Skew Bridge
Skew Bridge is a bridge in Wakefield, England. Skew Bridge is situated nearby to the park Hartley’s Field, as well as near the pond Blue Lagoon.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Wheldon Road and Fairburn Ings RSPB reserve.
Wheldon Road
Stadium
Photo: Me677, Public domain.
Wheldon Road is the home ground of Castleford Tigers rugby league club in Castleford, West Yorkshire, England. It is on Wheldon Road, just outside Castleford town centre. The record attendance of 25,449 was for a Challenge Cup match in 1935. Wheldon Road is situated 3,000 feet west of Skew Bridge.
Fairburn Ings RSPB reserve
Nature reserve
Photo: David Pickersgill, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fairburn Ings Nature Reserve is a protected area in West Yorkshire, England, noted for its avian biodiversity. The reserve has recorded around 280 bird species, remarkable for an inland site in the United Kingdom.
Castleford Civic Centre
Town hall
Photo: Mtaylor848, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Castleford Civic Centre is a municipal building in Ferrybridge Road in Castleford, a town in West Yorkshire in England. The building, which was previously the offices and meeting place of the Municipal Borough of Castleford, is now used as a local events venue. Castleford Civic Centre is situated 1 mile southwest of Skew Bridge.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include New Fryston and Airedale.
New Fryston
Village
Photo: David Pickersgill, CC BY-SA 2.0.
New Fryston is a small former coal mining village in Castleford, West Yorkshire, England, located in a river bend on the south bank of the River Aire. The colliery opened in the 1870s in the grounds of the now-demolished Fryston Hall and was named Fryston, and the village was built in the 1880s to house some of the miners.
Airedale
Suburb
Airedale is a suburb in the town of Castleford, West Yorkshire, England. It consists mainly of Local Authority Housing. It borders with Ferry Fryston. The ward of the City of Wakefield called Airedale and Ferry Fryston had a population of 14,811 at the 2011 Census.
Castleford
Town
Photo: Mtaylor848, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Castleford is a town within the City of Wakefield district, West Yorkshire, England. It had a population of 45,106 at a 2021 population estimate. Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire, to the north of the town centre the River Calder joins the River Aire and the Aire and Calder Navigation.
Skew Bridge
- Type: Bridge
- Category: transportation
- Location: Wakefield, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.73215° or 53° 43′ 56″ northLongitude
-1.32752° or 1° 19′ 39″ westOpen location code
9C5WPMJC+VXOpenStreetMap ID
way 1430308193OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=bridge
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