Pontefract Park Reservoir
Pontefract Park Reservoir is a reservoir in Wakefield, England. Pontefract Park Reservoir is situated nearby to the suburb Glasshoughton, as well as near the neighborhood Marl Pits.Places of Interest
Highlights include Pontefract Castle and Glasshoughton railway station.
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.
Glasshoughton railway station
Railway station
Glasshoughton railway station serves Glasshoughton, Castleford in West Yorkshire, England. It lies on the Pontefract Line, operated by Northern, 12 miles south-east of Leeds.
Pontefract Monkhill railway station
Railway station
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pontefract and Castleford.
Pontefract
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.
Castleford
Town
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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.
Featherstone
Town
Photo: Gordon Kneale Brooke, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Featherstone is a town and civil parish in the City of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, two miles south-west of Pontefract. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, in 2011 it had a population of 15,244. Featherstone railway station is on the Pontefract Line.
Pontefract Park Reservoir
- Type: Reservoir
- Category: body of water
- Location: Wakefield, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.7045° or 53° 42′ 16″ northLongitude
-1.3329° or 1° 19′ 58″ westOpen location code
9C5WPM38+RVOpenStreetMap ID
way 215067686OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=reservoir
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