Middlestown is a small village in the Wakefield District in West Yorkshire, England.

The village is in the civil parish of Sitlington and located halfway between the city of Wakefield and the town of Huddersfield, and is 3 miles (5 km) south east of Dewsbury.

[1] The villages of Middlestown, Netherton, Overton and Midgley are built around and overlook the Coxley Valley.

[5][6] The Middlestown built-up area contains two Nature Reserves, managed by Yorkshire Wildlife Trust,[7][8] and is also home to the National Coal Mining Museum for England in neighbouring Overton.

[10] The A642 road between Huddersfield and Wakefield passes through the village,[11] it was built in the 1830s as a turnpike.