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 Baghill railway station

Railway station

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Pontefract Baghill is one of three railway stations that serve the market town of Pontefract, in West Yorkshire, England. The other stations, Monkhill and Tanshelf, both lie on the Pontefract line, while Baghill lies on the Dearne Valley line, 21+1⁄4 miles south of York towards Sheffield.

Holy Family R.C Church

Church

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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chequerfield and Carleton.

Chequerfield

Suburb

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

Carleton

Village

Carleton is a small village on the southern outskirts of Pontefract, in the Wakefield district, in the county of West Yorkshire, England. The village is home to the parish church of St Michael the Archangel, and two schools, Carleton High School and the Rookeries primary school.

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.

Eastbourne

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

53.68892° or 53° 41′ 20″ north

Longitude

-1.28607° or 1° 17′ 10″ west

Elevation

177 feet (54 metres)

Open location code

9C5WMPQ7+HH

OpenStreetMap ID

node 13153130093

OpenStreetMap feature

place=neighbourhood

GeoNames ID

13271857

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