Woolley Edge services

Woolley Edge services is a motorway service station on the M1 motorway within the borough of the City of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England. It lies between junctions 38 and 39 close to West Bretton and west of the village of Woolley.

Type: Resthouse
Description: motorway service station on the M1 in Yorkshire, England
Also known as: “Woolley Edge Services”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Yorkshire Sculpture Park and St Bartholomew’s Chapel, West Bretton.

Yorkshire Sculpture Park

Photo: Nigel Homer, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Yorkshire Sculpture Park is an art gallery, with both open-air and indoor exhibition spaces, in West Bretton, Wakefield, in West Yorkshire, England.

St Bartholomew’s Chapel, West Bretton

Church

Photo: J3Mrs, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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. St Bartholomew’s Chapel, West Bretton is situated 4,000 feet west of Woolley Edge services.

Bretton Hall

Hotel

Photo: DaveGorman, Public domain.

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 from 2001 to 2007. Bretton Hall is situated 1¼ miles southwest of Woolley Edge services.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include West Bretton and Painthorpe.

West Bretton

Village

Photo: Nigel Homer, CC BY-SA 2.0.

West Bretton is a village and civil parish in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England. It lies close to junction 38 of the M1 motorway at Haigh. It has a population of 546, reducing to 459 at the 2011 Census.