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Alverthorpe

Alverthorpe is a suburb of, and former village in , , England.
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Photo: Mick Melvin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
  • Type: Suburb
  • Description: suburb in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, UK
  • Also known as: “Alverthorpe, Wakefield” and “Alverthorpe, West Yorkshire”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Church of St Paul and Wakefield Westgate railway station.

Church
Photo: Bez911, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Railway station
Photo: Zath Ras, CC BY 2.5.
Wakefield Westgate is one of two railway stations that serve , in , England. It lies 10 miles south of to the west of the city centre, on the Wakefield Line and Leeds branch of the East Coast Main Line.

Prison
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
His Majesty's Prison Wakefield is a Category A men's prison in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, operated by His Majesty's Prison Service. The prison has been nicknamed the "Monster Mansion" along with due to the large number of high-profile, high-risk sex offenders and murderers held there.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Flanshaw and Wrenthorpe.

Suburb
is a suburb of in , England. It is located to the west of the city centre and is administered by the .

Village
Photo: SMJ, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village north-west of , in , England. It is located in the Rhubarb Triangle.

Suburb
Photo: SMJ, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village in the district, in , England. It originated as a hamlet in the Alverthorpe township in the parish of in the West Riding of Yorkshire.

Alverthorpe

Latitude
53.68952° or 53° 41′ 22″ north
Longitude
-1.52887° or 1° 31′ 44″ west
Elevation
220 feet (67 metres)
Open location code
9C5WMFQC+RF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 254017618
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
2657390
Wiki­data ID
Q4737993
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Satellite Map

Discover Alverthorpe from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Polish—“Alverthorpe” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Alverthorpe”
  • French: “Alverthorpe”
  • Persian: “الورثورپ”
  • Polish: “Alverthorpe”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Phoenix Young People’s Centre and Alverthorpe St Paul’s CofE (VA) 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 “Alverthorpe”. Photo: Mick Melvin, CC BY-SA 2.0.