River Calder
River Calder is a river in Wakefield, England. River Calder is situated nearby to the suburb Belle Isle, as well as near Thornes.Places of Interest
Highlights include Wakefield Cathedral and Wakefield Westgate railway station.
Wakefield Cathedral
Church
Wakefield Cathedral, or the Cathedral Church of All Saints in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, is a co-equal Anglican cathedral with Bradford and Ripon Cathedrals, in the Diocese of Leeds and a seat of the Bishop of Leeds.
Wakefield Westgate railway station
Railway station
Wakefield Westgate is one of two railway stations that serve Wakefield, in West Yorkshire, England. It lies 10 miles south of Leeds to the west of the city centre, on the Wakefield Line and Leeds branch of the East Coast Main Line.
Sandal Castle
Ruins
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wakefield and Ossett.
Wakefield
Wakefield is a city in West Yorkshire, 12 miles south of Leeds. Its chief attractions are the Hepworth Gallery and the National Mining Museum for England.Ossett
Town
Ossett is a market and residential town in the Wakefield district, in the county of West Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is situated between Dewsbury, Horbury and Wakefield.
Horbury
Village
Horbury is a town in the City of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England. Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is situated north of the River Calder about three miles south west of Wakefield and two miles to the south of Ossett.
River Calder
- Type: River
- Category: body of water
- Location: Wakefield, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.6694° or 53° 40′ 10″ north
Longitude
-1.4995° or 1° 29′ 58″ west
Open location code
9C5WMG92+Q5
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=water
OpenStreetMap feature
water=river
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