Ackton
Ackton is a hamlet in the parish of Featherstone, in the Wakefield district of West Yorkshire, England. It is near Pontefract. In 1931 the parish had a population of 961.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village
- Description: village in West Yorkshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Ackton, Wakefield”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St Wilfrid’s Catholic High School, North Featherstone and Featherstone railway station.
St Wilfrid’s Catholic High School, North Featherstone
School
Photo: Betty Longbottom, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Wilfrid's Catholic High School is a mixed secondary school and sixth form with academy status located in Featherstone, West Yorkshire, England. It has Vocational specialisms.
Featherstone railway station
Railway station
Photo: Betty Longbottom, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
Featherstone War Horse
Memorial
Photo: ColinFine, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Featherstone War Horse is a memorial.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Featherstone and Streethouse.
Featherstone
Town
Photo: Gordon Kneale Brooke, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
Streethouse
Village
Streethouse is a semi rural village in West Yorkshire, England that is situated to the east of Wakefield, the west of Featherstone and the south-west of Castleford. It is also situated on a Roman road.
Normanton
Town
Normanton is a town in the civil parish of Normanton and Altofts, in the City of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England. It is north-east of Wakefield and south-west of Castleford. Normanton is situated 2 miles west of Ackton.
Ackton
- Category: locality
- Location: Featherstone, Wakefield, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.69195° or 53° 41′ 31″ northLongitude
-1.37529° or 1° 22′ 31″ westElevation
164 feet (50 metres)Open location code
9C5WMJRF+QVOpenStreetMap ID
node 29804074OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Swedish—“Ackton” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Ackton”
- French: “Ackton”
- Irish: “Ackton”
- Persian: “اکتون”
- Polish: “Ackton”
- Swedish: “Ackton”
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