Wheldon Road
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stadium
- Description: rugby league stadium in Castleford, England
- Also known as: “Mend-A-Hose Jungle” and “The Jungle (Wheldon Road)”
- Address: Wheldon Road, Castleford, WF10 2SD
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Castleford Civic Centre and Castleford Library.
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. Castleford Civic Centre is situated 1,800 feet south of Wheldon Road.
Castleford Library
Library
Photo: Mtaylor848, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Castleford Library is situated 2,400 feet southwest of Wheldon Road.
Castleford railway station
Railway station
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 3,700 feet southwest of Wheldon Road.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Castleford and Glasshoughton.
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.
Glasshoughton
Suburb
Photo: David Pickersgill, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
Wheldon Road
- Categories: sports venue, rugby, recreation area, sports location, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Wakefield, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.72965° or 53° 43′ 47″ northLongitude
-1.341° or 1° 20′ 28″ westOpen location code
9C5WPMH5+VHOpenStreetMap ID
way 554256656OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=stadiumOpenStreetMap feature
sport=rugby_leagueWikidata ID
Q14476438
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In Other Languages
From French to Korean—“Wheldon Road” goes by many names.
- French: “The Jungle (stade)”
- French: “The Jungle”
- Japanese: “ウェルドン・ロード”
- Korean: “더 정글”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Castleford Tigers RLFC and Castleford Cemetery.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Wheldon Road”. Photo: Me677, Public domain.