Wheldale
Wheldale is a neighborhood in Wakefield, England. Wheldale is situated nearby to the village Wheldon, as well as near New Fryston.Places of Interest
Highlights include Fairburn Ings RSPB reserve and Wheldon Road.
Fairburn Ings RSPB reserve
Nature reserve
Photo: David Pickersgill, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fairburn Ings Nature Reserve is a protected area in West Yorkshire, England, noted for its avian biodiversity. The reserve has recorded around 280 bird species, remarkable for an inland site in the United Kingdom.
Wheldon Road
Stadium
Photo: Me677, Public domain.
Wheldon Road is the home ground of Castleford Tigers rugby league club in Castleford, West Yorkshire, England. It is on Wheldon Road, just outside Castleford town centre. The record attendance of 25,449 was for a Challenge Cup match in 1935.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include New Fryston and Airedale.
New Fryston
Village
Photo: David Pickersgill, CC BY-SA 2.0.
New Fryston is a small former coal mining village in Castleford, West Yorkshire, England, located in a river bend on the south bank of the River Aire. The colliery opened in the 1870s in the grounds of the now-demolished Fryston Hall and was named Fryston, and the village was built in the 1880s to house some of the miners.
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.
Castleford
Town
Photo: Mtaylor848, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Wheldale
- Type: Neighborhood
- Category: locality
- Location: Wakefield, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.73233° or 53° 43′ 56″ northLongitude
-1.32306° or 1° 19′ 23″ westElevation
82 feet (25 metres)Open location code
9C5WPMJG+WQOpenStreetMap ID
node 13147605607OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhoodGeoNames ID
13269928
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