The Obelisk
The Obelisk is a monument in West Bretton, Wakefield, England. The Obelisk is situated nearby to the nature reserve Upper Lake, as well as near Cascade Bridge and weir in Bretton Park.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Cascade Bridge and weir in Bretton Park and Yorkshire Sculpture Park.
Cascade Bridge and weir in Bretton Park
Bridge
Photo: Dave.Dunford, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cascade Bridge and weir in Bretton Park is situated 1,200 feet east of The Obelisk.
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.
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 2,300 feet northeast of The Obelisk.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include West Bretton and High Hoyland.
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.
High Hoyland
Village
Photo: DaveGorman, Public domain.
High Hoyland is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England. It lies to the west of Kexbrough in between there and Clayton West, and is located at approximately, at an elevation of around 200 metres above sea level.
Clayton West
Village
Photo: Peter Whatley, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Clayton West is a village in the parish of Denby Dale, in Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England. It had a population of 2,704 in 2008. It is 11 miles south-east of Huddersfield and 7 miles north-west of Barnsley. Clayton West is situated 2 miles southwest of The Obelisk.
The Obelisk
- Type: Monument
- Category: historic site
- Location: West Bretton, Wakefield, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.60837° or 53° 36′ 30″ northLongitude
-1.58231° or 1° 34′ 56″ westOpen location code
9C5WJC59+83OpenStreetMap ID
node 2595707761OpenStreetMap feature
historic=monument
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