Rockingham Gorse

Rockingham Gorse is a forest in Badsworth, Wakefield, England. Rockingham Gorse is situated nearby to the locality Firth Field, as well as near the village Badsworth.

Places of Interest

Highlights include St Stephen and Ackworth School.

St Stephen

Church

Photo: Neil Theasby, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Stephen is a church.

Ackworth School

School

Photo: Stanley Walker, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ackworth School is a private day and boarding school located in the village of High Ackworth, near Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England. It is one of seven Quaker schools in England.

Oakfield Park School is a coeducational special school in Ackworth, West Yorkshire, England. In early 2000s Oakfield Tree School was renamed into Oakfield Park School On 5 September 2017 new classrooms were opened, and to communicate with new and ongoing students a Blu-ray Disc system was installed in some classrooms.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pontefract and Hemsworth.

Pontefract

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Photo: Rept0n1x, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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.

Hemsworth

Town

Hemsworth is a town and civil parish in West Yorkshire, England. Historically within the West Riding of Yorkshire it had a population of 13,311 at the 2001 census, with it increasing to 13,533 at the 2011 Census.

South Elmsall

Town

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South Elmsall is a town and civil parish in the City of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England. South Elmsall lies to the east of Hemsworth. The town had a population in 2001 of 6,107, increasing to 6,519 at the 2011 Census.

Rockingham Gorse

Type: Forest
Location: Badsworth, Wakefield, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.6404° or 53° 38′ 26″ north

Longitude

-1.3039° or 1° 18′ 14″ west

Open location code

9C5WJMRW+5C

OpenStreetMap ID

way 186152900

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=forest

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Localities in the Area

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