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 famous sieges during the 17th-century English Civil War.

All Saints’ Church, Pontefract

Church

$All Saints’ Church, Pontefract$

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The Church of All Saints in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England is an active Church of England parish church in the archdeaconry of Pontefract and the Diocese of Leeds. All Saints’ Church, Pontefract is situated 630 feet east of Queens Tower.

Pontefract Monkhill railway station

Railway station

$Pontefract Monkhill railway station$

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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 940 feet north of Queens Tower.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pontefract and Chequerfield.

Pontefract

$Pontefract$

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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.

Queens Tower

Type: Tower
Categories: historic site and historic building
Location: Wakefield, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.69624° or 53° 41′ 47″ north

Longitude

-1.30372° or 1° 18′ 13″ west

Open location code

9C5WMMWW+FG

OpenStreetMap ID

way 846205235

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=building

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=tower

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