Hessle and Hill Top is a civil parish in the City of Wakefield district of West Yorkshire, England.

Scattered settlements in the rural parish include Wragby village and the hamlet of Hessle, which is about 1 mile (1.6 km) northwest of the village of Ackworth Moor Top and 3+1⁄2 miles (6 km) southwest of Pontefract.

[4] In the 1870s, Hessle, previously known as Hasel, was described as Hessle and Hill Top is a small parish largely consisting of green space and countryside,[6] with the woodland and agricultural farm land making up roughly 95% of the total land use,[7] however only 6.1% of the parish use these spaces.

[12] There are no local shops within the parish, but there are other neighbouring settlements that provide services, the closest being Ackworth.

Two scenic walks go through Hessle and Hill Top and the neighbouring parish of Ackworth,[13] visiting most landmarks and places of interest.