Featherstone
Featherstone is a locality in Wakefield, England. Featherstone is situated nearby to the village Ackton, as well as near the locality Old Snydale.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Featherstone railway station and Streethouse railway station.
Featherstone railway station
Railway station
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Featherstone railway station serves the town of Featherstone in West Yorkshire, England. It lies on the Pontefract Line, operated by Northern Trains, 6 miles east of Wakefield Kirkgate railway station.
Streethouse railway station
Railway station
Streethouse railway station serves the village of Streethouse in West Yorkshire, England. It lies on the Pontefract Line, operated by Northern Trains and is 4 miles east of Wakefield Kirkgate station.
Post Office Road
Stadium
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Post Office Road is a rugby league ground in Featherstone, near Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England. It is the home of rugby league club Featherstone Rovers. The ground's current capacity is 6,954.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pontefract and Castleford.
Pontefract
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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.
Castleford
Town
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Castleford is a town within the City of Wakefield district, West Yorkshire, 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 River Aire and the Aire and Calder Navigation. Castleford is situated 3 miles north of Featherstone.
Featherstone
Town
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Featherstone is a town and civil parish in the City of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, two miles south-west of Pontefract. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, in 2011 it had a population of 15,244. Featherstone railway station is on the Pontefract Line.
Featherstone
- Type: Locality
- Location: Wakefield, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.6865° or 53° 41′ 11″ northLongitude
-1.3687° or 1° 22′ 7″ westElevation
174 feet (53 metres)Open location code
9C5WMJPJ+HGGeoNames ID
7297387
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