Pontefract Road Askam Avenue
Pontefract Road Askam Avenue is a bus stop in Wakefield, England. Pontefract Road Askam Avenue is situated nearby to the church Pontefract Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses, as well as near Holmfield Lane Post Office.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Pontefract Castle and Ferrybridge Henge.
Pontefract Castle
Castle
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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 sieges during the 17th-century English Civil War. Pontefract Castle is situated 1 mile southwest of Pontefract Road Askam Avenue.
Ferrybridge Henge
Archaeological site
Ferrybridge Henge is a Neolithic henge near Ferrybridge, West Yorkshire. It is close to the A1 and M62 and Ferrybridge power station. Ferrybridge Henge is the furthest south of Yorkshire's henges, and is the only one in West Yorkshire. Ferrybridge Henge is situated 2,700 feet northeast of Pontefract Road Askam Avenue.
Pontefract Monkhill railway station
Railway station
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ferrybridge and Pontefract.
Ferrybridge
Village
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Ferrybridge is a village in West Yorkshire, England. Ferrybridge lies at a historically important crossing of the River Aire which borders the North Yorkshire village of Brotherton.
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.
Chequerfield
Suburb
Chequerfield is a district made up mostly of council housing of Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England.
Pontefract Road Askam Avenue
- Type: Bus stop
- Category: transportation
- Location: Wakefield, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.70632° or 53° 42′ 23″ northLongitude
-1.289° or 1° 17′ 20″ westOpen location code
9C5WPP46+GCOpenStreetMap ID
node 496718695OpenStreetMap feature
highway=bus_stopOpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=platform
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Pontefract Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses and Holmfield Lane Post Office.
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