Pontefract Cemetery

Pontefract Cemetery is a cemetery in Wakefield, England. Pontefract Cemetery is situated nearby to the church Mortuary Chapel, as well as near the sports venue Pontefract Squash & Leisure Club.

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 famous sieges during the 17th-century English Civil War. Pontefract Castle is situated 1,900 feet east of Pontefract Cemetery.

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 1,100 feet south of Pontefract Cemetery.

Pontefract Tanshelf railway station

Railway station

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Pontefract Tanshelf railway station is the most central station in the market town of Pontefract in West Yorkshire, England, and serves Pontefract Races, the racecourse located just down the street from the station. Pontefract Tanshelf railway station is situated 1,400 feet west of Pontefract Cemetery.

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.

Pontefract Cemetery

Type: Cemetery
Category: burial
Location: Wakefield, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.69508° or 53° 41′ 42″ north

Longitude

-1.31266° or 1° 18′ 46″ west

Open location code

9C5WMMWP+2W

OpenStreetMap ID

way 891788817

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=cemetery

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