Stonecross Rise

Stonecross Rise is a residential area in Wakefield, England. Stonecross Rise is situated nearby to the police station Pontefract & Knottingley Neighbourhood Policing Team, as well as near Pontefract Fire Station.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Pontefract Castle and Dandy Mill.

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 sieges during the 17th-century English Civil War. Pontefract Castle is situated 1 mile southwest of Stonecross Rise.

Dandy Mill

Windmill

Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Dandy Mill is a windmill, which is situated 1,300 feet west of Stonecross Rise.

Pontefract Monkhill railway station

Railway station

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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 3,800 feet west of Stonecross Rise.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ferrybridge and Chequerfield.

Ferrybridge

Village

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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.

Chequerfield

Suburb

Chequerfield is a district made up mostly of council housing of Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England.

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.

Stonecross Rise

Type: Residential area
Location: Wakefield, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.70263° or 53° 42′ 9″ north

Longitude

-1.28753° or 1° 17′ 15″ west

Open location code

9C5WPP36+3X

OpenStreetMap ID

way 991728550

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=residential

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Pontefract & Knottingley Neighbourhood Policing Team and Pontefract Fire Station.

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