St John’s Priory

St John’s Priory is a park in Wakefield, England. St John’s Priory is situated nearby to All Saints’ Church, Pontefract, as well as near the fitness club Body Design FIT.

Type: Park
Description: priory in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, UK
Also known as: “St John’s Cluniac Priory”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Pontefract Castle and Pontefract Monkhill railway station.

Pontefract Castle

Castle

$Pontefract Castle$

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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 1,300 feet southwest of St John’s Priory.

Pontefract Monkhill railway station

Railway station

$Pontefract Monkhill railway station$

Photo: Zath Ras, CC BY 2.5.

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 890 feet west of St John’s Priory.

All Saints’ Church, Pontefract

Church

$All Saints’ Church, Pontefract$

Photo: Tim Green, CC BY 2.0.

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 740 feet south of St John’s Priory.

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.

Ferrybridge

Village

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Ferrybridge is a village in West Yorkshire, England. Ferrybridge lies at a historically important crossing of the River Aire which borders the North Yorkshire village of Brotherton.

St John’s Priory

Categories: priory, ruins, recreation area, and historic site
Location: Wakefield, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.69812° or 53° 41′ 53″ north

Longitude

-1.30016° or 1° 18′ 1″ west

Operator

Wakefield Metropolitan District Council

Open location code

9C5WMMXX+6W

OpenStreetMap ID

way 906070617

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=ruins

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

Wikidata ID

Q17643921

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