Monkhill Park

Monkhill Park is a park in Wakefield, England. Monkhill Park is situated nearby to Pontefract Monkhill railway station, as well as near the recreation area Ladybalk Playing Fields.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Pontefract Monkhill railway station and Pontefract Castle.

Pontefract Monkhill railway station

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 640 feet southeast of Monkhill Park.

Pontefract Castle

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 1,700 feet south of Monkhill Park.

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 1,800 feet southeast of Monkhill Park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pontefract and Chequerfield.

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

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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.

Monkhill Park

Type: Park
Category: recreation area
Location: Wakefield, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.69976° or 53° 41′ 59″ north

Longitude

-1.30662° or 1° 18′ 24″ west

Open location code

9C5WMMXV+W9

OpenStreetMap ID

way 175154433

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

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Highlights include Ladybalk Playing Fields and Crossfit.

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