Betfred Opening Times Castleford
Opening times for the three Betfred betting shops in Castleford: Beancroft Road near the town centre, Leeds Barnsdale Road at Cutsyke, and The Square at Glasshoughton. The two branches with published weekly times show whether they are open right now and how long you have before they close today.
Checking times…
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Time now in Castleford
--:--:-- —Castleford Betfred shops open now
— —Last Betfred in Castleford closes in
— —Until you share your location, “nearest” means nearest to the town centre: Betfred, 66 Beancroft Road (WF10 5BS), a few minutes from Carlton Street.
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Betfred Castleford opening times at a glance
- Betfred shops in Castleford
- 3 branches
- With published weekly times
- 2 of the 3
- Earliest weekday opening
- 08:30 — Cutsyke
- Latest closing
- 22:00 — Beancroft Road, every day
- Christmas Day
- Every shop closed — required by law
Castleford is a small, unusually steady estate. Both branches with confirmed times keep exactly the same hours Monday to Saturday and the same closing time on a Sunday: Beancroft Road on 22:00 seven days a week and Cutsyke on 21:30. What sets the town apart is the Sunday morning — both open at 10:00, the latest Sunday start of any town on this site. The third branch, at Glasshoughton, is listed further down without live status because its weekly hours are not published anywhere we can verify.
The 2 Castleford Betfred shops with published times
Both Castleford Betfred branches whose full weekly times we can confirm, ordered by distance from the town centre. Each row shows today’s times, whether the shop is open now and how long until it closes, with buttons for the map pin, a route from where you are and Street View of the shopfront.
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Betfred, Beancroft Road66 Beancroft Road, Castleford WF10 5BS
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Betfred, Cutsyke (Leeds Barnsdale Road)63 Leeds Barnsdale Road, Cutsyke, Castleford WF10 5HT
Both carry their own published weekly times. Beancroft Road sits just south of the town centre, a few minutes from Carlton Street and the bus station, and Leeds Barnsdale Road is at Cutsyke, about three quarters of a mile further out towards the A639. Distances are straight-line estimates from Carlton Street. Street View opens at the shop’s postcode, so you may need to turn the view to face the shopfront.
Castleford Betfred opening times compared
The weekly pattern for the two confirmed branches, with the Glasshoughton row shown for completeness. Today’s column is highlighted.
Neither confirmed branch changes its hours between Monday and Saturday, and neither changes its closing time on a Sunday either — only the opening time moves, from 09:00 or 08:30 to 10:00. That makes Castleford one of the easiest towns on this site to plan around: if you know a shop’s closing time, it applies every day of the week.
| Shop | Mon – Fri | Saturday | Sunday | Find the shop |
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| Beancroft Road66 Beancroft Road, WF10 5BS | 09:00–22:00 | 09:00–22:00 | 10:00–22:00 | |
| Cutsyke (Leeds Barnsdale Road)63 Leeds Barnsdale Road, WF10 5HT | 08:30–21:30 | 08:30–21:30 | 10:00–21:30 | |
| Glasshoughton (The Square)21 The Square, WF10 3JJ | Times not yet confirmed | |||
Earliest and latest Betfred shops in Castleford
This section covers the two branches with published times. Glasshoughton is excluded because we cannot verify its hours.
Open earliest
Cutsyke on Leeds Barnsdale Road opens at 08:30 Monday to Saturday, half an hour before Beancroft Road at 09:00. On a Sunday both wait until 10:00, which is later than almost anywhere else covered on this site — most towns have at least one branch open by 09:00.
Open latest
Beancroft Road is the latest at 22:00, and it holds that time every day of the week including Sunday. Cutsyke closes at 21:30, also seven days a week. For a town of around 40,000 people, having a 22:00 finish available every night is generous; the trade-off is the late Sunday start.
The one to remember: 66 Beancroft Road runs 09:00 to 22:00 Monday to Saturday and 10:00 to 22:00 on a Sunday. It is the latest-closing Betfred in the town every day of the week, and the closest of the three to both the town centre and the Jungle.
Betfred Castleford Sunday opening times
Sunday in Castleford means a late start and a normal finish. Both confirmed branches open at 10:00 and keep their usual closing times.
| Shop | Opens | Closes | Find the shop |
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| Beancroft Road66 Beancroft Road, WF10 5BS | 10:00 | 22:00 | |
| Cutsyke (Leeds Barnsdale Road)63 Leeds Barnsdale Road, WF10 5HT | 10:00 | 21:30 |
Beancroft Road runs twelve hours on a Sunday, 10:00 to 22:00, and Cutsyke eleven and a half, 10:00 to 21:30. Neither opens in the morning before ten, so if you want an early Sunday bet in the Five Towns you will need Pontefract, where the Station Lane branch in Featherstone opens earlier, or the Wakefield shops.
Betfred Castleford bank holiday opening times
Betting shops in England can trade on every bank holiday bar one. Premises licences issued under the Gambling Act 2005 carry a condition that gambling facilities cannot be provided on Christmas Day, so all three Castleford branches close on 25 December by law rather than by choice.
On the other bank holidays, Castleford branches usually run either their normal times for that day of the week or a slightly shorter day. Betfred has in past years announced a chain-wide 20:00 close on bank holiday Mondays, which would cut two hours off Beancroft Road. Dates in the tables below update automatically.
Easter opening times
Betting shops have been allowed to open on Good Friday since the Gambling Act 2005 came into force, and there is no Easter Sunday restriction in Great Britain. Across the Easter weekend, expect each Castleford branch to follow its usual pattern for that day. The Grand National at Aintree falls in early April and is the busiest betting day of the year in West Yorkshire shops.
| Day | Falls on | Next date | What to expect |
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| Good Friday | Friday before Easter Sunday | — | Normal weekday times |
| Easter Saturday | Saturday before Easter Sunday | — | Normal Saturday times |
| Easter Sunday | First Sunday after the first full moon on or after 21 March | — | Normal Sunday times, 10:00 start |
| Easter Monday | Day after Easter Sunday | — | Weekday opening, possible 20:00 close |
May and August bank holidays
The early May, spring and summer bank holidays all fall on a Monday. Check the window card or the Betfred shop finder the week before, particularly at Beancroft Road where an early close makes the biggest difference.
| Bank holiday | Falls on | Next date | What to expect |
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| Early May bank holiday | First Monday in May | — | Weekday opening, possible 20:00 close |
| Spring bank holiday | Last Monday in May | — | Weekday opening, possible 20:00 close |
| Summer bank holiday | Last Monday in August | — | Weekday opening, possible 20:00 close |
Christmas and New Year opening times
The festive fortnight is the only stretch of the year when Castleford times move far from the weekly pattern. Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve normally finish early, Boxing Day — the biggest racing day of the winter — runs close to normal, and New Year’s Day starts later.
| Day | Date | Next date | Usual pattern in Castleford |
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| Christmas Eve | 24 December | — | Normal opening, early close around 18:00 |
| Christmas Day | 25 December | — | Closed all day, every shop |
| Boxing Day | 26 December | — | Normal opening, close around 20:00 |
| Substitute bank holiday | When 25 or 26 December falls on a weekend | — | Normal times for that day |
| New Year’s Eve | 31 December | — | Normal opening, early close around 18:00 |
| New Year’s Day | 1 January | — | Later start around 10:00, close around 20:00 |
Each Castleford branch sets its own festive times and usually posts them in the window from mid-December. The live countdowns on this page follow the standard weekly times and the Christmas Day closure only, so check the window card before travelling on 24, 26 or 31 December or 1 January.
How the live opening times work
Everything live on this page reads the clock in Castleford (UK time), not the clock on your device, and compares it against each shop’s published times. That keeps the status right even if you are checking from abroad.
The panel at the top
The top panel covers the two Castleford branches with published weekly times. It tells you how many are open right now, which is next to close, and how long until the last one shuts for the night. The Glasshoughton branch is left out of the count, because including a shop with unknown hours would make the panel wrong rather than incomplete.
The shop rows
Open now means the shop is inside its published times and the countdown shows how long is left. Closed shows when it opens next. Times not published means we have no confirmed hours for that branch. Counters stop taking cash bets a few minutes before closing so staff can settle slips, so if you are collecting winnings, aim to arrive ten minutes before the time shown.
Map, directions and Street View
Each row has three buttons. Map drops a pin on the shop, Directions plans a route from wherever you are, and Street View shows the street around the shop so you can spot the frontage before you set off. Tap “Use my current location” and the lists re-order themselves so the closest shop is always at the top, and the directions button points to the nearest of all three branches, Glasshoughton included.
Betfred at Glasshoughton
The third Castleford branch sits at 21 The Square in Glasshoughton, about a mile and a half east of the town centre. It is open and licensed, but its weekly times are not published anywhere we can verify, so it carries no live status.
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Betfred, Glasshoughton (The Square)21 The Square, Glasshoughton, Castleford WF10 3JJ
| Address | 21 The Square, Glasshoughton, Castleford, WF10 3JJ |
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| Licensee | Done Brothers (Cash Betting) Limited |
| Licensing authority | Wakefield Council |
| Weekly opening times | Not published — confirm with the shop |
The map, directions and Street View buttons all work for this branch, and it is included when you use the location button, so it will still come up as your nearest shop if you are in Glasshoughton or near Xscape and the Junction 32 outlet. What we cannot do is tell you whether it is open right now. Betfred’s shop line is 0800 032 0878, and the window card will carry the current times. If you know them, let us know and we will add the live row.
Betfred near Castleford
Castleford sits at the centre of the Five Towns, and every neighbouring town has its own Betfred branches listed under its own name.
Pontefract is the closest, with shops on Beastfair and Market Place, and Featherstone’s Station Lane branch is about three miles south-west. Beyond them there are branches at Knottingley, Normanton, Kinsley and Wakefield, and Sherburn in Elmet to the north. Leeds, with 22 branches, is about ten miles north-west, and Wakefield city centre roughly eight miles west.
All three Castleford shops are licensed by Wakefield Council, as are the Pontefract, Featherstone, Knottingley and Normanton branches. If you are heading for Pontefract or Featherstone rather than Castleford itself, use the location button above: the directions button always routes to the nearest of the three Castleford branches, which may not be the nearest Betfred overall.
Other bookmakers in Castleford
Castleford is a small market, and Betfred has more shops in the town than any rival.
William Hill trades at 117 Carlton Street in the town centre, the only other bookmaker we can confirm within Castleford itself, and it sits about a quarter of a mile from the Beancroft Road Betfred. Coral has a branch at 7–9 High Street in Normanton, four miles west, and William Hill has shops at Weeland Road in Knottingley and Barnsley Road in South Elmsall. Pontefract town centre has a wider choice, including the two Betfred branches there.
We are still confirming full weekly times branch by branch for the non-Betfred shops in Castleford, so they are not listed with live status on this page yet. Carlton Street is the street to know: the William Hill at 117 and the Betfred on Beancroft Road are a few minutes’ walk apart, and between them they cover most of the trading day. Every bookmaker in the town is closed on Christmas Day by law.
About Betfred in Castleford
| Trading name | Betfred |
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| Licensee | Done Brothers (Cash Betting) Limited |
| Head office | Birchwood, Warrington |
| Licensing authority | Wakefield Council |
| Branches in Castleford | 3 betting shops |
| Licensed premises hours | 07:00 – 22:00, Monday to Sunday |
Betfred began in Salford in 1967, when brothers Fred and Peter Done opened their first betting shop, and it runs its estate from Birchwood in Warrington, about 70 miles west across the Pennines. Castleford is a three-shop town and a classic West Yorkshire coalfield pattern: one shop just off the main shopping street on Beancroft Road, one on a residential estate road at Cutsyke, and one at Glasshoughton, the old colliery village that now holds Xscape and the Junction 32 outlet. Wakefield Council licenses the premises for 07:00 to 22:00 daily, and Beancroft Road uses the full evening.
For visitors, 66 Beancroft Road is the one to know: a few minutes from Carlton Street, the market and the bus station, and about half a mile from the Mend-A-Hose Jungle, home of Castleford Tigers. Castleford station is a similar distance, on the line between Leeds and Knottingley. The Cutsyke branch covers the south-west of the town towards Whitwood and the A639, and Glasshoughton serves the retail park and the streets around the station there.
Frequently asked questions
- How many Betfred shops are there in Castleford?
- Three Betfred branches carry a Castleford address, all licensed by Wakefield Council: 66 Beancroft Road near the town centre, 63 Leeds Barnsdale Road at Cutsyke, and 21 The Square at Glasshoughton. The first two publish full weekly times; the Glasshoughton branch does not, so it is listed without live status.
- What time does Betfred open in Castleford?
- Cutsyke is the earlier of the two confirmed branches, opening at 08:30 Monday to Saturday. Beancroft Road opens at 09:00. Both open at 10:00 on a Sunday, which is the latest Sunday start of any town covered on this site.
- What time does Betfred close in Castleford?
- Beancroft Road closes at 22:00 every day of the week, including Sunday. Cutsyke closes at 21:30, also seven days a week. Neither branch varies its closing time across the week, which is unusual.
- Which Betfred in Castleford is open latest on a Sunday?
- 66 Beancroft Road, which trades 10:00 to 22:00 — the same closing time it keeps all week. Cutsyke closes half an hour earlier at 21:30. Both are late finishes for a town of this size, but both start late on a Sunday.
- Is Betfred open on Christmas Day?
- No. Every betting shop in Great Britain is closed on Christmas Day. It is a condition attached to premises licences under the Gambling Act 2005, not a company decision. Wakefield Council’s register shows the Cutsyke branch licensed to trade 07:00 to 22:00 Monday to Sunday, but the Christmas Day restriction still applies.
- Are Betfred shops in Castleford open on bank holidays?
- Yes. Good Friday, Easter Monday and the May and August bank holidays are all trading days, usually on normal or slightly shortened hours. Betfred has in past years announced a chain-wide 20:00 close on bank holiday Mondays. Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve normally close early, and New Year’s Day opens later.
- Which Betfred is nearest to Castleford town centre and the Jungle?
- 66 Beancroft Road is the closest to Carlton Street and the bus station, about a quarter of a mile, and it is also the latest-closing branch in the town. For Castleford Tigers at the Mend-A-Hose Jungle on Wheldon Road, Beancroft Road is again the nearest of the three, roughly half a mile from the ground.
- How do I find the nearest Betfred to me in Castleford?
- Tap “Use my current location”. Every list on this page then re-orders nearest-first, and the directions button at the top routes you to the closest of the three Castleford Betfred shops, including the Glasshoughton branch whose hours are unconfirmed.