Pontefract Cemetery

Pontefract Cemetery is a cemetery in , . Pontefract Cemetery is situated nearby to the church , as well as near the sports venue .

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Pontefract Castle and Pontefract Museum.

Castle
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is a castle ruin in the town of , in , 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. is situated 1,900 feet east of Pontefract Cemetery.

Museum
Photo: Stanley Walker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a local museum in , , . The collections cover archaeology, archives, decorative and applied art, fine art, photographs and social history. The museum opened in 1975. is situated 1,100 feet south of Pontefract Cemetery.

Railway station
Photo: Zath Ras, CC BY 2.5.
Pontefract Tanshelf is the most central of the three railway stations that serve the market town of , in , England. It lies on the Pontefract Line, 8 miles east of , with services operated by Northern Trains. is situated 1,400 feet west of Pontefract Cemetery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pontefract and Chequerfield.

Photo: Rept0n1x, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a market town in . It's one of the "Five Towns" east of the city of , and a commuter town for Leeds. in 2021 its population was 40,000.

Suburb
is a district made up mostly of council housing of , , England.

Village
is a small village on the southern outskirts of , in the district, in the county of , England. The village is home to the parish church of St Michael the Archangel, and two schools, and the Rookeries primary school.

Pontefract Cemetery

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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Highlights include Mortuary Chapel and Pontefract Squash & Leisure Club.

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