Wakefield District West Yorkshire England United Kingdom
53.691688,-1.308648
Pontefract
Pontefract is a historic market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England, east of Wakefield and south of Castleford. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is one of the towns in the City of Wakefield district and had a population of 30,881 at the 2011 Census. Pontefract's motto is Post mortem patris pro filio, Latin for "After the death of the father, support the son", a reference to the town's Royalist sympathies in the English Civil War. Small villages and settlements in the immediate area include Stapleton.
Distance between:
London to Pontefract159 Miles / 257 Kms Liverpool to Pontefract72 Miles / 116 Kms
53.691688,-1.308648