Prince of Wales Colliery Tip

Prince of Wales Colliery Tip is a hill in Wakefield, England and has an elevation of 269 feet. Prince of Wales Colliery Tip is situated nearby to the neighborhood New Town, as well as near Lady Balk.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Pontefract Castle and Pontefract Monkhill railway station.

Pontefract Castle

Castle

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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 sieges during the 17th-century English Civil War.

Pontefract Monkhill railway station

Railway station

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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 Tanshelf railway station

Railway station

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Pontefract Tanshelf is the most central of the three railway stations that serve the market town of Pontefract, in West Yorkshire, England. It lies on the Pontefract Line, 8 miles east of Wakefield Kirkgate, with services operated by Northern Trains.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pontefract and Glasshoughton.

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.

Glasshoughton

Suburb

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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.

Chequerfield

Suburb

Chequerfield is a district made up mostly of council housing of Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England.

Prince of Wales Colliery Tip

Type: Hill with an elevation of 269 feet
Category: landform
Location: Wakefield, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.70257° or 53° 42′ 9″ north

Longitude

-1.31574° or 1° 18′ 57″ west

Elevation

269 feet (82 metres)

Open location code

9C5WPM3M+2P

GeoNames ID

12616199

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Pontefract Racecourse and Pontefract Baghill railway station.

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