St Joseph’s Church, Pontefract

St Joseph’s Church, Pontefract is a church in , which is located on Crab Hill. St Joseph’s Church, Pontefract is situated nearby to , as well as near the art gallery .
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Catholic
  • Description: catholic church in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Church of St Joseph and Attached Presbytery”, “St. Joseph Church”, and “St. Joseph’s Church”
  • Address: Crab Hill, Pontefract, WF8 1NL

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Pontefract Tanshelf railway station and Pontefract Museum.

Railway station
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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 990 feet northwest of St Joseph’s Church, Pontefract.

Museum
Photo: Stanley Walker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a local museum in , , . The collections cover archaeology, archives, decorative and applied art, fine art, photographs and social history. The museum opened in 1975. is situated 1,000 feet east of St Joseph’s Church, Pontefract.

Library
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is a public library in , , England. The present day building is notable as one of the last examples of architecture by John Poulson… is situated 960 feet east of St Joseph’s Church, Pontefract.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pontefract and Chequerfield.

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

Village
is a small village on the southern outskirts of , in the district, in the county of , England. The village is home to the parish church of St Michael the Archangel, and two schools, and the Rookeries primary school.

St Joseph’s Church, Pontefract

Latitude
53.69161° or 53° 41′ 30″ north
Longitude
-1.31669° or 1° 19′ 0″ west
Open location code
9C5WMMRM+J8
Open­Street­Map ID
way 395314171
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
building=­church
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­church
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­catholic
Wiki­data ID
Q17550122
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