West Bretton

West Bretton is a village in the county of West Yorkshire, England, 7 miles from Wakefield city centre and just off junction 38 of the M1 motorway.

There is a school in the village - West Bretton Junior and Infant School, and a Church. There is no pub in the village itself but the Black Bull at Midgley, the Station pub and the Old Post Office pub are nearby. The closest shop to the village is the excellent but very expensive Blacker Hall farm shop, which sells lots of local produce.

The village is also the home of Bretton Hall and the Yorkshire Sculpture Park, consisting of 0.80 km² (200 acres) of landscaped ground with a large collection of sculptures, including some by Elisabeth Frink, Auguste Rodin , and Barbara Hepworth, born in Wakefield. In Bretton Country Park there are many sculptures by Henry Moore, born in Castleford.

West Bretton is also home to West Bretton Cricket Club, located on Park Lane. The Club currently has two teams in the Pontefract & District Cricket League, in Divisions 2 and 5. The Sunday side plays in the Barnsley & District Sunday League, in Division 1.

In 2007 the club celebrated its centenary year, and marked the occasion by inviting the former England wicketkeeper turned artist Jack Russell to visit the ground and paint a landscape of the pitch and clubhouse. A team from the club recently won the Copmanthorpe 8s tournament in Copmanthorpe, York.

The ground is renowned as classic example of village cricket, with its picturesque setting adjacent to the Sculture Park.