Duck Island

Duck Island is an island in Wakefield, England. Duck Island is situated nearby to the locality Castleford Ings, as well as near Allerton Ings.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Castleford railway station and Wheldon Road.

Castleford railway station

Railway station

Photo: Zath Ras, CC BY 2.5.

Castleford railway station serves the town of Castleford, in West Yorkshire, England. It lies on the Hallam and Pontefract lines, 11 miles south-east of Leeds.

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.

Glasshoughton railway station

Railway station

Photo: Zath Ras, CC BY 2.5.

Glasshoughton railway station serves Glasshoughton, Castleford in West Yorkshire, England. It lies on the Pontefract Line, operated by Northern, 12 miles south-east of Leeds.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pontefract and Castleford.

Pontefract

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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.

Kippax

Town

Photo: Betty Longbottom, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Kippax is a town and civil parish in the City of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is situated to the east of the city, near to Garforth and Great Preston.

Duck Island

Type: Island
Categories: locality and landform
Location: Wakefield, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.7342° or 53° 44′ 3″ north

Longitude

-1.3462° or 1° 20′ 46″ west

Open location code

9C5WPMM3+MG

OpenStreetMap ID

way 321659320

OpenStreetMap feature

place=island

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