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Pontefract Monkhill railway station

Pontefract Monkhill is the busiest railway station in the market town of , in , England. It lies on the Pontefract Line, 14 miles south-east of .
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  • Type: Railway station
  • Description: railway station in West Yorkshire, England, UK
  • Also known as: “PFM”, “Pontefract Monkhill Railway Station”, and “Pontefract Monkhill Station”
  • Address: Pontefract, WF8 1JA
  • Wheelchair access: no

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Pontefract Castle and All Saints’ Church, Pontefract.

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. is situated 1,200 feet south of Pontefract Monkhill railway station.

Church
Photo: Tim Green, CC BY 2.0.
The Church of All Saints in , , England is an active Church of England parish church in the archdeaconry of Pontefract and the Diocese of Leeds. is situated 1,200 feet southeast of Pontefract Monkhill railway station.

Railway station
Photo: Zath Ras, CC BY 2.5.
Pontefract Baghill is one of three railway stations that serve the market town of , in , England. The other stations, Monkhill and , both lie on the Pontefract line, while Baghill lies on the Dearne Valley line, 21+1⁄4 miles south of towards Sheffield. is situated 2,600 feet south of Pontefract Monkhill railway station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pontefract and Chequerfield.

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.

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

Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a village in , England. lies at a historically important crossing of the which borders the North Yorkshire village of Brotherton.

Pontefract Monkhill railway station

Latitude
53.6988° or 53° 41′ 56″ north
Longitude
-1.30414° or 1° 18′ 15″ west
Elevation
128 feet (39 metres)
Operator
Northern Trains
Network
National Rail
Abbreviation
“PFM”
Open location code
9C5WMMXW+G8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 7452565707
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­station
Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­station
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­no
Geo­Names ID
6953357
Wiki­data ID
Q2212501
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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 “Pontefract Monkhill railway station”. Photo: Zath Ras, CC BY 2.5.