Woolley

Woolley is a village and civil parish that straddles the border of West Yorkshire and South Yorkshire, in Northern England. It had a population of 575 in 2001, which increased to 1,339 at the 2011 Census.
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  • Type: Village with 365 residents
  • Description: village and civil parish in West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
  • Also known as: “Woolley, Wakefield” and “Woolley, West Yorkshire”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Woolley Hall and Yorkshire Sculpture Park.

Building
Photo: Wendy North, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a country house in Woolley, , .

Photo: Nigel Homer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The is an art gallery, with… is situated 2 miles west of Woolley.

Railway station
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is a railway station in a large… is situated 2 miles south of Woolley.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Staincross and Newmillerdam.

Village
is a village in , England, on the border with . is situated 1½ miles south of Woolley.

Village
is a village and suburb of , in , England. is situated 1½ miles north of Woolley.

Village
is a residential area in the Wakefield district, in the English county of . is situated 1½ miles north of Woolley.

Woolley

Latitude
53.61416° or 53° 36′ 51″ north
Longitude
-1.51592° or 1° 30′ 57″ west
Population
365
Elevation
384 feet (117 metres)
Open location code
9C5WJF7M+MJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 331190
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2633598
Wiki­data ID
Q4355527
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In Other Languages

From Bengali to Urdu—“Woolley” goes by many names.
  • Bengali: “ঊলে”
  • Cebuano: “Woolley”
  • Chinese: “伍雷”
  • Dutch: “Woolley”
  • French: “Woolley”
  • German: “Woolley”
  • Gujarati: “વૂલે”
  • Irish: “Woolley”
  • Japanese: “ウーレイ”
  • Kannada: “ವೂಲ್ಲೆ”
  • Korean: “울리”
  • Ladin: “Woolley”
  • Lithuanian: “Vulis”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Woolley (West Yorkshire)”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Woolley”
  • Polish: “Woolley”
  • Portuguese: “Woolley”
  • Russian: “Вулли”
  • Spanish: “Woolley”
  • Swedish: “Woolley”
  • Tamil: “வூல்லி”
  • Telugu: “వూలీ”
  • Turkish: “Woolley, West Yorkshire”
  • Urdu: “وولی، ویسٹ یارکشائر”
  • “Woolley”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Eccle Hill and Haigh.

Notable Places Nearby

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