English Heritage sites near Featherstone Parish

Steeton Hall Gateway

STEETON HALL GATEWAY

8 miles from Featherstone Parish

A fine example of a small, well preserved manorial gatehouse dating from the 14th century.

Monk Bretton Priory

MONK BRETTON PRIORY

9 miles from Featherstone Parish

The substantial ruins of a Cluniac monastery, with an unusually well-marked ground plan, an almost complete west range and a 15th-century gatehouse.

Brodsworth Hall and Gardens

BRODSWORTH HALL AND GARDENS

10 miles from Featherstone Parish

Time really does stand still at Brodsworth Hall, one of the most unusual visitor attractions in South Yorkshire.

Conisbrough Castle

CONISBROUGH CASTLE

15 miles from Featherstone Parish

Dramatically re-presented in May 2014 after a major HLF funded project, the keep of Conisbrough Castle is unique.

Spofforth Castle

SPOFFORTH CASTLE

19 miles from Featherstone Parish

The ruined hall and chamber of a fortified manor house of the powerful Percy family, dating mainly from the 14th and 15th centuries. Its undercroft is cut into a rocky outcrop.

Roche Abbey

ROCHE ABBEY

21 miles from Featherstone Parish

Roche Abbey has one of the most complete ground plans of any English Cistercian monastery, laid out as excavated foundations.

Churches in Featherstone Parish

All Saints

Ackton Lane Featherstone Pontefract
(01977) 792288
http://www.allsaints-featherstone.co.uk

Recorded in the Doomsday survey of 1086, the oldest remaining part of the church is the 12th century, North wall of the Nave. Robert de Lacey of Pontefract Castle gave the living to Augustinian monks of of St Oswalds Priory, Nostell and the Prior appointed the Vicar of Featherstone until the Reformation in 1540, when Robert Ferrer, the last Prior of Nostell surrendered the Priory, and with it the Church of All Saints Featherstone. The church then passed into the hands of the Dean and Chapter of Christ Church Oxford. Other parts of the church date from the 15th and 16th centuries and a small booklet is available with more detail of the history of the church.

A fire ravaged the interior of the chuch in 1998, destroying the pipe organ and vestries in the South Aisle. Redevelopment work, which had already been planned,was amended and brought forward allowing the church, which has no church hall, to be restored in a manner which provided two rooms for community use within the body of the church itself. The re-building was completed by August 2000.

Various groups make use of the accommodation on a regular basis. There is a flourishing Art group and also a Flower arranging group which meet on a weekly basis.  The accommodation is also used on a monthly basis for meetings of the North Featherstone Ladies Circle, and, less frequently at the moment, a Men's Group.  More formally, the PCC meets on a monthly basis.

The rooms are available for hire and are used on a less regular basis for meetings and other activities of groups from outside the church, for which a small fee is payable.

The church is a small community church which welcomes visitors to its many activities and, of course to its services. There are, of course, some restrictions on the size of groups which can be accommodated, and some activities prove more popular than others. The group leaders, however, are happy to compile waiting lists where this proves necessary.

Any visitors will be warmly received during times when the church is open.


 

St Thomas

Saint Thomas Road Purston with South Featherstone Pontefract
(01977) 792288

Pubs in Featherstone Parish

Ackroyds Newsagents

18 Featherstone Lane, North Featherstone, WF7 6LH
(01977) 791961

off-licence & newsagent
BBs

73-75 Station Lane, Featherstone, WF7 5BJ
(01977) 704009
bargainbooze.co.uk/

part of a nationwide chain of cheap booze outlets
Bradley Arms

96 Willow Lane, North Featherstone, WF7 6BJ
(01977) 704256
thebradleyarms.co.uk

Orignally known as the Sun Inn, a lovely old ex-farm building with several rooms & levels. this inn has a rich history and was a key location in the infamous Featherstone Massacre of 1893, the last occasion on which British troops shot and...
Cross Keys Hotel

New Road, Old Snydale, WF7 6HB
(01924) 901895
crosskeysoldsnydale.co.uk

Once known as Alsop's House, an old village local that has been opened up both inside & outside to accommodate the car trade, so there aren't many original places for its resident ghost to lurk; quiz Wed, hours shown are as per licence Asso...
Dawn`s Delights

9 Litell Royd, Streethouse, WF7 6EA
(01977) 791567

Dawn`s Delights, Streethouse
Dhami News & Off-Licence

191 Pontefract Road, Purston, Featherstone, WF7 5AA
(01977) 791550

Dhami News & Off-Licence, Featherstone
Farmer Copleys

Ravensknowle Farm, Pontefract Road, Featherstone, WF7 5AF
(01977) 600200
farmercopleys.co.uk

on-licence in restaurant of farm shop and function room eves Thu-Sun, plus range of bottled Yorkshire-brewed ales, some BC Hours shown are those permitted by licence: normal advertised hours 10-5.30; 11-4 Sun
Featherstone Convenience Store

46 Green Lane, Featherstone, WF7 6JX
(01977) 797218

Note that shop opening hours exceed off-licensed hours.
Featherstone Indoor Bowling Club

Railway Terrace, Post Office Road, Featherstone, WF7 5EL
(01977) 690377

indoor bowling centre - carpet type - is for all ages, from beginner to expert. In the winter months (Sept-April) it is open 7 days a week, but during the summer months the hours are restricted. Various leagues at set times as well as socia...
Featherstone Rovers RLFC Family Stand Bar

Featherstone Rovers, Post Office Road, Featherstone, WF7 5EN
(01977) 702386

The hours for which the club is licensed are not necessarily the hours of opening, but cover, as required, The Atrium - the main clubhouse bar. There are also two other function rooms, and some of the matchday catering facilities which can...
Featherstone WMC

Green Lane, Featherstone, WF7 6JG
(01977) 792229

also known as Green Lane Club
Former Featherstone Number 1 Club

9 Green Lane (information believed to refer to this address), Featherstone, WF7 6EH
(01977) 790792

Once known as the Blood Tub because of all the "fayting" that went on there! Original building demolished 1984 and a flat-roofed block-shaped structure erected. As well as a fairly recent spell as the Posh Penguin, a name it took when suppo...
Girnhill Lane WMC

Girnhill Lane, Featherstone, WF7 5NW
(01977) 792235

large community oriented club, a.k.a. the "Corra" - home of the Corra Bike Ride Charity. It also hosts the local branch of the Royal British Legion. Hours shown are those for which the club is licensed
Lidl

Girnhill Lane, Wakefield Road, Featherstone, WF7 5HG

Lidl, Featherstone
Malkeet Singh Rathod

9 Green Lane, Featherstone, WF7 6JG

convenient for industrial area
Mistry Off-Licence

152 Featherstone Lane, North Featherstone, WF7 6LR

convenience store
New Market ARO

26 Station Lane, Featherstone, WF7 5HE
None

mini-market
Nisa Local

Priory Road, Featherstone, WF7 5HY

built as a community pub for the Priory Estate, now a convenience store
North Featherstone Post Office

54 Church Lane, North Featherstone, WF7 6BB
(01977) 702873

hours shown are those permitted by the licence
One Stop Stores Ltd

31-33 Station Lane, Featherstone, WF7 5BE
(01977) 602755
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One Stop Stores Ltd, Featherstone
Park Stores

79 Ackworth Road, Purston, Featherstone, WF7 5LY
(01977) 301417

convenience store
Patel Off Licence

11 George Street, Streethouse, WF7 6DW

Patel Off Licence, Streethouse
Players Sports Bar

68 Pontefract Road, Featherstone, WF7 5HG

Players Sports Bar, Featherstone
Railway

Station Lane, Featherstone, WF7 5BA
(01977) 796079

Formerly Station Hotel and before that Railway Hotel, this pub has a Blue Plaque: the upstairs room was used to hold the inquest into the deaths of the victims of the infamous 'Featherstone Massacre' of 1893. Today it's more of a sports bar...
Rovers Return

Wilson Street, Featherstone, WF7 5BH
(01977) 791723

Now open again as a sports bar, it's been renamed the Rovers Return. It now has a modern function room and catering facilities for parties and live music along with a fully modified sports room with 2 large 75" TVs and lots of sporting and...
Shuhag

79 Station Lane, Featherstone, WF7 5BJ
(01977) 699999

Shuhag, Featherstone
Sports B & S Club

Wilson Street, Featherstone, WF7 5BH

A long time back B & S was Bullock & Sons who operated buses around Featherstone, and the now demolished supermarket close by was once the depôt.
Streethouse Cricket Club

off Whinney Lane, Streethouse, WF7 6DJ
(01977) 690798

hours shown are those permitted by club's licence Variation of hours during cricket playing season is to: Saturday 13.00-00.00 and Sunday 12.00-00.00 hours. NB club is not open every day.
Streethouse Post Office

66-68 Whinney Lane, Streethouse, WF7 6DJ

Streethouse Post Office, Streethouse
Travellers Rest

Pontefract Road, Purston, Featherstone, WF7 5AP
(01977) 703364

Hours shown are those for which the pub is licensed. A large traditional community pub, now offering value food Sun and Wed, and sometimes a different and changing cask ale on each bar. Food details on large notice boards outside.
Victoria Garden Centre

Wakefield Road, Snydale, Streethouse, WF7 6BS
(01977) 701560
victoriagardencentre.co.uk/

Selection of bottled beers mainly from independents, often with novelty names, also restaurant is licensed hours shown are those permitted by licence, but opening hours are subject to seasonal variation.
White House

Pontefract Road, Purston, Featherstone, WF7 5AB
(01977) 791878

At one time a private house called the White House, opened by a local bookmaker and entrepreneur as a private members' club called the Rainbow Club in 1963, reverting to the name White House when it became a free house serving Tetleys. It w...