Saint Helens

Saint Helens is a church in Wakefield, England. Saint Helens is situated near the suburb Sandal Magna, as well as near St Thomas à Becket Catholic Secondary School.

Type: Church
Denomination: Anglican
Address: Wakefield, WF2 6EJ

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Sandal Castle and Sandal and Agbrigg railway station.

Sandal Castle

Ruins

Photo: Abcdef123456, CC BY 3.0.

Sandal Castle is a ruined medieval castle in Sandal Magna, a suburb of the city of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England, overlooking the River Calder. It was the site of royal intrigue and the setting for a scene in one of William Shakespeare's plays. Sandal Castle is situated 2,000 feet west of Saint Helens.

Sandal and Agbrigg railway station

Railway station

Photo: Zath Ras, CC BY 2.5.

Sandal and Agbrigg railway station serves the Wakefield suburbs of Sandal and Agbrigg in West Yorkshire, England. It lies on the Wakefield Line and is operated by Northern Trains. Sandal and Agbrigg railway station is situated 1,300 feet north of Saint Helens.

St Thomas à Becket Catholic Secondary School

School

Photo: Tim Green, CC BY 2.0.

St Thomas à Becket Catholic Secondary School is a coeducational secondary school with academy status in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England. It has 749 pupils enrolled. St Thomas à Becket Catholic Secondary School is situated 720 feet north of Saint Helens.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sandal Magna and Agbrigg.

Sandal Magna

Suburb

Photo: SMJ, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Sandal Magna or Sandal is a suburb of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England with a population in 2001 of 5,432. An ancient settlement, it is the site of Sandal Castle and is mentioned in the Domesday Book.

Agbrigg

Suburb

Photo: Dave Bevis, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Agbrigg is a suburb of the city of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England.

Kettlethorpe

Village

Kettlethorpe, originally a separate village, is a suburb that lies 2.5 miles south of Wakefield city centre, in West Yorkshire, England. The suburb has a secondary education school, Kettlethorpe High School, which is a specialist maths and computing college.

Saint Helens

Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
Location: Wakefield, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.65937° or 53° 39′ 34″ north

Longitude

-1.48177° or 1° 28′ 54″ west

Open location code

9C5WMG59+P7

OpenStreetMap ID

way 435492782

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

OpenStreetMap feature

building=church

OpenStreetMap attribute

denomination=anglican

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