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 famous sieges during the 17th-century English Civil War.

Pontefract Monkhill railway station

Railway station

$Pontefract Monkhill railway station$

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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.

All Saints’ Church, Pontefract

Church

$All Saints’ Church, Pontefract$

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The Church of All Saints in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England is an active Church of England parish church in the archdeaconry of Pontefract and the Diocese of Leeds.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pontefract and Airedale.

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.

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.

New Town

Type: Neighborhood
Category: locality
Location: Wakefield, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.70622° or 53° 42′ 22″ north

Longitude

-1.30844° or 1° 18′ 30″ west

Elevation

115 feet (35 metres)

Open location code

9C5WPM4R+FJ

OpenStreetMap ID

node 13147631824

OpenStreetMap feature

place=neighbourhood

GeoNames ID

13271782

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