Well Wood
Well Wood is a forest in Wakefield, England. Well Wood is situated nearby to the village New Fryston, as well as near Wheldon.Places of Interest
Highlights include Wheldon Road and Castleford Civic Centre.
Wheldon Road
Stadium
Photo: Me677, Public domain.
Wheldon Road is the home ground of Castleford Tigers rugby league club in Castleford, West Yorkshire, England. It is on Wheldon Road, just outside Castleford town centre. The record attendance of 25,449 was for a Challenge Cup match in 1935.
Castleford Civic Centre
Town hall
Photo: Mtaylor848, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Castleford Civic Centre is a municipal building in Ferrybridge Road in Castleford, a town in West Yorkshire in England. The building, which was previously the offices and meeting place of the Municipal Borough of Castleford, is now used as a local events venue.
Fairburn Ings RSPB reserve
Nature reserve
Photo: David Pickersgill, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fairburn Ings Nature Reserve is a protected area in West Yorkshire, England, noted for its avian biodiversity. The reserve has recorded around 280 bird species, remarkable for an inland site in the United Kingdom.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pontefract and Castleford.
Pontefract
Photo: Rept0n1x, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Castleford
Town
Photo: Mtaylor848, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Castleford is a town within the City of Wakefield district, West Yorkshire, 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 River Aire and the Aire and Calder Navigation.
Allerton Bywater
Village
Photo: Betty Longbottom, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Allerton Bywater is a semi-rural village and civil parish in the south-east of the City of Leeds metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 4,717.
Well Wood
- Type: Forest
- Location: Wakefield, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.7351° or 53° 44′ 6″ northLongitude
-1.3099° or 1° 18′ 36″ westOpen location code
9C5WPMPR+23OpenStreetMap ID
way 320508068OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, and Wikimedia Commons.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.
Satellite Map
Discover Well Wood from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
Places with the Same Name
Discover other places named “Well Wood”.
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as New Fryston and Wheldon.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Fryston Welfare Crown Green Bowls Club and Fryston Miner’s Welfare Recreation Ground.
England: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into London, Manchester, Sheffield, and Leeds.
Curious Forests to Discover
Uncover intriguing forests from every corner of the globe.