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Carleton

Carleton is a small village on the southern outskirts of , in the district, in the county of , England. The village is home to the parish church of St Michael the Archangel, and two schools, and the Rookeries primary school.
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  • Type: Village
  • Description: village and former civil parish in Pontefract, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England
  • Also known as: “Carleton, West Yorkshire”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Holy Family R.C Church and Pontefract Castle.

Church
Photo: Mtaylor848, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Castle
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a castle ruin in the town of , in , 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.

School
is a coeducational secondary school with academy status, at Carleton in , , England. It is a part of the Pontefract Academies Trust which is a multi-academy organisation with two high schools, Carleton and , and six primary schools.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chequerfield and Pontefract.

Suburb
is a district made up mostly of council housing of , , England.

Photo: Rept0n1x, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a market town in . It's one of the "Five Towns" east of the city of , and a commuter town for Leeds. in 2021 its population was 40,000.

Village
is a small village and civil parish in the in , England, 3 miles from and 25 miles from the city of .

Carleton

Latitude
53.67865° or 53° 40′ 43″ north
Longitude
-1.29521° or 1° 17′ 43″ west
Elevation
148 feet (45 metres)
Open location code
9C5WMPH3+FW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 8516101138
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2653781
Wiki­data ID
Q108124065
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Irish to Swedish—“Carleton” goes by many names.
  • Irish: “Carleton”
  • Japanese: “カールトン”
  • Polish: “Carleton (West Yorkshire)”
  • Polish: “Carleton”
  • Swedish: “Carleton, West Yorkshire”
  • Swedish: “Carleton”
  • “Carleton”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include The Rookeries and The Rookeries Carleton Junior and Infant School.

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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 “Carleton”. Photo: sidibousaid, CC BY 2.0.