Monkhill

Monkhill is a locality in , . Monkhill is situated nearby to the neighborhood , as well as near the locality .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Pontefract Monkhill railway station and Pontefract Castle.

Railway station
Photo: Zath Ras, CC BY 2.5.
Pontefract Monkhill is the busiest railway station in the market town of , in , England. It lies on the Pontefract Line, 14 miles south-east of .

Castle
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a castle ruin in the town of , in , 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.

Church
Photo: Tim Green, CC BY 2.0.
The Church of All Saints in , , England is an active parish church in the archdeaconry of Pontefract and the Diocese of Leeds.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pontefract and Chequerfield.

Photo: Rept0n1x, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a market town in . It's one of the "Five Towns" east of the city of , and a commuter town for Leeds. in 2021 its population was 40,000.

Suburb
is a district made up mostly of council housing of , , England.

Village
is a small village on the southern outskirts of , in the district, in the county of , England. The village is home to the parish church of St Michael the Archangel, and two schools, and the Rookeries primary school.

Monkhill

Latitude
53.69834° or 53° 41′ 54″ north
Longitude
-1.30273° or 1° 18′ 10″ west
Elevation
128 feet (39 metres)
Open location code
9C5WMMXW+8W
Geo­Names ID
13271356
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