Sandal Castle & Park

Sandal Castle & Park is a park in Wakefield, England which is located on Manygates Lane. Sandal Castle & Park is situated nearby to the battlefield Battle of Wakefield, as well as near Sandal Castle VA Community Primary School.

Email: castles@wakefield.gov.uk
Type: Park
Address: Manygates Lane, Wakefield, WF2 7DP

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Sandal Castle and Sandal and Agbrigg railway station.

Sandal Castle

Ruins

Photo: Abcdef123456, CC BY 3.0.

Sandal Castle is a ruined medieval castle in Sandal Magna, a suburb of the city of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, 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.

Sandal and Agbrigg railway station

Railway station

Photo: Zath Ras, CC BY 2.5.

Sandal and Agbrigg railway station serves the Wakefield suburbs of Sandal and Agbrigg in West Yorkshire, England. It lies on the Wakefield Line and is operated by Northern Trains. Sandal and Agbrigg railway station is situated 2,600 feet northeast of Sandal Castle & Park.

Pugneys Country Park

Park

Photo: John M, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sandal Magna and Agbrigg.

Sandal Magna

Suburb

Photo: SMJ, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Sandal Magna or Sandal is a suburb of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England with a population in 2001 of 5,432. An ancient settlement, it is the site of Sandal Castle and is mentioned in the Domesday Book.

Agbrigg

Suburb

Photo: Dave Bevis, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Agbrigg is a suburb of the city of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England.

Kettlethorpe

Village

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

Sandal Castle & Park

Category: recreation area
Location: Wakefield, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.65868° or 53° 39′ 31″ north

Longitude

-1.49065° or 1° 29′ 26″ west

Operator

Wakefield Museums and Castles

Open location code

9C5WMG55+FP

OpenStreetMap ID

way 30671461

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

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