The parish includes the village of Kellingley, and borders the City of Wakefield in West Yorkshire.

Kellingley Colliery, the last operating deep coal mine in the United Kingdom, was located in the parish until its closure in December 2015.

Fishing on the River Aire is controlled by Leeds and District Amalgamated Society of Anglers.

[3] Bus service 476 operated by Arriva Yorkshire, connects the village with Pontefract, Ferrybridge, Knottingley, Kellingley, Beal, Kellington, Eggborough, Burn, Brayton and Selby.

[4] The village of Beal was a township in the ancient parish of Kellington in the wapentake of Osgoldcross and liberty of Pontefract in the West Riding of Yorkshire.