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 Castle is situated 1 mile south of St Ives‘ Well.

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 Monkhill railway station is situated 3,500 feet south of St Ives‘ Well.

Pontefract Tanshelf railway station

Railway station

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Pontefract Tanshelf railway station is the most central station in the market town of Pontefract in West Yorkshire, England, and serves Pontefract Races, the racecourse located just down the street from the station. Pontefract Tanshelf railway station is situated 1 mile southwest of St Ives‘ Well.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Airedale and Pontefract.

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.

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

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.

St Ives‘ Well

Type: Spring
Category: body of water
Location: Wakefield, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.708° or 53° 42′ 29″ north

Longitude

-1.30873° or 1° 18′ 31″ west

Open location code

9C5WPM5R+5G

OpenStreetMap ID

node 13200465044

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=spring

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