1.3 mi, 233° SW
  • Hemsworth Marsh (Wetland) — 1.5 mi, 185° S
  • Hardwick Beck (River) — 1.5 mi, 302° WNW
  • Purston Park (Park) — 1.8 mi, 344° NNW
  • Nostell Priory (Historic Park or Garden (Grade II*)) — 1.9 mi, 289° WNW · 180 ha
  • Medieval Buildings At Nostell Priory Farm (Scheduled Monument) — 1.9 mi, 281° W
  • Nostell Brickyard Quarry Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 2.1 mi, 276° W · 11 ha
  • Lower Lake (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.1 mi, 291° WNW
  • Middle Lake (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.2 mi, 285° WNW
  • Roman Fort And Associated Features 150M South-West Of Standing Flat Bridge (Scheduled Monument) — 2.2 mi, 093° E · 9 ha
  • Upper Lake (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.3 mi, 280° W
  • Kinsley Moat And Fishpond (Scheduled Monument) — 2.3 mi, 231° SW
  • Wentbridge Ings Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 2.6 mi, 071° ENE · 2 ha
  • Thorp Marsh (Wetland) — 2.8 mi, 086° E
  • Pontefract Museum (Museum) — 3.4 mi, 018° NNE
  • Gascoigne Tower (Historic Ruins) — 3.7 mi, 021° NNE
  • Pontefract Castle (Castle) — 3.8 mi, 022° NNE
  • Swillington Tower (Historic Ruins) — 3.8 mi, 021° NNE
  • Wooden Faces (Public Artwork) — 4.0 mi, 019° NNE
  • Long Plantation (Forest / Woodland) — 4.1 mi, 066° ENE
  • Addey Bottoms (Valley) — 4.4 mi, 199° SSW
  • Waterton Park, Walton, Wakefield (Historic Park or Garden) — 4.5 mi, 267° W · 105 ha
  • Howell Wood (Forest / Woodland) — 4.7 mi, 181° S
  • Little John's Well (Monument) — 5.2 mi, 134° SE
  • Diggerland Yorkshire (Theme Park) — 5.4 mi, 340° NNW
  • Castleford Forum Museum (Museum) — 5.7 mi, 355° N
  • Robin Hood's Well (Monument) — 5.9 mi, 122° ESE

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About This Mount Pleasant Map Page

Explore Mount Pleasant, West Yorkshire, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 53.644880, -1.338209. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Wikipedia and editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.

Location data is sourced from OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024, Ordnance Survey, Open Government Licence v3.0, and verified by coordinates.

Page builtAugust 2026
Location dataOS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0.
County dataTraditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography.
CoordinatesWGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data.