The Rookeries

The Rookeries is a forest in Wakefield, England. The Rookeries is situated nearby to the village Carleton, as well as near the suburb Chequerfield.

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.

Pontefract Baghill railway station

Railway station

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Pontefract Baghill is one of three railway stations that serve the market town of Pontefract, in West Yorkshire, England. The other stations, Monkhill and Tanshelf, both lie on the Pontefract line, while Baghill lies on the Dearne Valley line, 21+1⁄4 miles south of York towards Sheffield.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pontefract and Featherstone.

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.

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.

Knottingley

Town

Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Knottingley is a town in the City of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England. It lies on the river Aire and the old A1 road before it was bypassed as the A1.

The Rookeries

Type: Forest
Location: Wakefield, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.6797° or 53° 40′ 47″ north

Longitude

-1.2947° or 1° 17′ 41″ west

Open location code

9C5WMPH4+V4

OpenStreetMap ID

way 314408781

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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Satellite Map

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Carleton and Chequerfield.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include The Rookeries Carleton Junior and Infant School and Rosse Observatory.

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