Tickle Cock Bridge is a pedestrian underpass in Castleford, England, under a railway line originally built by the York and North Midland Railway between York and Normanton. Tickle Cock Bridge is situated 640 feet west of Valley Gardens.

Castleford railway station

Railway station

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Castleford railway station serves the town of Castleford in West Yorkshire. It lies on the Hallam and Pontefract lines, 11 miles south-east of Leeds. Although it was built originally as a through station, regular passenger services beyond Castleford towards York were discontinued between 5 January 1970 and December 2023. Castleford railway station is situated 1,500 feet west of Valley Gardens.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Castleford and Glasshoughton.

Castleford

Town

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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.

Glasshoughton

Suburb

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Glasshoughton is a neighbourhood of Castleford in the Wakefield district of West Yorkshire, England. The area is next to Junction 32 of the M62 motorway and the Glasshoughton railway station, and borders Pontefract.

Airedale

Suburb

Airedale is a suburb in the town of Castleford, West Yorkshire, England. It consists mainly of Local Authority Housing. It borders with Ferry Fryston. The ward of the City of Wakefield called Airedale and Ferry Fryston had a population of 14,811 at the 2011 Census.

Valley Gardens

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

53.72519° or 53° 43′ 31″ north

Longitude

-1.34844° or 1° 20′ 54″ west

Open location code

9C5WPMG2+3J

OpenStreetMap ID

way 37754593

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

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