Britannia Works

Britannia Works is an industrial building in Wakefield, England. Britannia Works is situated nearby to the school St Giles CofE Academy, as well as near the fitness club Jesters Gymnastics.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Pontefract Castle and Pontefract Museum.

Pontefract Castle

Castle

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Pontefract Castle is a castle ruin in the town of Pontefract, in West Yorkshire, England. King Richard II is thought to have died there. It was the site of a series of sieges during the 17th-century English Civil War. Pontefract Castle is situated 1,500 feet east of Britannia Works.

Pontefract Museum

Museum

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Pontefract Museum is a local museum in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England. The collections cover archaeology, archives, decorative and applied art, fine art, photographs and social history. The museum opened in 1975. Pontefract Museum is situated 1,500 feet south of Britannia Works.

Pontefract Monkhill railway station

Railway station

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Pontefract Monkhill is the busiest railway station in the market town of Pontefract, in West Yorkshire, England. It lies on the Pontefract Line, 14 miles south-east of Leeds. Pontefract Monkhill railway station is situated 1,800 feet northeast of Britannia Works.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pontefract and Chequerfield.

Pontefract

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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.

Chequerfield

Suburb

Chequerfield is a district made up mostly of council housing of Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England.

Carleton

Village

Carleton is a small village on the southern outskirts of Pontefract, in the Wakefield district, in the county of West Yorkshire, England. The village is home to the parish church of St Michael the Archangel, and two schools, Carleton High School and the Rookeries primary school.

Britannia Works

Type: Industrial building
Categories: building and industry
Location: Wakefield, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.69612° or 53° 41′ 46″ north

Longitude

-1.31105° or 1° 18′ 40″ west

Open location code

9C5WMMWQ+CH

OpenStreetMap ID

way 747261907

OpenStreetMap feature

building=industrial

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