Holywell Wood

Holywell Wood is a forest in , . Holywell Wood is situated nearby to the suburb , as well as near the neighborhood .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Pontefract Castle and Castleford railway station.

Castle
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is a castle ruin in the town of , in , 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.

Railway station
Photo: Zath Ras, CC BY 2.5.
serves the town of , in , England. It lies on the Hallam and Pontefract lines, 11 miles south-east of .

Railway station
Photo: Zath Ras, CC BY 2.5.
serves , in , England. It lies on the Pontefract Line, operated by Northern, 12 miles south-east of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pontefract and Castleford.

Photo: Rept0n1x, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a market town in . It's one of the "Five Towns" east of the city of , and a commuter town for Leeds. in 2021 its population was 40,000.

Town
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is a town within the district, , 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 and the .

Town
Photo: Gordon Kneale Brooke, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a town and civil parish in the , , , two miles south-west of . Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, in 2011 it had a population of 15,244. is on the Pontefract Line.

Holywell Wood

Latitude
53.7143° or 53° 42′ 51″ north
Longitude
-1.3264° or 1° 19′ 35″ west
Open location code
9C5WPM7F+PC
Open­Street­Map ID
way 215294537
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­wood
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