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 Pontefract Monkhill 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.

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.

Glasshoughton railway station

Railway station

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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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pontefract and Castleford.

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.

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

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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″ north

Longitude

-1.3329° or 1° 19′ 58″ west

Open location code

9C5WPM38+RV

OpenStreetMap ID

way 215067686

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

OpenStreetMap feature

water=reservoir

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Pontefract Racecourse and Pontefract Park.

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