England · United Kingdom
Where to stay in Pontefract
Pontefract is a city in England, United Kingdom, home to about 31,000 people. This guide covers 1 hotel in Pontefract, with about 71 rooms between them. Every one carries a published guest score, and the list below is ordered by it.
- Places to stay in this guide
- 1
- Best months
- June to September
- Nearest airport
- LBA30 km · Leeds Bradford Airport
- Currency
- GBPpound sterling
- Time zone
- Europe/London
- Language
- Cornish, English, Irish
About
About Pontefract
Pontefract is a historic market town in the City of Wakefield, a metropolitan district in West Yorkshire, England. It lies to the east of Wakefield and south of Castleford.
"So we camped here instead, the bridge being broken" and being good Latin scholars they used the ablative absolute, ponte fracto. Thus was diverted a sortie by William the Conqueror in the 1080s. He was probably using the Roman Road to try to cross the River Aire at present-day Castleford - even nowadays the north bank is flood-prone and the road can be blocked after prolonged rain. And so Pontefract was named for a bridge that it doesn't have, as it stands on a sandstone ridge a few miles from the river.
Wikipedia and Wikivoyage contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
Things to do
What to see and do in Pontefract
See
- Pontefract Castle
- Pontefract Museum
- Castleford Forum Museum
Do
- Pontefract Racecourse
- Xscape Yorkshire
- Diggerland
Wikivoyage contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
Where to stay
The best-rated places to stay in Pontefract
Ordered by guest score as each operator publishes it, weighted by the number of reviews so a handful of perfect scores does not outrank thousands of very good ones. Scores are shown on their own scale.
| # | Place to stay | Rooms | Guest score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Travelodge Pontefract Ferrybridge A1/M62 hotel | 71 | 4.4/5 511 reviews |
Schematic: the city centre in orange, each place to stay as a dot, distance rings in kilometres.
Where to stay
More hotels in Pontefract
20 hotels within 25 km of the centre, as recorded in Wikidata. Each name links to its encyclopedia article where there is one.
| Hotel | Opened | From centre |
|---|---|---|
| Wentbridge House Hotel | 5.5 km | |
| Barley Mow Hotel | 0.2 km | |
| Bridge Inn | 6.2 km | |
| Featherstone Hotel | 3.3 km | |
| Kellington Manor Hotel | 9.7 km | |
| Mexboro' Arms Hotel | 5.5 km | |
| Queen's Hotel | 0.5 km | |
| Red Lion Hotel | 0.1 km | |
| The Chequerfield | 1.1 km | |
| The Downe Arms Inn | 18.6 km | |
| The Plough Inn | 18.7 km | |
| The Upton Arms | 8.8 km | |
| The Wheldale Hotel | 4.8 km | |
| Victoria Hotel | 6.9 km | |
| Willow Park Hotel | 1.1 km | |
| Carlton Towers Estate | 19.3 km | |
| Fir Tree Barn | 16.1 km | |
| Parkside Guest House | 16.2 km | |
| The Barn | 9.4 km | |
| Tower House Executive Guest House | 1.2 km |
All 21 hotels in Pontefract, with their history and operators
When to go
The best time to visit Pontefract
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Pontefract are June to September. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 21 °C; August is the wettest, with about 65 mm of rain.
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Getting to Pontefract: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Leeds Bradford Airport (LBA), about 30 km from the city centre in a straight line; Humberside Airport (HUY, 65 km) and Manchester Airport (MAN, 74 km) are also within reach.
Getting in
See Wakefield and Leeds for long-distance travel by road, bus and rail. The nearest airport is Leeds-Bradford (LBA). It's a small town yet it has three railway stations, all just unstaffed platform halts. Pontefract Monkhill near the castle is the best connected. Trains run from Leeds every 30 min, taking 35 min either via Castleford and Glasshoughton (for Xscape), or via Wakefield Westgate, Wakefield Kirkgate, Featherstone and Pontefract Tanshelf. They all continue east to Knottingley.
Getting around
The town is compact and walkable. Take bus 140 / 141 for Xscape. Taxis wait by the bus station. Firms include Action Cars (+44 1977 600700), Data Yorkshire (+44 1977 600680) and Choice Cars (+44 1977 700700). Uber is also available.
Wikivoyage contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
LBA · Leeds Bradford Airport
HUY · Humberside Airport
MAN · Manchester Airport
Good to know
Accessibility, parking and families in Pontefract
How many places to stay in this guide offer each, in their operators' own words.
of 1 place
of 1 place
Questions
Pontefract: questions travellers ask
What are the best-rated hotels in Pontefract?
By published guest score: Travelodge Pontefract Ferrybridge A1/M62 (4.4 / 5 · 511 reviews · www.travelodge.co.uk (operator's own guest score)).
When is the best time to visit Pontefract?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Pontefract are June to September. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 21 °C; August is the wettest, with about 65 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Pontefract?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Leeds Bradford Airport (LBA), about 30 km from the city centre in a straight line; Humberside Airport (HUY, 65 km) and Manchester Airport (MAN, 74 km) are also within reach.
What currency is used in Pontefract?
pound sterling (GBP).
Nearby
Destinations near Pontefract
Sources: city facts from Wikidata and Wikipedia; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit), 1991–2020 monthly means, 0.5° grid; places to stay, guest scores and amenities from each operator's own public pages. How this guide is made.