St Aidan’s

St Aidan's is a 355-hectare nature park located between and in , England. The land was formerly an opencast coal mining area that was flooded in 1988, after the riverbank collapsed.
Wikipedia
Photo: Richard Avery, CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • Type: Nature reserve
  • Description: country Park and RSPB reserve between Leeds and Castleford in West Yorkshire, England
  • Also known as: “RSPB St Aidan’s”
  • Address: Astley Lane, Great Preston, Leeds

Places of Interest

Highlights include Woodlesford railway station and Methley Ex Services Club.

Railway station
Photo: Zath Ras, CC BY 2.5.
serves the suburban village of and the town of in , . It lies on the Hallam Line and the Pontefract Line, 6 miles south of .

Community center
Photo: Christine Johnstone, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a community center.

Lake
Photo: Gpwitteveen, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Castleford and Garforth.

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
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is a town in the metropolitan borough of the City of Leeds, . It sits in the and Swillington ward of Leeds City Council and the Leeds East parliamentary constituency.

Village
is a suburban village in the City of Leeds, , England, 6 miles south-east of . Formerly part of the Rothwell Urban District, it is now within the Rothwell ward of Leeds City Council.

St Aidan’s

Latitude
53.7512° or 53° 45′ 4″ north
Longitude
-1.4067° or 1° 24′ 24″ west
Operator
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
Open location code
9C5WQH2V+F8
Open­Street­Map ID
way 230405431
Open­Street­Map feature
leisure=­nature_reserve
Wiki­data ID
Q16900439
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