Pontefract

Pontefract is a market town in . It's one of the "Five Towns" east of the city of , and a commuter town for Leeds. in 2021 its population was 40,000.
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  • Type: Town with 30,900 residents
  • Description: market town in West Yorkshire, England
  • Also known as: “Pomfret”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Pontefract Castle and Pontefract Monkhill railway station.

Castle
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is a castle ruin in the town of Pontefract, in , 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.

Railway station
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Pontefract Monkhill is the busiest railway station in the market town of Pontefract, in , England. It lies on the Pontefract Line, 14 miles south-east of .

Railway station
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Pontefract Baghill is one of three railway stations that serve the market town of Pontefract, in , England. The other stations, and , both lie on the Pontefract line, while Baghill lies on the Dearne Valley line, 21+1⁄4 miles south of towards Sheffield.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Featherstone and Ferrybridge.

Town
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is a town and civil parish in the , , , two miles south-west of Pontefract. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, in 2011 it had a population of 15,244. is on the Pontefract Line. is situated 2 miles southwest of Pontefract.

Village
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is a village in , England. lies at a historically important crossing of the which borders the North Yorkshire village of Brotherton.

Village
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is a small village and civil parish in the in , England, 3 miles from Pontefract and 25 miles from the city of . is situated 2 miles southeast of Pontefract.

Pontefract

Latitude
53.6917° or 53° 41′ 30″ north
Longitude
-1.3106° or 1° 18′ 38″ west
Population
30,900
Elevation
226 feet (69 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB POF
Open location code
9C5WMMRQ+MQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 331203
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2640132
Wiki­data ID
Q1009235
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Welsh—“Pontefract” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Պոնտեֆրակտ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Pontefrakt”
  • Basque: “Pontefract”
  • Belarusian: “Пантэфракт”
  • Bengali: “পন্টেফ্রাক্ট”
  • Bulgarian: “Понтифракт”
  • Cebuano: “Pontefract”
  • Chinese: “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”
  • Dutch: “Pontefract”
  • French: “Pontefract”
  • German: “Pontefract”
  • Gujarati: “પોન્ટેફ્રેક્ટ”
  • Hebrew: “פונטפרקט”
  • Irish: “Pontefract”
  • Italian: “Pontefract”
  • Japanese: “ポンテフラクト”
  • Kannada: “ಪಾಂಟೆಫ್ರಾಕ್ಟ್”
  • Korean: “폰테프랙트”
  • Korean: “폰트프랙트”
  • Ladin: “Pontefract”
  • Latin: “Ponsfractus”
  • Lithuanian: “Pontefraktas”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Pontefract”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Pontefract”
  • Norwegian: “Pontefract”
  • Persian: “پونتفراکت”
  • Polish: “Pontefract”
  • Portuguese: “Pontefract”
  • Romanian: “Pontefract”
  • Russian: “Понтефракт”
  • Slovenian: “Pontefract”
  • South Azerbaijani: “پونتفراکت”
  • Spanish: “Pontefract”
  • Swedish: “Pontefract”
  • Tamil: “பில்”
  • Telugu: “పొంటేఫ్రాక్ట్”
  • Ukrainian: “Понтефракт”
  • Urdu: “پونٹافریکٹ”
  • Volapük: “Pontefract”
  • Welsh: “Pomffred”
  • Welsh: “Pontefract”

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