West End (Hemsworth): what to know before moving day
Barnsley Road runs through West End, with the West End Club on it and Westgate, Moorshutt Road and Wortley Place branching off. Holgate Gardens and Holgate Crescent share their name with Robert Holgate, the Hemsworth-born Archbishop of York who founded the town's grammar school and almshouses, and Colliery Drive and Miners Lane recall the coal industry that once employed the great majority of the town.
West End Academy is on Regent Street, and St Helen's CE Primary, Sacred Heart Catholic Primary and The Grange Medical Centre are on Highfield Road. Further out, the map shows Sandygate Lane, Keepers Rise, Brettegate and the Top Street allotments. If you live near Regent Street, ask for a weekday slot outside the school run.
How the van gets to West End (Hemsworth)
Barnsley Road leads west from Cross Hill in the centre of Hemsworth through West End, and the B6273 Wakefield Road is a short way east for traffic coming from Wakefield. Pear Tree Lane and Robin Lane are the other named roads round the edge of the district.
The drive from Bradford is roughly 45 to 60 minutes. That is an estimate from route data, not a timed run, and traffic changes it.
Services for West End (Hemsworth)
Each service below links to its Normanton page, which covers how the job works in and around Normanton.
West End (Hemsworth): questions before you book
Does West End have its own parish, or is it Hemsworth?
No. West End is part of the town and its civil parish; the lookup for WF9 4NY gives Hemsworth as both the parish and the Wakefield Council ward. Hemsworth Town Council has Hemsworth West as one of its five wards.
Where the local details on this page come from
Checked on 28 September 2026 against:
- Postcode lookup (postcodes.io, ONS data): WF9 4NY is in the Hemsworth ward of Wakefield, parish: Hemsworth
- Hemsworth (Wikipedia): Robert Holgate, grammar school and almshouses, coal mining employed the vast majority of residents, West End Academy, St Helen's and Sacred Heart primaries, Town Council wards including Hemsworth West, Cross Hill
- OpenStreetMap map view (checked 2026-09-28): Barnsley Road, West End Club, Westgate, Moorshutt Road, Wortley Place, Holgate Gardens, Holgate Crescent, Colliery Drive, Miners Lane, West End Academy on Regent Street, Highfield Road schools and medical centre, Sandygate Lane, Keepers Rise, Brettegate, Top Street allotments, Cemetery Road, Pear Tree Lane, Robin Lane, B6273 Wakefield Road