Betfred Opening Times Pontefract
Opening times for both Betfred betting shops in Pontefract: 3 Market Place and 17 Beastfair, a minute apart in the town centre. Both show whether they are open right now and how long you have before they close today.
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Betfred Pontefract opening times at a glance
- Betfred shops in Pontefract
- 2 branches
- With published weekly times
- Both of them
- Opening time
- 08:30 Mon–Sat, 09:30 Sunday — both shops
- Latest closing
- 21:00 — Market Place, every day
- Christmas Day
- Both shops closed — required by law
Pontefract has two Betfred shops, a minute apart in the town centre, and both keep the most regular hours on this site: the same closing time on all seven days. Market Place closes at 21:00 and Beastfair at 20:00, whether it is a Tuesday or a Sunday. Both open at 08:30, or 09:30 on a Sunday. Neither reaches 22:00; the William Hill on the Market Place and the Jennings on Cornmarket trade an hour later. Some directories list only one Pontefract Betfred, because they file the Market Place shop under Wakefield.
Betfred on the Market Place
The branch at 3 Market Place, the later-closing of Pontefract’s two Betfreds. The 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, Market Place3 Market Place, Pontefract WF8 1AG
Market Place runs 08:30 to 21:00 Monday to Saturday and 09:30 to 21:00 on a Sunday. A William Hill is a few doors along at 6 Market Place, open until 22:00. Distances are straight-line estimates from the Market Place. Street View opens at the shop’s position, so you may need to turn the view to face the shopfront.
Pontefract Betfred opening times compared
The full weekly pattern for both branches in one table. Today’s column is highlighted.
The two shops open at the same time and differ only in the evening, by exactly an hour: Market Place at 21:00, Beastfair at 20:00. Neither changes its closing time from one day to the next, and the only weekly variation is the later 09:30 opening on a Sunday.
| Shop | Mon – Fri | Saturday | Sunday | Find the shop |
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| Market Place3 Market Place, WF8 1AG | 08:30–21:00 | 08:30–21:00 | 09:30–21:00 | |
| Beastfair17 Beastfair, WF8 1AL | 08:30–20:00 | 08:30–20:00 | 09:30–20:00 |
Earliest and latest Betfred shops in Pontefract
Full weekly times are published for both branches, so this section covers every shop on the page.
Open earliest
Both shops open at 08:30 Monday to Saturday and 09:30 on a Sunday. The William Hill on the Market Place and the Jennings on Cornmarket open at 09:00.
Open latest
Market Place closes at 21:00 and Beastfair at 20:00 on every day of the week. For a bet after 21:00, the William Hill at 6 Market Place and the Jennings on Cornmarket stay open until 22:00.
The one to remember: 3 Market Place closes at 21:00 every day of the week, an hour after Beastfair.
Betfred Pontefract Sunday opening times
Sunday in Pontefract is just like every other day, apart from the 09:30 start.
| Shop | Opens | Closes | Find the shop |
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| Market Place3 Market Place, WF8 1AG | 09:30 | 21:00 | |
| Beastfair17 Beastfair, WF8 1AL | 09:30 | 20:00 |
Market Place runs 09:30 to 21:00 and Beastfair 09:30 to 20:00. That covers the afternoon racing and football at both, and the early evening kick-offs at Market Place.
Betfred Pontefract 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 both Pontefract branches close on 25 December by law rather than by choice.
On the other bank holidays, Pontefract 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 take an hour off Market Place and leave Beastfair unchanged. 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 both Pontefract branches to follow their usual pattern for that day.
| 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 |
| 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; a 20:00 close would take an hour off Market Place.
| 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 Pontefract 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 Pontefract |
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| Christmas Eve | 24 December | — | Normal opening, early close around 18:00 |
| Christmas Day | 25 December | — | Closed all day, both shops |
| 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 Pontefract branch sets its own festive times and usually posts them in the window from mid-December. Both sit in the town centre, so their festive hours tend to follow the shops around the Market Place and the Buttercross. 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 Pontefract (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 Market Place branch. It tells you whether it is open right now and how long until it closes. Beastfair, the earlier-closing of the two, has its own live row below.
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. 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 both lists re-order themselves, and the directions button points to whichever of the two branches is closer to you.
Betfred on Beastfair
The second branch sits at 17 Beastfair, a minute’s walk west of the Market Place. It publishes full weekly times, so its live status is as exact as Market Place’s.
Betfred in Beastfair 1 shop
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Betfred, Beastfair17 Beastfair, Pontefract WF8 1AL
Beastfair runs 08:30 to 20:00 Monday to Saturday and 09:30 to 20:00 on a Sunday. The BOYLE Sports on Woolmarket and the Jennings on Cornmarket are both a short walk away.
Betfred near Pontefract
The Pontefract post town covers a string of former mining towns and villages, and the licensing register lists far more Betfreds there than current listings.
The register lists five further Betfred shops with Pontefract postal addresses: 16/18 Station Lane in Featherstone (WF7 5BB), a shop on Barnsley Road next to the Plough (WF9 2SE), 59 Mill Lane in South Kirkby (WF9 3EZ), 23 Market Street in Hemsworth (WF9 4JY) and 25 Wakefield Road in Kinsley (WF9 5EB). None appears in current branch listings, in either Pontefract or Wakefield, so we have not counted them; if one is trading, let us know. Wakefield, about eight miles west, and Castleford, three miles north, are the nearest larger towns.
Both Pontefract shops are licensed by Wakefield Council, which covers the whole of the Wakefield district. If you are heading for Castleford, Knottingley or Featherstone rather than Pontefract itself, use the location button above: the directions button always routes to the closer of the two Pontefract branches.
Other bookmakers in Pontefract
Pontefract town centre has a bookmaker on almost every corner around the Market Place.
William Hill has three shops in Pontefract, including 6 Market Place. BOYLE Sports trades at 21 Woolmarket, Jennings on Cornmarket, and Coral and Ladbrokes have one shop each in the town.
We are still confirming full weekly times branch by branch for the non-Betfred shops in Pontefract, so they are not listed with live status on this page yet. The William Hill on the Market Place and the Jennings on Cornmarket are the late options, both open until 22:00. Every bookmaker in the town is closed on Christmas Day by law.
About Betfred in Pontefract
| Trading name | Betfred |
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| Licensee | Done Brothers (Cash Betting) Limited |
| Head office | Birchwood, Warrington |
| Licensing authority | Wakefield Council |
| Branches with a Pontefract address | 2 betting shops |
| In Pontefract town centre | Both |
| With published weekly times | Both of them |
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 60 miles west. Pontefract has two confirmed branches, both on the Market Place side of the town centre, where the register once listed seven across the Pontefract post town.
For visitors, both shops are a short walk from Pontefract Castle, the Market Place and the town’s three railway stations, Monkhill, Tanshelf and Baghill. On a race day at Pontefract Park, about a mile north-west, the Market Place shop is the one open later, until 21:00.
Frequently asked questions
- How many Betfred shops are there in Pontefract?
- Two, both in the town centre and both licensed by Wakefield Council: 3 Market Place and 17 Beastfair, a minute’s walk apart. Some directories list only one, because they file the Market Place shop under Wakefield.
- What time does Betfred open in Pontefract?
- Both shops open at 08:30 Monday to Saturday and 09:30 on a Sunday.
- What time does Betfred close in Pontefract?
- Market Place closes at 21:00 and Beastfair at 20:00 — and both keep that closing time every day of the week, Sunday included.
- Is Betfred open on a Sunday in Pontefract?
- Yes. Both shops open at 09:30 on a Sunday and close at their usual time: 21:00 at Market Place and 20:00 at Beastfair.
- 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.
- Are Betfred shops in Pontefract 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, which would take an hour off Market Place and leave Beastfair unchanged. Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve normally close early, and New Year’s Day opens later.
- Which Betfred is nearest to Pontefract racecourse?
- Pontefract Park, home of the racecourse, is about a mile north-west of the town centre; both Betfreds are a similar distance from it. Pontefract Monkhill and Tanshelf stations are each a short walk from the Market Place.
- Are there Betfred shops in Featherstone, Hemsworth or South Kirkby?
- The licensing register lists Betfred shops with Pontefract postal addresses in Featherstone, Hemsworth, South Kirkby, Kinsley and on Barnsley Road near South Elmsall, but none appears in current branch listings, so we cannot confirm they are trading. The two town-centre shops are the only Pontefract Betfreds we can confirm.