Historic house · near Crofton · West Yorkshire

Nostell Priory

Nostell Priory is a historic house located. You will find it 1.4 km east of Crofton. Its status is a Grade I listed building.

Photo: Nostell Priory, Wehha (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Where

1.4 km

east of Crofton

Run by

National Trust

a national heritage body

How well known

Top 11%

#922 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 18–21°C

In brief

Historic house near Crofton

Just outside Crofton

Nostell Priory is 1.4 km east of Crofton. Towns near it ↓

Cared for by the National Trust

One of the places the National Trust looks after; members usually get in free. About ↓

Grade I listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Crofton has 8 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

Month by month

Afternoons in Crofton peak at 18–21°C, June to September.

Jan7° / 2°48 mm

Feb8° / 2°48 mm

Mar10° / 3°47 mm

Apr13° / 5°49 mm

May16° / 7°48 mm

Jun19° / 10°66 mm

Jul21° / 12°60 mm

Aug21° / 12°64 mm

Sep18° / 10°56 mm

Oct14° / 7°66 mm

Nov10° / 4°67 mm

Dec8° / 2°64 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Crofton, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Crofton. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Crofton’s full climate →

About

Nostell Priory

The site is looked after by the National Trust. Wikipedia covers it in 6 languages. Around it, within 15 km, lie 25 more places, Sandal Castle (6.7 km) first on our list.

Crofton’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Historic house
Run by: National Trust
Listed: Grade I listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 6 languages
Town: 1.4 km east of Crofton
Official site: nationaltrust.org.uk/nostell

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

The map

Mapping Nostell Priory

The places near Nostell Priory are numbered on the map in the order below.

Towns near it

Towns within reach of Nostell Priory

Among the 8, Featherstone is the biggest, home to 11,657 people. Closest first, each of these towns names it on its page.

1 · 1.4 km west of it

Crofton

6,127 people · 9 places to visit

2 · 1.6 km northwest of it

Sharlston

2,163 people · 4 places to visit

3 · 1.7 km south of it

Fitzwilliam and Kinsley

4,993 people · 2 places to visit

4 · 2.3 km east of it

Ackworth Moor Top

6,275 people · 2 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Nostell Priory is	People	Places to visit
Crofton	1.4 km west of it	6,127	9
Sharlston	1.6 km northwest of it	2,163	4
Fitzwilliam and Kinsley	1.7 km south of it	4,993	2
Ackworth Moor Top	2.3 km east of it	6,275	2
Featherstone	2.4 km northeast of it	11,657	7
Streethouse	2.4 km north of it	1,691	2
Havercroft and Ryhill	2.7 km southwest of it	5,204	2
Low Ackworth	3.3 km east of it	917	4

Make a day of it

Nearby, too

Our list has 25 more within 15 km, among them 2 castles, 2 museums and a cathedral.

CastleSandal Castle6.7 km away 2

CathedralWakefield Cathedral7.8 km away 3

MuseumYorkshire Sculpture Park13 km away · 300K visitors a year 4

CastlePontefract Castle7.4 km away 5

Art galleryThe Hepworth Wakefield7.2 km away 6

Abbey or priory · English HeritageMonk Bretton Priory11 km away 7

Garden · English HeritageBrodsworth Hall and Gardens15 km away 8

MuseumWakefield Museum8.3 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Visiting Nostell Priory

Where is Nostell Priory?

Nostell Priory is 1.4 km east of Crofton, West Yorkshire.

What is Nostell Priory?

Historic house located in West Yorkshire, England, UK.

Who runs Nostell Priory?

National Trust, so members usually get in free; check opening times before you go.

When is the best time to visit Nostell Priory?

June to September are the warmest months in Crofton, with afternoon highs of 18–21°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Nostell Priory a listed building?

Yes: Grade I listed building.

What else is there to see near Nostell Priory?

Within 15 km: Sandal Castle (6.7 km), Wakefield Cathedral (7.8 km), Yorkshire Sculpture Park (13 km) and Pontefract Castle (7.4 km).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (9)

Nostell Priory: Wehha, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Sandal Castle: Abcdef123456 at English Wikipedia, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Wakefield Cathedral: Mike Kirby, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Yorkshire Sculpture Park: Nigel Homer, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Pontefract Castle: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
The Hepworth Wakefield: Mike Kirby, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Monk Bretton Priory: Tony Grist, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
Brodsworth Hall and Gardens: Richard Croft, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Wakefield Museum: Jill Jennings, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

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