Darrington
Darrington is a small village and civil parish in the City of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England, 3 miles from Pontefract and 25 miles from the city of York.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 1,180 residents
- Description: village in West Yorkshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Darrington, Wakefield” and “Darrington, West Yorkshire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St Luke and All Saints and Pontefract Castle.
Pontefract Castle
Castle
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Pontefract Castle is a castle ruin in the town of Pontefract, in West Yorkshire, England. King Richard II is thought to have died there. It was the site of a series of famous sieges during the 17th-century English Civil War. Pontefract Castle is situated 2 miles northwest of Darrington.
Pontefract Baghill railway station
Railway station
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Carleton and Chequerfield.
Carleton
Village
Carleton is a small village on the southern outskirts of Pontefract, in the Wakefield district, in the county of West Yorkshire, England. The village is home to the parish church of St Michael the Archangel, and two schools, Carleton High School and the Rookeries primary school.
Chequerfield
Suburb
Chequerfield is a district made up mostly of council housing of Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England.
Stapleton
Village
Stapleton is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. In 2001 the parish had a population of 59. The population taken at the 2011 Census was less than 100. Stapleton is situated 1½ miles east of Darrington.
Darrington
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Darrington, Wakefield, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.67439° or 53° 40′ 28″ northLongitude
-1.26792° or 1° 16′ 5″ westPopulation
1,180Elevation
148 feet (45 metres)Open location code
9C5WMPFJ+QROpenStreetMap ID
node 322578654OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2651503Wikidata ID
Q5225309
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In Other Languages
From Bengali to Urdu—“Darrington” goes by many names.
- Bengali: “ড্যারিংটন”
- Cebuano: “Darrington (distrito)”
- Cebuano: “Darrington”
- Chinese: “Darrington”
- Chinese: “达灵顿”
- Chinese: “達靈頓”
- Dutch: “Darrington”
- French: “Darrington”
- German: “Darrington”
- Gujarati: “ડેરિંગટન”
- Irish: “Darrington”
- Japanese: “ダリントン”
- Kannada: “ಡಾರ್ರಿಂಗ್ಟನ್”
- Korean: “다링턴”
- Ladin: “Darrington”
- Lithuanian: “Daringtonas”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Darrington (West Yorkshire)”
- Polish: “Darrington (West Yorkshire)”
- Polish: “Darrington”
- Portuguese: “Darrington”
- Russian: “Даррингтон”
- Spanish: “Darrington”
- Swedish: “Darrington (distrikt)”
- Swedish: “Darrington”
- Tamil: “டேரிங்க்டோன்”
- Telugu: “డర్రింగ్ టన్”
- Turkish: “Darrington, West Yorkshire”
- Urdu: “ڈرینجٹن”
- “Darrington”
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