Castleford

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Castleford is a historic industrial town in northern England known for its coal mining heritage and location near the River Aire.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf civil parish
town
country United Kingdom
distanceTo about 10 miles east of Leeds
about 7 miles north of Wakefield
governedBy Wakefield Council
hasDialCode 01977
hasHeritage coal mining
glass making
pottery industry
hasLandmark All Saints Church, Castleford
Castleford Bridge
hasLeisureAttraction Diggerland Yorkshire
Xscape Yorkshire
hasNeighbouringSettlement Airedale
linked to: Swaledale

Glasshoughton
Whitwood
hasNeighbouringTown Normanton
Pontefract
hasPopulation over 40,000
hasPostcodeDistrict WF10
hasPostTown CASTLEFORD
linked to: Castleford
hasRailwayStation Castleford railway station
hasShoppingCentre Junction 32 Outlet Shopping Village
hasSportsTeam Castleford Tigers
hasStadium Mend-A-Hose Jungle
historicalEraOfGrowth Industrial Revolution
historicalIndustry brickworks
chemical works
coal mining
latitude approximately 53.725°N
locatedIn England
locatedInAdministrativeArea City of Wakefield
locatedInHistoricCounty West Riding of Yorkshire
locatedInMetropolitanCounty West Yorkshire
locatedInRegion Yorkshire and the Humber
locatedNearRiver River Calder
locatedOnRiver River Aire
longitude approximately 1.356°W
observesDST British Summer Time
partOfConurbation West Yorkshire Urban Area
servedByMotorway M1 motorway
M62 motorway
servedByRoad A639 road NERFINISHED
A656 road NERFINISHED
sportsTeamType rugby league club
timeZone Europe/London

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West Yorkshire hasMajorTown Castleford
River Calder flowsThrough Castleford
Henry Moore placeOfBirth Castleford, Yorkshire, England
linked to: Castleford
M62 passesNear Castleford
River Aire flowsThrough Castleford
Pontefract hasNearbyTown Castleford
Castleford hasPostTown CASTLEFORD
linked to: Castleford
The Dallas Piece creatorBirthPlace Castleford, West Yorkshire, England
linked to: Castleford
DN postcode area containsPostTown Castleford
subject linked to: DN
City of Wakefield contains Castleford
Knottingley nearTown Castleford
Featherstone nearbyTown Castleford
Castleford Tigers shortName Castleford
Castleford Tigers locatedIn Castleford
Mend-A-Hose Jungle locatedIn Castleford
Diggerland Yorkshire locatedIn Castleford
Glasshoughton locatedIn Castleford
Glasshoughton partOf Castleford urban area
linked to: Castleford
Glasshoughton railway station servedBy Castleford
subject linked to: Glasshoughton
Glasshoughton hasPostTown Castleford
Whitwood locatedIn Castleford
Whitwood hasPostTown Castleford
Whitwood hasNearbyTown Castleford
Whitwood isSuburbOf Castleford
Yvette Cooper residence Castleford
Castleford Bridge locatedIn Castleford
Castleford Bridge namedAfter Castleford
River Calder (Yorkshire) catchment containsTown Castleford (downstream confluence area)
linked to: Castleford
Wakefield Line connects Castleford
Allerton Bywater hasPostTown Castleford
Allerton Bywater locatedNear Castleford