Castleford Lane Pontefract Road

Castleford Lane Pontefract Road is a bus stop in Wakefield, England. Castleford Lane Pontefract Road is situated nearby to the battlefield Battle of Ferrybrige, as well as near the pitch Ferrybridge Crown Green Bowls Club.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Ferry Bridge and Ferrybridge Henge.

Ferry Bridge

Bridge

Photo: D Gore, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ferry Bridge is a historic bridge, connecting Ferrybridge in West Yorkshire with Brotherton in North Yorkshire, in England. There may have been a bridge over the River Aire at this location in the Anglo-Saxon period, which has been supposed to have been destroyed in 1070. Ferry Bridge is situated 1,500 feet northeast of Castleford Lane Pontefract Road.

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 1,900 feet west of Castleford Lane Pontefract Road.

Knottingley railway station

Railway station

Photo: Zath Ras, CC BY 2.5.

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 3,800 feet southeast of Castleford Lane Pontefract Road.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ferrybridge and Byram.

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.

Byram

Village

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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.