Crigglestone
Crigglestone is a village and civil parish in the City of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England.
Crigglestone is a village and civil parish in the City of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England. It is recorded as "Crigeston" in the Domesday Book. The civil parish had a population of 9,271 at the 2011 Census. On 29 July 1941, an explosion occurred at the Crigglestone Colliery, killing 21 men. Since the 1970s, the site of the colliery has become an industrial estate on the western side, giving way to residential housing on the eastern side and a public amenity to the south.
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Worth seeing in and around Crigglestone
9 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Sandal Castle
Sandal Castle is a ruined medieval castle in Sandal Magna, a suburb of the city of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England, overlooking the River Calder. It was the site of royal intrigue and the setting for a scene in one of William Shakespeare's plays.
2.7 km · medieval castle in England · Wikipedia - 02Pugneys Country Park
Pugneys Country Park is a 250-acre park located on the A636 between Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England and Junction 39 of the M1 motorway. It is a Local Nature Reserve.
1.9 km · country park in West Yorkshire, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 03St Peter and St Leonard's Church, Horbury
St Peter and St Leonard's Church, Horbury is in Horbury, West Yorkshire, England. It is an active Church of England parish church and part of the Wakefield deanery in the archdeaconry of Pontefract, diocese of Wakefield and commonly known as St Peter's.
2.8 km · Grade I listed church in Horbury, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Wakefield Castle
Wakefield Castle, Lowe Hill or Lawe Hill was a castle built in the 12th century on a hill on the north side of the River Calder near Wakefield, England. Its name derives from the Anglo Saxon hlaew meaning a mound or cairn, possibly a burial mound or barrow.
3.4 km · motte-and-bailey castle in West Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Horbury Town Hall
Horbury Town Hall is a former municipal building in Westfield Road, Horbury, West Yorkshire, England. The structure, which is now used as business centre, is a locally listed building.
3.1 km · municipal Building in England · Wikipedia - 06Church of St John the Divine, Calder Grove
The Church of St John the Divine, designed by William Swinden Barber, was built as a mission church in 1892–1893 in the parish of St James, Chapelthorpe, Crigglestone, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England. It is Grade II listed.
1 km · church in Crigglestone, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 07Kettlethorpe Hall
Kettlethorpe Hall is a Georgian house in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England. The hall is a Grade I listed building.
1.6 km · Grade I listed building in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 08Thornes Park
Thornes Park is a large public park situated close to the centre of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England. Along with Clarence Park and Holmfield Park it forms a large parkland to the south west of the city.
3.3 km · park in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 09Woolley Hall
Woolley Hall is a country house in Woolley, West Yorkshire, England. It is a Grade II* listed building.
3.5 km · house in Woolley, Wakefield, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Crigglestone
- Airports
- Leeds Bradford (LBA), 26 km · Manchester (MAN), 60 km · East Midlands (EMA), 91 km
- Stations
- Sandal and Agbrigg railway station, 3.5 km
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Crigglestone50 km · quickest by road, 1h 35m · £7–10
- Nottingham, Leicestershire → Crigglestone81 km · quickest by road, 1h 47m · £9–12
- Liverpool → Crigglestone99 km · quickest by road, 2h 17m · £12–15
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Crigglestone
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Crigglestone. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Go nextOther easy day trips include Bradford, Saltaire, Haworth and Sheffield.
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Next door to Crigglestone
Crigglestone is 17 km from Leeds, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Woolleyvillage and civil parish in West Yorkshire, United Kingdom3.3 km
- Horburylarge village in the City of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England2.8 km
- Chevetcivil parish in West Yorkshire, UK3.4 km
- Sandal Magnasuburb of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England3 km
- Nethertonvillage in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom3.7 km
- Agbriggsuburb in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, UK3.3 km