West Bretton

West Bretton
Village
War Memorial, West Bretton
West Bretton is located in West Yorkshire
West Bretton
West Bretton
Location within West Yorkshire
Population459 (2011)
OS grid referenceSE285135
Civil parish
  • West Bretton
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townWAKEFIELD
Postcode districtWF4
Dialling code01924
PoliceWest Yorkshire
FireWest Yorkshire
AmbulanceYorkshire
List of places
UK
England
Yorkshire
53°37′08″N 1°34′01″W / 53.619°N 1.567°W / 53.619; -1.567

West Bretton is a village and civil parish in the Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England. It lies close to junction 38 of the M1 motorway at Haigh. It has a population of 546,[1] reducing to 459 at the 2011 Census.[2]

There is a school in the village, West Bretton Junior and Infant School, and a church, which is an Anglican-Methodist local ecumenical partnership.

  1. ^ Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Wakefield Retrieved 12 September 2009
  2. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 3 March 2016.