Knottingley War Memorial
Knottingley War Memorial is a memorial in Wakefield, England. Knottingley War Memorial is situated nearby to the community center St Botolph’s Parish Hall, as well as near Knottingley Town Hall.Photo: Robert Neilson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Memorial
- Description: war memorial in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Knottingley Cenotaph”
- Inscription: “IN GLORIOUS AND EVERLASTING MEMORY OF THE MEN OF KNOTTINGLEY WHO DIED IN THE GREAT WARS 1914-1918 1939-1945”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Knottingley Town Hall and St Botolph’s Church, Knottingley.
Knottingley Town Hall
Town hall
Knottingley Town Hall is a municipal building in Weeland Road, Knottingley, West Yorkshire, England. The structure, which served as the headquarters of Knottingley Urban District Council, now operates as a community centre.
St Botolph’s Church, Knottingley
Church
The Church of St Botolph is an active Anglican parish church in the town of Knottingley, West Yorkshire, England. It is in the archdeaconry of York and the Diocese of Leeds. The church is named after St. Botolph and is a grade II listed building. St Botolph’s Church, Knottingley is situated 350 feet north of Knottingley War Memorial.
Knottingley railway station
Railway station
Knottingley railway station serves the town of Knottingley, in West Yorkshire, England. It lies on the Pontefract Line and is 16 miles south-east of Leeds; services are operated by Northern Trains. Knottingley railway station is situated 3,600 feet west of Knottingley War Memorial.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Knottingley and Sutton.
Knottingley
Town
Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Knottingley is a town in the City of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England on the River Aire and the old A1 road before it was bypassed as the A1. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it has a population of 13,503, increasing to 13,710 for the City of Wakefield ward at the 2011 Census.
Sutton
Hamlet
Photo: Gordon Kneale Brooke, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sutton is a small village in the civil parish of Byram cum Sutton, in North Yorkshire, England. It lies 1 mile north of Knottingley, across the River Aire in West Yorkshire.
Byram
Village
Photo: Christine Johnstone, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Byram is a village in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It lies 3 miles east of Castleford, across the River Aire in West Yorkshire. Byram is the principal settlement in the civil parish of Byram cum Sutton.
Knottingley War Memorial
- Categories: war memorial and historic site
- Location: Wakefield, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.71001° or 53° 42′ 36″ northLongitude
-1.24394° or 1° 14′ 38″ westOpen location code
9C5WPQ64+2COpenStreetMap ID
node 4827359754OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorialWikidata ID
Q26555764
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