Featherstone

Worth seeing in and around Featherstone

10 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.

1. 01
   Pontefract

   Pontefract is a historic market town in the City of Wakefield, a metropolitan district in West Yorkshire, England. It lies to the east of Wakefield and south of Castleford.

   3.9 km · market town in West Yorkshire, England · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Pontefract Castle

   Pontefract Castle is a castle ruin in the town of Pontefract, in West Yorkshire, England. King Richard II is thought to have died there.

   4.4 km · castle in West Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Nostell Priory

   Nostell Priory is a Palladian house in Nostell, West Yorkshire, in England, near Crofton and on the road to Doncaster from Wakefield. It dates from 1733 and was built for the Winn family on the site of a medieval priory.

   5.4 km · historic house located in West Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Church of All Saints

   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. The church consists of two structures, an outer church constructed in the 14th and 15th century and ruined in the English Civil War and a smaller inner church completed in the late 1960s.

   4.6 km · church in Pontefract, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
5. 05
   The Jungle (Wheldon Road)

   Wheldon Road is the home ground of Castleford Tigers rugby league club in Castleford, West Yorkshire, England. It is on Wheldon Road, just outside Castleford town centre.

   3.8 km · rugby league stadium in Castleford, England · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Old Town Hall

   The Old Town Hall is a historic town hall in Market Place in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England. It was completed in 1785 and was replaced by Pontefract Town Hall which was completed in 1882.

   4.1 km · municipal building in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
7. 07
   St. Giles' Church, Pontefract

   The Church of St. Giles' in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England is an active Anglican parish church in the archdeaconry of Leeds and the Diocese of Leeds.

   4 km · church in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Pontefract Town Hall

   Pontefract Town Hall is a town hall in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England. It was completed in 1882.

   4.1 km · town hall in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Trinity Methodist Church, Castleford

   Trinity Methodist Church, Castleford, is in Castleford, Wakefield District, West Yorkshire, England. The church is part of the Aire and Calder Methodist Circuit in the Yorkshire West District.

   3 km · church in West Yorkshire, England · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Lagentium

    Lagentium or Legiolum was the Roman name for the fort and surrounding civilian settlement which was built around the year 74 by the Roman Empire. The English town of Castleford, West Yorkshire, is now built on what was the fort.

    3 km · UK archaeological site · Wikipedia

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Getting to Featherstone

Airports

Leeds Bradford (LBA), 27 km · Manchester (MAN), 72 km · East Midlands (EMA), 97 km

Stations

Pontefract Monkhill railway station, 4.3 km · Pontefract Baghill railway station, 4.5 km · Glasshoughton railway station, 2.2 km · Castleford railway station, 2.8 km · Pontefract Tanshelf railway station, 3.4 km

• Manchester, Greater Manchester → Featherstone

  62 km · quickest by road, 1h 39m · £8–10
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• Nottingham, Leicestershire → Featherstone

  72 km · quickest by road, 1h 42m · £8–11
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• Liverpool → Featherstone

  104 km · quickest by road, 2h 21m · £12–16
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No local-transport research exists yet for Featherstone

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 Featherstone. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

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