Pontefract Castle
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Opening hours:
Monday—Friday: 8:30 AM—4:30 PM
Saturday—Sunday: 9:30 AM—4:30 PM - Type: Castle
- Description: castle in West Yorkshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Pomfret Castle” and “Pontefract Castle: part of late Saxon cemetery and town ditch, Norman motte and bailey castle and later medieval enclosure castle”
- Wheelchair access: limited
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include All Saints’ Church, Pontefract and Micklegate Methodist Church.
All Saints’ Church, Pontefract
Church
The Church of All Saints in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England is an active Church of England parish church in the archdeaconry of Pontefract and the Diocese of Leeds. All Saints’ Church, Pontefract is situated 730 feet east of Pontefract Castle.
Micklegate Methodist Church
Church
Photo: Rept0n1x, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Micklegate Methodist Church is a former Methodist Church of Great Britain church in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England. Micklegate Methodist Church is situated 600 feet southwest of Pontefract Castle.
Pontefract Monkhill railway station
Railway station
Pontefract Monkhill is the busiest railway station in the market town of Pontefract, in West Yorkshire, England. It lies on the Pontefract Line, 14 miles south-east of Leeds. Pontefract Monkhill railway station is situated 1,200 feet north of Pontefract Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pontefract and Chequerfield.
Pontefract
Photo: Rept0n1x, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pontefract is a market town in West Yorkshire. It's one of the "Five Towns" east of the city of Wakefield, and a commuter town for Leeds. in 2021 its population was 40,000.
Chequerfield
Suburb
Chequerfield is a district made up mostly of council housing of Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England.
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.
Pontefract Castle
- Categories: motte-and-bailey castle, museum, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Wakefield, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.69542° or 53° 41′ 44″ northLongitude
-1.30399° or 1° 18′ 14″ westElevation
167 feet (51 metres)Open location code
9C5WMMWW+5COpenStreetMap ID
way 116946923OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=limited
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Pontefract Castle” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “قلعة بونتيفراكت”
- Belarusian: “Замак Пантэфракт”
- Cebuano: “Pontefract Castle”
- Chinese: “龐特弗雷特城堡”
- Danish: “Pontefract Castle”
- Dutch: “Pontefract Castle”
- French: “château de Pontefract”
- French: “Château de Pontefract”
- Galician: “Castelo Pontefract”
- German: “Pontefract Castle”
- Irish: “Caisleán Pontefract”
- Italian: “castello di Pontefract”
- Italian: “Castello di Pontefract”
- Japanese: “ポンテフラクト城”
- Latin: “Castellum Pontisfracti”
- Russian: “Замок Понтефракт”
- Russian: “Понтефракт”
- Swedish: “Pontefract Castle”
- Ukrainian: “Понтефракт”
- Urdu: “پونٹافریکٹ قلعہ”
- Welsh: “Castell Pomffred”
- Welsh: “Castell Pontefract”
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