Pontefract Park

Pontefract Park is a park in , which is located on Park Road. Pontefract Park is situated nearby to the grassland , as well as near the sports venue .
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  • Opening hours: 24/7
  • Type: Park
  • Description: park located in Pontefract, featuring a racecourse and a leisure center
  • Also known as: “Ponte Park”
  • Address: Park Road, Pontefract, WF8 4PR
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Pontefract Tanshelf railway station and NEW College.

Railway station
Photo: Zath Ras, CC BY 2.5.
is the most central station in the market town of in , , and serves , the racecourse located just down the street from the station. is situated 2,100 feet southeast of Pontefract Park.

College
Photo: JThomas, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a coeducational, sixth form college in in , . It acquired academy status in 2017, forming a trust to open colleges in other areas, called the New Collaborative Learning Trust. is situated 1,700 feet south of Pontefract Park.

Castle
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
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. is situated 1 mile east of Pontefract Park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pontefract and Glasshoughton.

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.

Suburb
Photo: David Pickersgill, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a neighbourhood of in the district of , England. The area is next to Junction 32 of the M62 motorway and the , and borders .

Suburb
is a district made up mostly of council housing of , , England.

Pontefract Park

Latitude
53.69848° or 53° 41′ 55″ north
Longitude
-1.32506° or 1° 19′ 30″ west
Operator
Wakefield Council
Open location code
9C5WMMXF+9X
Open­Street­Map ID
way 314910602
Open­Street­Map feature
leisure=­park
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q100770406
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