King’s School, Pontefract
The King's School is a coeducational comprehensive secondary school with academy status, located in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England. It is one of the four oldest schools in Yorkshire, dating from 1139 and was refounded by King Edward VI in 1548.Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Email: admin@kings.patrust.org.uk
- Type: School
- Description: school in Wakefield, UK
- Also known as: “The King’s School”
- Address: Mill Hill Lane, Pontefract, WF8 4JF
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Pontefract Castle and Crescent Cinema, Pontrefact.
Pontefract Castle
Castle
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
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 mile northeast of King’s School, Pontefract.
Crescent Cinema, Pontrefact
Historic building
Photo: Stanley Walker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Crescent Cinema, Pontrefact is a historic building, which is situated 2,100 feet north of King’s School, Pontefract.
Pontefract Museum
Museum
Photo: Stanley Walker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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 3,000 feet north of King’s School, Pontefract.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pontefract and Chequerfield.
Pontefract
Photo: Rept0n1x, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
King’s School, Pontefract
- Categories: grammar school, academy school, secondary school, and education
- Location: Wakefield, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.6842° or 53° 41′ 3″ northLongitude
-1.31633° or 1° 18′ 59″ westOperator
Pontefract Academies TrustOpen location code
9C5WMMMM+MFOpenStreetMap ID
way 950224172OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=schoolWikidata ID
Q7744478
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