Sandal Castle

Sandal Castle is a ruined medieval castle in , a suburb of the city of in , England, overlooking the River Calder. It was the site of royal intrigue and the setting for a scene in one of William Shakespeare's plays.
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  • Type: Ruins
  • Description: medieval castle in England
  • Also known as: “Sandal Castle: motte and bailey castle and shell keep castle”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Sandal and Agbrigg railway station and Pugneys Country Park.

Railway station
Photo: Zath Ras, CC BY 2.5.
serves the suburbs of Sandal and in , . It lies on the Wakefield Line and is operated by Northern Trains. is situated 2,700 feet northeast of Sandal Castle.

Park
is a 250-acre park located on the A636 between , , and Junction 39 of the M1 motorway. It is a Local Nature Reserve.

School
Photo: Tim Green, CC BY 2.0.
is a coeducational secondary school with academy status in , , . It has 749 pupils enrolled. is situated 2,400 feet northeast of Sandal Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sandal Magna and Agbrigg.

Suburb
Photo: SMJ, CC BY-SA 2.0.
or Sandal is a suburb of , , England with a population in 2001 of 5,432. An ancient settlement, it is the site of and is mentioned in the Domesday Book.

Suburb
Photo: Dave Bevis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a suburb of the city of , , England.

Village
, originally a separate village, is a suburb that lies 2.5 miles south of city centre, in , England. The suburb has a secondary education school, , which is a specialist maths and computing college.

Sandal Castle

Latitude
53.65872° or 53° 39′ 31″ north
Longitude
-1.49082° or 1° 29′ 27″ west
Open location code
9C5WMG55+FM
Open­Street­Map ID
way 23438626
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­ruins
Wiki­data ID
Q1760652
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Turkish—“Sandal Castle” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “قلعة ساندال”
  • Cebuano: “Sandal Castle”
  • Chinese: “桑德爾城堡”
  • Danish: “Sandal Castle”
  • Dutch: “Sandal Castle”
  • Finnish: “Sandalin linna”
  • French: “château de Sandal”
  • French: “Château de Sandal”
  • German: “Sandal Castle”
  • Indonesian: “Puri Sandal”
  • Irish: “Caisleán Sandal”
  • Japanese: “サンダル城”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sandal Castle”
  • Norwegian: “Sandal Castle”
  • Polish: “Sandal Castle”
  • Russian: “Замок Сандал”
  • Spanish: “Castillo de Sandal”
  • Swedish: “Sandal Castle”
  • Turkish: “Sandal Kalesi”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Sandal Castle & Park and Battle of Wakefield.

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