Geography
The River Dearne flows west to east through its landscaped valley in Bretton Park where it is dammed forming two lakes. West Bretton is on the A637 Barnsley to Huddersfield road, south west of the junction with the A636 Wakefield to Denby Dale road and close to the M1 motorway, which passes to the east of the village.
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