Crofton
Crofton is a village in West Yorkshire, England, about 4 miles south-east of Wakefield, some 6 miles to the west of the town of Pontefract, and 4 miles from the town of Featherstone. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 5,781.- Village with about 6,360 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 210 feet (60 metres)
- Description: village and civil parish in West Yorkshire, England, UK
- Also known as“Crofton, Wakefield”“Crofton, West Yorkshire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Crofton Academy and Lord Of The Manor Public House.
Crofton Academy
School
Crofton Academy is an 11-16 state secondary school outside Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England.
Crofton TMD
Crofton Depot is a traction maintenance depot located in Crofton, West Yorkshire, England.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sharlston and Foulby.
Foulby
Village
Foulby is a village in the City of Wakefield district of West Yorkshire, England.
Crofton
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Latitude
53.65532° or 53° 39′ 19″ north
Longitude
-1.42801° or 1° 25′ 41″ west
Open location code
9C5WMH4C+4Q
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Urdu—“Crofton” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Crofton (Mendebaldeko Yorkshire)”
- Basque: “Crofton”
- Bengali: “ক্রফটন”
- Cebuano: “Crofton (kapital sa distrito)”
- Cebuano: “Crofton”
- Chinese: “克罗夫顿”
- Chinese: “克羅夫頓”
- Dutch: “Crofton”
- French: “Crofton”
- German: “Crofton”
- Gujarati: “ક્રોફ્ટન”
- Irish: “Crofton”
- Japanese: “クロフトン”
- Kannada: “ಕ್ರಾಫ್ಟನ್”
- Korean: “크로프톤”
- Ladin: “Crofton (West Yorkshire)”
- Ladin: “Crofton”
- Lithuanian: “Kraftonas”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Crofton (West Yorkshire)”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Crofton”
- Polish: “Crofton”
- Portuguese: “Crofton”
- Russian: “Крофтон”
- Slovenian: “Crofton”
- Spanish: “Crofton”
- Swedish: “Crofton (distriktshuvudort)”
- Swedish: “Crofton, West Yorkshire”
- Tamil: “கிரோபிட்டோன்”
- Telugu: “క్రాఫ్ట్న”
- Turkish: “Crofton, West Yorkshire”
- Urdu: “کرافٹن، ویسٹ یارکشائر”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Crofton Infant School and Crofton Express.
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