Castleford

Castleford is a town within the district, , England. It had a population of 45,106 at a 2021 population estimate. Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire, to the north of the town centre the River Calder joins the and the .
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Castleford Library and Tickle Cock Bridge.

Library
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Bridge
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is a pedestrian underpass in Castleford, England, under a railway line originally built by the York and North Midland Railway between and .

Railway station
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serves the town of Castleford, in , England. It lies on the Hallam and Pontefract lines, 11 miles south-east of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Glasshoughton and Allerton Bywater.

Suburb
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is a neighbourhood of Castleford in the district of , England. The area is next to Junction 32 of the M62 motorway and the , and borders .

Village
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is a semi-rural village and civil parish in the south-east of the City of Leeds metropolitan borough in , England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 4,717.

Suburb
is a suburb in the town of Castleford, , . It consists mainly of Local Authority Housing. It borders with Ferry Fryston. The ward of the City of Wakefield called and Ferry Fryston had a population of 14,811 at the 2011 Census. is situated 1½ miles east of Castleford.

Castleford

Latitude
53.72623° or 53° 43′ 34″ north
Longitude
-1.35172° or 1° 21′ 6″ west
Population
40,200
Elevation
49 feet (15 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB CTF
Open location code
9C5WPJGX+F8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 528870828
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2653584
Wiki­data ID
Q546485
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Castleford” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كاسلفورد”
  • Asturian: “Castleford”
  • Basque: “Castleford”
  • Belarusian: “Кастлфорд”
  • Bulgarian: “Касълфорд”
  • Catalan: “Castleford”
  • Cebuano: “Castleford”
  • Chinese: “卡斯爾福德”
  • Dutch: “Castleford”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كاسلفورد”
  • Finnish: “Castleford”
  • French: “Castleford”
  • Georgian: “კასლფორდი”
  • German: “Castleford”
  • Greek: “Κάστλφορντ”
  • Hebrew: “קאסטלפורד”
  • Irish: “Castleford”
  • Italian: “Castleford”
  • Japanese: “カッスルフォード”
  • Japanese: “キャッスルフォード”
  • Ladin: “Castleford”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Castleford”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Castleford”
  • Persian: “کسلفورد”
  • Polish: “Castleford”
  • Portuguese: “Castleford”
  • Romanian: “Castleford”
  • Russian: “Кастлфорд”
  • South Azerbaijani: “کسلفورد”
  • Spanish: “Castleford”
  • Swedish: “Castleford”
  • Turkish: “Castleford”
  • Volapük: “Castleford”
  • Welsh: “Castleford”

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