Pontefract Racecourse
Pontefract Racecourse is a thoroughbred horse racing venue located in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Pontefract Park and Glasshoughton railway station.
Pontefract Park
Park
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Pontefract Park is situated 1,900 feet southeast of Pontefract Racecourse.
Glasshoughton railway station
Railway station
Glasshoughton railway station serves Glasshoughton, Castleford in West Yorkshire, England. It lies on the Pontefract Line, operated by Northern, 12 miles south-east of Leeds. Glasshoughton railway station is situated 3,500 feet northwest of Pontefract Racecourse.
NEW College
College
Photo: JThomas, CC BY-SA 2.0.
New College is a coeducational, sixth form college in Pontefract in West Yorkshire, England. It acquired academy status in 2017, forming a trust to open colleges in other areas, called the New Collaborative Learning Trust. NEW College is situated 3,000 feet southeast of Pontefract Racecourse.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Glasshoughton and Pontefract.
Glasshoughton
Suburb
Photo: David Pickersgill, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Glasshoughton is a neighbourhood of Castleford in the Wakefield district of West Yorkshire, England. The area is next to Junction 32 of the M62 motorway and the Glasshoughton railway station, and borders Pontefract.
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.
Airedale
Suburb
Airedale is a suburb in the town of Castleford, West Yorkshire, England. It consists mainly of Local Authority Housing. It borders with Ferry Fryston. The ward of the City of Wakefield called Airedale and Ferry Fryston had a population of 14,811 at the 2011 Census. Airedale is situated 1½ miles northeast of Pontefract Racecourse.
Pontefract Racecourse
- Type: Horse racing
- Description: racecourse in West Yorkshire, England
- Categories: horse racing venue and sports location
- Location: Wakefield, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.70115° or 53° 42′ 4″ northLongitude
-1.33274° or 1° 19′ 58″ westElevation
108 feet (33 metres)Open location code
9C5WPM28+FWOpenStreetMap ID
way 314908022OpenStreetMap feature
sport=horse_racing
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