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The Mallard

The Mallard

South Kirkby

Reviewed by Rob Hunter on 18 May 2026

This is somewhere that could do with getting its act together in terms of publishing its opening hours, as I found various bits of conflicting information before deciding to visit. I've seen both 1pm and 2:30pm advertised, but unfortunately on the d... [more>]
The Blue Bell (JD Wetherspoon)

The Blue Bell (JD Wetherspoon)

Hemsworth

Reviewed by Rob Hunter on 18 May 2026

Visited in February. The Spoons usuals feature on the cask front, plus three guests - Old Peculiar and two by Wilde Child. Guest ales are £1.89 Monday to Wednesday. Looks like it has always been a pub, rather than a conversion, and has several dis... [more>]

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Pub has 1 picture(s)Pub has 1 recommendation(s)Pub has no ratings Alleyc'zam (37 Southgate, WF8 1LN)
Coverage: Pontefract Town
Pub has 11 picture(s)Pub has 4 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 8 from 2 reviewer(s) Ancient Borough Arms, The (41 Market Place, WF8 1AG)
Coverage: Pontefract Town
Pub has 6 picture(s)Pub has 2 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 7.5 from 2 reviewer(s) Angel Inn (Wakefield Road, WF7 7AB)
Coverage: Ackworth
Pub has 4 picture(s)Pub has 3 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 10 from 1 reviewer(s)Pub is reported closed Antix (28 Horsefair, WF8 1PD)
Coverage: Pontefract Town
Pub has 4 picture(s)Pub has no recommendationsPub has no ratings Bar Deuce (13 Beastfair, WF8 1AL)
Coverage: Pontefract Town
Pub has 5 picture(s)Pub has no recommendationsPub has no ratings Bar Liquid (Cornmarket, WF8 1AN)
Coverage: Pontefract Town
Pub has 7 picture(s)Pub has 1 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 8 from 1 reviewer(s) Barley Mow Hotel (22 Cornmarket, WF8 1BJ)
Coverage: Pontefract Town
Pub has 16 picture(s)Pub has 2 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 6 from 1 reviewer(s) Beastfair Vaults (8 Beastfair, WF8 1AW)
Coverage: Pontefract Town
Pub has 1 picture(s)Pub has 1 recommendation(s)Pub has no ratingsPub is reported closed Black Boy, The (9 Market Place, WF8 1AG)
Coverage: Pontefract Town
Pub has 1 picture(s)Pub has 1 recommendation(s)Pub has no ratingsPub is reported closed Black Bull, The (5 Market Place, WF8 1AG)
Coverage: Pontefract Town
Pub has 11 picture(s)Pub has 4 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 6 from 3 reviewer(s) Blue Bell (JD Wetherspoon), The (8 Cross Hill, WF9 4LQ)
Coverage: Hemsworth
Pub has 1 picture(s)Pub has no recommendationsPub has no ratings Blue Bell Inn (Great North Road, WF8 3JP)
Coverage: Wentbridge
Pub has 7 picture(s)Pub has 2 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 3 from 1 reviewer(s) Blue Bell, The (Valley Road, WF8 1LW)
Coverage: Pontefract Town
Pub has 7 picture(s)Pub has 2 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 7.5 from 2 reviewer(s) Boot & Shoe, The (Wakefield Road, WF7 7DF)
Coverage: Ackworth
Pub has 1 picture(s)Pub has 1 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 6 from 1 reviewer(s) Bradley Arms, The (Cutsyke Road, WF7 6BD)
Coverage: Featherstone
Pub has 13 picture(s)Pub has 5 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 6.5 from 4 reviewer(s) Broken Bridge (JD Wetherspoon), The (5 Horsefair, WF8 1PD)
Coverage: Pontefract Town
Pub has 1 picture(s)Pub has 1 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 8 from 1 reviewer(s)Pub is reported closed Brookside (Tom Wood Ash Lane, WF9 1HB)
Coverage: Upton
Pub has 2 picture(s)Pub has 1 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 8 from 1 reviewer(s) Brown Cow (Pontefract Road, WF7 7EL)
Coverage: Ackworth
Pub has 2 picture(s)Pub has no recommendationsPub has no ratings Carleton, The (Hardwick Road, WF8 3PQ)
Coverage: Carleton
Pub has 4 picture(s)Pub has 2 recommendation(s)Pub has no ratings Cartners No5 (5 Shoe Market, WF8 1AP)
Coverage: Pontefract Town
Pub has 3 picture(s)Pub has 2 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 8 from 2 reviewer(s) Catchpenny, The (Lane Ends Close, WF9 5AZ)
Coverage: Fitzwilliam
Pub has 2 picture(s)Pub has no recommendationsPub has no ratings Chequerfield, The (The Circle, WF8 2AY)
Coverage: Pontefract Town
Pub has 2 picture(s)Pub has 2 recommendation(s)Pub has no ratingsPub is reported closed Chequers Inn, The (Olcote Barnsley Road, WF9 2HR)
Coverage: South Elmsall
Pub has 1 picture(s)Pub has 1 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 4 from 1 reviewer(s)Pub is reported closed Chestnut Bar (Kyte Hotel) (Great North Road, WF8 3HR)
Coverage: Darrington
Pub has 9 picture(s)Pub has 5 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 7 from 4 reviewer(s) Church House (Barnsley Road, WF9 3LA)
Coverage: South Kirkby
Pub has 4 picture(s)Pub has 3 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 8 from 3 reviewer(s) Cobbler, The (Cobblers Lane, WF8 2LL)
Coverage: Pontefract Town
Pub has 7 picture(s)Pub has 1 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 6 from 1 reviewer(s) Counting House, The (Swales Yard, WF8 1DG)
Coverage: Pontefract Town
Pub has 1 picture(s)Pub has 2 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 8 from 2 reviewer(s)Pub is reported closed Cross Keys (New Road, WF7 6HB)
Coverage: Old Snydale
Pub has no picturesPub has no recommendationsPub has no ratingsPub is reported closed Crown Inn, The (Waggon Lane, WF9 1JS)
Coverage: Upton
Pub has 1 picture(s)Pub has no recommendationsPub has no ratings Crows Nest (Waggon Lane, WF9 1JS)
Coverage: Upton
Pub has 2 picture(s)Pub has 3 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 5.5 from 2 reviewer(s) Darrington Hotel (Great North Road, WF8 3BL)
Coverage: Darrington
Pub has 5 picture(s)Pub has 2 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 5 from 2 reviewer(s) Ego at The Beverley Arms (Doncaster Road, WF7 7BX)
Coverage: Ackworth
Pub has 7 picture(s)Pub has 1 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 6 from 1 reviewer(s) Elephant (Market Place, WF8 1AG)
Coverage: Pontefract Town
Pub has 1 picture(s)Pub has 1 recommendation(s)Pub has no ratingsPub is reported closed Farmers, The (11 Wakefield Road, WF9 5EA)
Coverage: Kinsley
Pub has 5 picture(s)Pub has 2 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 6 from 2 reviewer(s) Featherstone Hotel (Station Lane, WF7 6EW)
Coverage: Featherstone
Pub has no picturesPub has 2 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 10 from 1 reviewer(s)Pub is reported closed Fitzwilliam Hotel, The (Wakefield Road, WF9 5AJ)
Coverage: Fitzwilliam
Pub has 1 picture(s)Pub has 3 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 10 from 1 reviewer(s) Fox & Hounds (Doncaster Road (A639), WF8 3EL)
Coverage: Thorpe Audlin
Pub has 1 picture(s)Pub has no recommendationsPub has no ratingsPub is reported closed Fox Inn, The (Main Street, WF8 3LF)
Coverage: Little Smeaton
Pub has 1 picture(s)Pub has no recommendationsPub has no ratings Gantry, The (Unit 1, Steed Court Business Park, WF9 1JJ)
Coverage: Upton
Pub has 7 picture(s)Pub has 2 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 3 from 1 reviewer(s) George & Dragon, The (1 Cross Hill, WF9 4LQ)
Coverage: Hemsworth
Pub has 8 picture(s)Pub has 5 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 6.5 from 4 reviewer(s)Pub is reported closed Golden Ball, The (Horsefair, WF8 1NX)
Coverage: Pontefract Town
Pub has 5 picture(s)Pub has 1 recommendation(s)Pub has no ratingsPub is reported closed Golden Lion Hotel, The (Sessions House Yard, WF8 1BN)
Coverage: Pontefract Town
Pub has 9 picture(s)Pub has 1 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 7 from 1 reviewer(s) Green Dragon, The (4 Cornmarket, WF8 1BJ)
Coverage: Pontefract Town
Pub has no picturesPub has no recommendationsPub has no ratingsPub is reported closed Green Hat, The (Waggon Lane, WF9 1JT)
Coverage: Upton
Pub has 1 picture(s)Pub has 2 recommendation(s)Pub has no ratingsPub is reported closed Grove Lea (Churchbalk Lane, WF8 2QJ)
Coverage: Pontefract Town
Pub has 5 picture(s)Pub has 2 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 5 from 1 reviewer(s)Pub is reported closed Hemsworth, The (Highfield Road, WF9 4EB)
Coverage: Hemsworth
Pub has 3 picture(s)Pub has no recommendationsPub has no ratings Henry VIII Bar @ Kings Croft Hotel (Wakefield Road, WF8 4HA)
Coverage: Pontefract Town
Pub has no picturesPub has 1 recommendation(s)Pub has no ratings Hideaway, The (Mauds Yard, WF8 1AQ)
Coverage: Pontefract Town
Pub has 8 picture(s)Pub has 2 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 8 from 1 reviewer(s) Hilltop Brewery Tap (41b Kirkby Road, WF9 4BA)
Coverage: Hemsworth
Pub has 12 picture(s)Pub has 6 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 7 from 5 reviewer(s) Hope & Anchor (North Baileygate, WF8 1ES)
Coverage: Pontefract Town
Pub has 8 picture(s)Pub has 2 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 5 from 1 reviewer(s) Hoptimist, The (7 Cross Hill, WF9 4LD)
Coverage: Hemsworth
Pub has 11 picture(s)Pub has 2 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 6 from 2 reviewer(s) Horse Vaults (2 Horsefair, WF8 1PD)
Coverage: Pontefract Town
Pub has no picturesPub has 1 recommendation(s)Pub has no ratingsPub is reported closed House Of Ales (Unit 7, Pontefract Market Hall, WF8 1AU)
Coverage: Pontefract Town
Pub has no picturesPub has no recommendationsPub has no ratings House of Ales (Mauds Yard, WF8 1AQ)
Coverage: Pontefract Town
Pub has 1 picture(s)Pub has no recommendationsPub has no ratings Iron Dram (27A Ropergate, WF8 1LG)
Coverage: Pontefract Town
Pub has 1 picture(s)Pub has 1 recommendation(s)Pub has no ratingsPub is reported closed Jubilee Hotel (Wakefield Road, WF7 5HL)
Coverage: Featherstone
Pub has 1 picture(s)Pub has 1 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 4 from 1 reviewer(s) Junction, The (147 Westfield Lane, WF9 2JX)
Coverage: South Elmsall
Pub has 2 picture(s)Pub has 2 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 8.5 from 2 reviewer(s)Pub is reported closed Junction, The (Ackworth Road, WF7 5AR)
Coverage: Featherstone
Pub has 2 picture(s)Pub has no recommendationsPub has no ratings Kinsley Hotel (Wakefield Road, WF9 5EH)
Coverage: Kinsley
Pub has 1 picture(s)Pub has 1 recommendation(s)Pub has no ratings Last Bank, The (25 Ropergate, WF8 1LQ)
Coverage: Pontefract Town
Pub has 13 picture(s)Pub has 2 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 7.5 from 2 reviewer(s) Liquorice Bush (8 Market Place, WF8 1AX)
Coverage: Pontefract Town
Pub has 4 picture(s)Pub has 1 recommendation(s)Pub has no ratingsPub is reported closed Little Un, The (8 Spring Terrace, WF9 2AF)
Coverage: South Elmsall
Pub has 2 picture(s)Pub has no recommendationsPub has no ratings Mad Ox, The (9-11 Ropergate End, WF8 1JU)
Coverage: Pontefract Town
Pub has 9 picture(s)Pub has 3 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 6 from 1 reviewer(s) Mallard, The (Moorthorpe Railway Station, Barnsley Road, WF9 3AT)
Coverage: South Kirkby
Pub has 8 picture(s)Pub has 1 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 5 from 1 reviewer(s) Malt Shovel, The (1 Cornmarket, WF8 1AN)
Coverage: Pontefract Town
Pub has 2 picture(s)Pub has 1 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 6 from 1 reviewer(s) Masons Arms (Bell Lane, WF7 7JD)
Coverage: Ackworth
Pub has 5 picture(s)Pub has no recommendationsPub has no ratings Minsthorpe Hotel (The Nags) (Minsthorpe Lane, WF9 2NY)
Coverage: South Elmsall
Pub has 3 picture(s)Pub has 1 recommendation(s)Pub has no ratingsPub is reported closed Moorthorpe Hotel (Barnsley Road, WF9 2AE)
Coverage: South Elmsall
Pub has 3 picture(s)Pub has no recommendationsPub has no ratingsPub is reported closed Nevisons Leap (Ferrybridge Road, WF8 2PG)
Coverage: Pontefract Town
Pub has 7 picture(s)Pub has 2 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 8 from 1 reviewer(s)Pub is reported closed New Cross Keys Inn (Halfpenny Lane, WF8 4AY)
Coverage: Pontefract Town
Pub has 1 picture(s)Pub has 2 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 3 from 1 reviewer(s) Northern Social, The (Sessions House Yard, WF8 1BN)
Coverage: Pontefract Town
Pub has 4 picture(s)Pub has no recommendationsPub has no ratings Northfield Hotel, The (11 Holmsley Lane, WF9 3HX)
Coverage: South Kirkby
Pub has 13 picture(s)Pub has 3 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 9 from 1 reviewer(s) Oak, The (Mill Lane, WF9 2DT)
Coverage: South Elmsall
Pub has 3 picture(s)Pub has no recommendationsPub has no ratingsPub is reported closed Old Castle Hotel (Micklegate, WF8 1QG)
Coverage: Pontefract Town
Pub has 5 picture(s)Pub has 1 recommendation(s)Pub has no ratingsPub is reported closed Old Crown Inn (Barnsley Road, WF9 3BH)
Coverage: South Kirkby
Pub has 6 picture(s)Pub has 4 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 5 from 2 reviewer(s) Old Grocers, The (25 Beastfair, WF8 1AL)
Coverage: Pontefract Town
Pub has 3 picture(s)Pub has no recommendationsPub has no ratingsPub is reported closed Old Mill Hotel, The (Mill Lane, WF9 3DT)
Coverage: South Kirkby
Pub has no picturesPub has no recommendationsPub has no ratings Old Post Office (20 Ropergate, WF8 1LU)
Coverage: Pontefract Town
Pub has 3 picture(s)Pub has 1 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 6 from 1 reviewer(s) Olde Church Tavern, The (North Baileygate, WF8 2JG)
Coverage: Pontefract Town
Pub has 7 picture(s)Pub has 3 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 5.5 from 2 reviewer(s) Olde Tavern, The (34 South Baileygate, WF8 2JL)
Coverage: Pontefract Town
Pub has 2 picture(s)Pub has 2 recommendation(s)Pub has no ratingsPub is reported closed Park, The (Mill Lane, WF9 2DS)
Coverage: South Elmsall
Pub has no picturesPub has 1 recommendation(s)Pub has no ratingsPub is reported closed Parkside Hotel (The Parkside Hotel Park Road, WF8 4QD)
Coverage: Glasshoughton
Pub has 2 picture(s)Pub has 1 recommendation(s)Pub has no ratingsPub is reported closed Pineapple Inn, The (12 Gillygate, WF8 1PQ)
Coverage: Pontefract Town
Pub has 3 picture(s)Pub has 1 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 5 from 1 reviewer(s)Pub is reported closed Plough Inn, The (Barnsley Road, WF9 2SE)
Coverage: South Elmsall
Pub has 7 picture(s)Pub has 3 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 7 from 1 reviewer(s) Ponty Tavern, The (Cornmarket, WF8 1AN)
Coverage: Pontefract Town
Pub has 1 picture(s)Pub has 1 recommendation(s)Pub has no ratings Printer's Draft, The (1 Market Place, WF8 1AG)
Coverage: Pontefract Town
Pub has 2 picture(s)Pub has 2 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 10 from 1 reviewer(s) Prohibition Bar & Grill (62 Wakefield Road, WF7 7AZ)
Coverage: Ackworth
Pub has no picturesPub has 1 recommendation(s)Pub has no ratingsPub is reported closed Railway Hotel, The (Station Road, WF9 2HP)
Coverage: South Elmsall
Pub has 8 picture(s)Pub has 2 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 5.5 from 2 reviewer(s) Railway Inn, The (Mill Dam Lane, WF8 2NP)
Coverage: Pontefract Town, Monkhill
Pub has 5 picture(s)Pub has 2 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 6 from 2 reviewer(s) Railway, The (Station Lane, WF7 5BA)
Coverage: Featherstone
Pub has 11 picture(s)Pub has 1 recommendation(s)Pub has no ratings Red Lion, The (12 Market Place, WF8 1AX)
Coverage: Pontefract Town
Pub has 9 picture(s)Pub has 7 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 9 from 5 reviewer(s) Robin Hood, The (4 Wakefield Road, WF8 4HN)
Coverage: Pontefract Town
Pub has 1 picture(s)Pub has 1 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 8 from 1 reviewer(s) Rogerthorpe Manor Hotel, The (Thorpe Lane, WF9 1AB)
Coverage: Badsworth
Pub has 3 picture(s)Pub has 3 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 2 from 1 reviewer(s)Pub is reported closed Rovers (Wakefield Road, WF9 5AJ)
Coverage: Fitzwilliam
Pub has 2 picture(s)Pub has 2 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 9 from 2 reviewer(s) Rustic Arms, The (7 Long Lane, WF7 7EZ)
Coverage: Ackworth
Pub has 4 picture(s)Pub has 2 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 8 from 2 reviewer(s) Shoulder Of Mutton, The (Main Street, WF8 3JY)
Coverage: Kirk Smeaton
Pub has 8 picture(s)Pub has 2 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 8.5 from 2 reviewer(s) Spread at Darrington, The (Estcourt Road, WF8 3AP)
Coverage: Darrington
Pub has 1 picture(s)Pub has 1 recommendation(s)Pub has no ratingsPub is reported closed St Oswalds Arms (Priory Road, WF7 5HY)
Coverage: Featherstone
Pub has 1 picture(s)Pub has 1 recommendation(s)Pub has no ratingsPub is reported closed Station, The (153 Whinney Lane, WF7 6DE)
Coverage: Streethouse
Pub has 1 picture(s)Pub has 1 recommendation(s)Pub has no ratingsPub is reported closed Sun Inn, The (11 Ackton Lane, WF7 6AP)
Coverage: Featherstone
Pub has 10 picture(s)Pub has 5 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 3.5 from 2 reviewer(s)Pub is reported closed Tap & Barrel (13 Front Street, WF8 1AN)
Coverage: Pontefract Town
Pub has 1 picture(s)Pub has 1 recommendation(s)Pub has no ratings Tooth & Tiger (29 Southgate, WF8 1LN)
Coverage: Pontefract Town
Pub has 5 picture(s)Pub has 1 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 6 from 1 reviewer(s) Travellers Inn (The Green, WF9 3AB)
Coverage: South Kirkby
Pub has 3 picture(s)Pub has 4 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 5.5 from 2 reviewer(s) Travellers Rest, The (Pontefract Road, WF7 5AP)
Coverage: Featherstone
Pub has 2 picture(s)Pub has 3 recommendation(s)Pub has no ratingsPub is reported closed Turks Head, The (Gillygate, WF8 1PQ)
Coverage: Pontefract Town
Pub has 1 picture(s)Pub has 1 recommendation(s)Pub has no ratingsPub is reported closed United Kingdom, The (24 Market Place, WF8 1AT)
Coverage: Pontefract Town
Pub has 1 picture(s)Pub has 1 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 8 from 1 reviewer(s) Upton Arms (High Street, WF9 1HR)
Coverage: Upton
Pub has 4 picture(s)Pub has no recommendationsPub has no ratingsPub is reported closed Victoria Hotel (77 Kirkby Road, WF9 4BX)
Coverage: Hemsworth
Pub has 4 picture(s)Pub has 1 recommendation(s)Pub has no ratingsPub is reported closed Vissett Cottage (Barnsley Road, WF9 4PQ)
Coverage: Hemsworth
Pub has 1 picture(s)Pub has 2 recommendation(s)Pub has no ratingsPub is reported closed Westfield Hotel (122 Westfield Lane, WF9 2EF)
Coverage: South Elmsall
Pub has 3 picture(s)Pub has no recommendationsPub has no ratings White House, The (Pontefract Road, WF7 5HW)
Coverage: Featherstone
Pub has 1 picture(s)Pub has 1 recommendation(s)Pub has no ratingsPub is reported closed Willow Park Hotel, The (Baghill Lane, WF8 2HB)
Coverage: Pontefract Town
Pub has 12 picture(s)Pub has 4 recommendation(s)Pub has average rating of 7 from 2 reviewer(s) Windmill Inn (Woolmarket, WF8 1AZ)
Coverage: Pontefract Town
Pub has 3 picture(s)Pub has 1 recommendation(s)Pub has no ratingsPub is reported closed Woodman Inn, The (Horsefair, WF8 1QD)
Coverage: Pontefract Town