Pontefract
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.
- Town with about 30,900 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 230 feet (70 metres)
- …is also known as “Pomfret”
- Description: market town in West Yorkshire, England
Places of Interest
Discover Pontefract Castle and Pontefract Monkhill railway station.
Pontefract Castle
Pontefract Castle is a castle ruin in the town of Pontefract, in West Yorkshire, England.
Pontefract Monkhill railway station
Pontefract Monkhill is the busiest railway station…
Pontefract Baghill railway station
Pontefract Baghill is one of three railway stations…
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Featherstone and Ferrybridge.
Featherstone
Featherstone is a town and civil parish in the…
2 miles southwest of Pontefract
Darrington
Darrington is a small village and civil parish in the…
2 miles southeast of Pontefract
Pontefract
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Latitude
53.6917° or 53° 41′ 30″ north
Longitude
-1.3106° or 1° 18′ 38″ west
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GB POF
Open location code
9C5WMMRQ+MQ
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = town
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Welsh—“Pontefract” goes by many names.
ՊոնտեֆրակտArmenian
PontefraktAzerbaijani
PontefractBasque
ПантэфрактBelarusian
পন্টেফ্রাক্টBengali
ПонтифрактBulgarian
PontefractCebuano
庞提夫莱克特Chinese
庞蒂弗拉克特Chinese
龐提夫萊克特Chinese
龐蒂弗拉克特Chinese
PontefractDutch
પોન્ટેફ્રેક્ટGujarati
פונטפרקטHebrew
PontefractIrish
PontefractItalian
ポンテフラクトJapanese
ಪಾಂಟೆಫ್ರಾಕ್ಟ್Kannada
폰테프랙트Korean
폰트프랙트Korean
PontefractLadin
PonsfractusLatin
PontefraktasLithuanian
PontefractNorwegian
PontefractNorwegian Bokmål
PontefractNorwegian Nynorsk
پونتفراکتPersian
PontefractPolish
PontefractRomanian
ПонтефрактRussian
PontefractSlovenian
پونتفراکتSouth Azerbaijani
PontefractSwedish
பில்Tamil
పొంటేఫ్రాక్ట్Telugu
ПонтефрактUkrainian
پونٹافریکٹUrdu
PontefractVolapük
PomffredWelsh
PontefractWelsh
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