Ladybalk Playing Fields

Ladybalk Playing Fields is a recreation area in Wakefield, England, which is located on Lady Balk Lane. Ladybalk Playing Fields is situated near Midgley Rise Pond, as well as near Ladybalk Post Office.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Pontefract Monkhill railway station and Pontefract Castle.

Pontefract Monkhill railway station

Railway station

$Pontefract Monkhill railway station$

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Pontefract Monkhill is the busiest railway station in the market town of Pontefract, in West Yorkshire, England. It lies on the Pontefract Line, 14 miles south-east of Leeds. Pontefract Monkhill railway station is situated 1,500 feet southeast of Ladybalk Playing Fields.

Pontefract Castle

Castle

$Pontefract Castle$

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Pontefract Castle is a castle ruin in the town of Pontefract, in West Yorkshire, 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. Pontefract Castle is situated 2,600 feet south of Ladybalk Playing Fields.

All Saints’ Church, Pontefract

Church

$All Saints’ Church, Pontefract$

Photo: Tim Green, CC BY 2.0.

The Church of All Saints in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England is an active Church of England parish church in the archdeaconry of Pontefract and the Diocese of Leeds. All Saints’ Church, Pontefract is situated 2,700 feet southeast of Ladybalk Playing Fields.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pontefract and Chequerfield.

Pontefract

$Pontefract$

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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.

Chequerfield

Suburb

Chequerfield is a district made up mostly of council housing of Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England.

Ferrybridge

Village

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

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.

Ladybalk Playing Fields

Type: Recreation area
Address: Lady Balk Lane, Pontefract, WF8 1NQ
Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
Location: Wakefield, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.70227° or 53° 42′ 8″ north

Longitude

-1.30751° or 1° 18′ 27″ west

Open location code

9C5WPM2R+WX

OpenStreetMap ID

way 175143974

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=recreation_ground

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Ladybalk Post Office and Midgley Rise Pond.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Lady Balk Lane Victoria Street and Monkhill Lane Nestfield Close.

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