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Stanley is a village in the
Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield Wakefield, also known as the City of Wakefield, is a local government district with city status and a metropolitan district in West Yorkshire, England. Wakefield, the largest settlement, is the administrative centre of the district. The populat ...
in
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, England. It is about north-east of
Wakefield Wakefield is a cathedral city in West Yorkshire, England located on the River Calder. The city had a population of 109,766 in the 2021 census, up from 99,251 in the 2011 census. The city is the administrative centre of the wider Metropolit ...
city centre. Stanley was an Urban District in the
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before 1974, being made up the four electoral wards of Lake Lock, Outwood, Stanley and Wrenthorpe. The Lofthouse / Stanley area of West Yorkshire has a combined population of 22,947. The ward remaining at the 2011 Census was called Stanley and Outwood East. The population of this ward at the 2011 Census was 15,314.


Geography and amenities

Stanley's physical footprint is larger than that of its parent City Wakefield. Whilst often considered being a village, Stanley consists of the main village and neighbouring areas including Stanley Ferry, Lee Moor, part of the City Fields development and Lane Ends is often perceived as the "village" centre.
Bottom Boat Bottom Boat is a village in the Wakefield district of West Yorkshire. In the 2011 United Kingdom census, its population was 1,169, and it was included as part of the West Yorkshire Built-up Area, which had a total population of 1,777,934. Befo ...
is considered part of Stanley, although it was counted as a separate place by the
2011 United Kingdom census A Census in the United Kingdom, census of the population of the United Kingdom is taken every ten years. The 2011 census was held in all countries of the UK on 27 March 2011. It was the first UK census which could be completed online via the Inter ...
. The area has a number of commercial premises and corner-shops. It has a few pubs including The Wheatsheaf, Stanley Ferry and The Travellers and is also home to St Peters School, Stanley Grove School, Kingsland School, Stanley Surgery and a large community centre. Stanley has a couple of fish and chip shops, and a few other takeaway food outlets. Stanley is home to the Stanley Marsh
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which is a site consisting of varied terrain including a lake. The reserve is situated on the site of a former colliery, (see Lake Lock Rail Road). The Anglican parish church, St Peter's, a large dominant building, was constructed in 1822 at a cost of £12,000 and opened on 6 September 1824. It was demolished in 2014. A landscaped public garden was built (ongoing as of 2023) along with the resiting of the war memorial and a pit wheel commemorating the local miners.


Sports

Stanley also plays host to the Stanley Falcons, a successful cricket team who play in Division One of the Central Yorkshire Cricket League.
Stanley Rangers Stanley Rangers (founded 1919) is an amateur rugby league club situated in the village of Stanley, West Yorkshire, Stanley near Wakefield. They are in Division One of the National Conference League. Players range from 8-years old and receive t ...
ARLFC, an
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team who play in
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Division Two. Stanley Rodillians RUFC Ltd is based at Manley Park on Lee Moor Road and currently play in the Yorkshire 4 league. Following the collapse of a previous project for a new stadium in 2009, which was partly to be built on the site of the former Newmarket colliery, due to an objection by
Leeds City Council Leeds City Council is the local authority of the City of Leeds in West Yorkshire, England. Leeds has had a council since 1626, which has been reformed on numerous occasions. Since 1974 it has been a metropolitan borough council. It provides the ...
regarding use of greenbelt land,
Wakefield Trinity Wakefield Trinity is a professional rugby league club in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England. The club play their home fixtures at the DIY Kitchen Stadium, Belle Vue (Wakefield), Belle Vue and currently compete in the Super League, the top tier o ...
were (planning permission permissive) looking to move to a new stadium by 2015. A golf course is built on the former grounds of the grade II listed Hatfeild Hall and the former hall buildings serve as a clubhouse to Normanton golf club and an event location. The Mulberry tree in the grounds of Hatfeild Hall is rumoured to be the one from which a cutting was taken and planted inside the exercise area of Wakefield Gaol, which gave rise to the rhyme " Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush".


See also

* Listed buildings in Stanley and Outwood East


References


External links

* {{authority control Suburbs of Wakefield Unparished areas in West Yorkshire Former civil parishes in West Yorkshire