Pontefract Road Spurriers Avenue

Pontefract Road Spurriers Avenue is a bus stop in Wakefield, England. Pontefract Road Spurriers Avenue is situated nearby to the school Simpson’s Lane Academy, as well as near Knottingley railway station.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Knottingley railway station and St Andrew’s Church, Ferrybridge.

Knottingley railway station

Railway station

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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 1,900 feet east of Pontefract Road Spurriers Avenue.

St Andrew’s Church, Ferrybridge

Church

Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Andrew’s Church, Ferrybridge is situated 2,800 feet northwest of Pontefract Road Spurriers 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 1 mile northwest of Pontefract Road Spurriers Avenue.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ferrybridge and Knottingley.

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.

Knottingley

Town

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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.