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Stanley

Stanley is a village in the in , England. It is about 2.5 miles north-east of city centre. Stanley was an Urban District in the West Riding of Yorkshire before 1974, being made up the four electoral wards of Lake Lock, Outwood, Stanley and .
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Photo: Mike Kirby, CC BY-SA 2.0.
  • Type: Town with 15,300 residents
  • Description: village in the City of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England
  • Also known as: “Stanley, West Yorkshire”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Stanley Library and St Peter’s Church.

Library
Photo: Pauline Eccles, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Church
Photo: Mike Kirby, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Peter's Church in Stanley, , , England was a Church of England church. The church opened in 1824, closed in 2001 and after falling into disrepair was demolished in 2014.

Church
Photo: Betty Longbottom, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bottom Boat and Outwood.

Suburb
is a village in the district of . In the 2011 United Kingdom census, its population was 1,169, and it was included as part of the West Yorkshire Built-up Area, which had a total population of 1,777,934.

Suburb
Photo: Mike Kirby, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a district to the north of , in , England. The district is centred on the A61 Leeds Road south of . It grew up as a pit village and was only a small settlement until the 1970s, when construction of new houses caused it to grow and merge with neighbouring settlements such as Wrenthorpe and Stanley.

Village
Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village between the cities of and in , England. The village falls within the Ardsley and Robin Hood ward of the City of Leeds Council.

Stanley

Latitude
53.7132° or 53° 42′ 48″ north
Longitude
-1.4745° or 1° 28′ 28″ west
Population
15,300
Elevation
135 feet (41 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB TNY
Open location code
9C5WPG7G+75
Open­Street­Map ID
node 331195
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2637072
Wiki­data ID
Q7599406
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Swedish—“Stanley” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Stanley, West Yorkshire”
  • Irish: “Stanley”
  • Polish: “Stanley (West Yorkshire)”
  • Polish: “Stanley”
  • Serbian: “Стенли”
  • Swedish: “Stanley, West Yorkshire”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Lake Lock Post Office and Stanley Cemetery.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Stanley”. Photo: Steve Partridge, CC BY-SA 2.0.