River Calder
River Calder is a river in Wakefield, England. River Calder is situated nearby to the locality Gilcar, as well as near the village Methley Junction.Places of Interest
Highlights include Castleford railway station and Normanton railway station.
Castleford railway station
Railway station
Normanton railway station
Railway station
Methley Ex Services Club
Community center
Photo: Christine Johnstone, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Methley Ex Services Club is a community center.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pontefract and Castleford.
Pontefract
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.
Allerton Bywater
Village
Photo: Betty Longbottom, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Allerton Bywater is a semi-rural village and civil parish in the south-east of the City of Leeds metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 4,717.
River Calder
- Type: River
- Category: body of water
- Location: Wakefield, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.7213° or 53° 43′ 17″ northLongitude
-1.3961° or 1° 23′ 46″ westOpen location code
9C5WPJC3+GGOpenStreetMap ID
way 55495431OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=river
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