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Crigglestone
Village and civil parish in West Yorkshire, England

Crigglestone

Crigglestone is a village and civil parish in the City of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England.

Plan a trip to Crigglestone→From Manchester, Greater Manchester

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.

How locals move

Getting around Crigglestone the local way

  • Go nextOther easy day trips include Bradford, Saltaire, Haworth and Sheffield.

From Wikivoyage: Wakefield (England), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Mtaylor848 (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.