Walton (Wakefield): what to know before moving day
The war memorial at the junction of School Lane and Shay Lane marks the centre of the village. The map also shows a village hall, the community library, Walton Primary Academy, the Methodist church, St Paul's on The Balk, the post office and The New Inn. The first village school opened in 1722 in two cottages on Shay Lane, and after the 1911 school building was demolished in 2009, eight houses went up on its site in 2019.
Walton Hall, built in 1767 on an island in a 26-acre lake, was the home of the naturalist Charles Waterton, who turned its grounds into a nature reserve in 1820; it is now the Waterton Park Hotel, with a golf course in the park. The disused Barnsley Canal passes through the parish, and Walton Colliery, which closed in 1979, is now Walton Colliery Nature Park. Estate roads on the map include Lake District names such as Ambleside Drive, Buttermere Croft and Langdale Mount, plus Waterton Close and Pilkington Court.
How the van gets to Walton (Wakefield)
The B6378 is the village road. On the map it carries the names Walton Station Lane, Greenside, Shay Lane and School Lane, and Walton Station Lane reaches the Barnsley Road (A61) side near Woolgreaves. From Bradford that means coming into Wakefield first, then heading south through Sandal on the A61. Oakenshaw Lane and Common Lane are the other main lanes on the map.
The drive from Bradford is roughly 40 to 50 minutes. That is an estimate from route data, not a timed run, and traffic changes it.
Services for Walton (Wakefield)
Each service below links to its Wakefield page, which covers how the job works in and around Wakefield.
Walton (Wakefield): questions before you book
With its own parish council, who does Walton pay council tax to?
Wakefield Council, which also collects the bins. Walton has its own parish council, and the village is counted in the Crofton, Ryhill and Walton ward. It is in the Church of England parish of Sandal Magna.
Is Walton Hall in the village?
Yes, within the parish, on its island in the lake. It is now the Waterton Park Hotel. Public rights of way cross the park, but a move to a home in Walton will be on the village streets, not the estate.
Where the local details on this page come from
Checked on 28 September 2026 against:
- Postcode lookup (postcodes.io, ONS data): WF2 6PJ is in Crofton, Ryhill & Walton ward, parish of Walton, Wakefield
- Walton, Wakefield (Wikipedia): civil parish 4 miles south-east of Wakefield, 3,231 people in 2011, Barnsley Canal, Walton Hall and Waterton Park, Walton Colliery Nature Park, the 1722 school on Shay Lane, the 2009 demolition and 2019 houses, St Paul's on the Balk, Methodist chapel, the war memorial at School Lane (B6378) and Shay Lane, colliery closure in 1979, parish of Sandal Magna
- Walton Hall (Wikipedia): built 1767 on an island in a 26-acre lake, home of Charles Waterton
- OpenStreetMap data (API extract around Walton): B6378 as Walton Station Lane, Greenside and Shay Lane, School Lane, The Balk, Oakenshaw Lane, Common Lane, Ambleside Drive, Buttermere Croft, Langdale Mount, Waterton Close, Pilkington Court, the village hall, library, primary academy, post office, Methodist church, St Paul's, The New Inn, war memorial