Priory Wood

Priory Wood is a forest in , . Priory Wood is situated nearby to the neighborhood , as well as near the suburb .

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 , 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 , 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 , 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 Pontefract and Castleford.

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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.

Town
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is a town within the district, , 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 and the .

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

Priory Wood

Latitude
53.6876° or 53° 41′ 15″ north
Longitude
-1.3163° or 1° 18′ 59″ west
Open location code
9C5WMMQM+2F
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1470057685
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­forest
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