Pontefract: facts

At a glance

• Country: United Kingdom
• Region: England
• Administrative status: populated place (GeoNames code PPL)
• Population: approximately 44,710
• Coordinates: 53.6911° N, 1.3127° W
• Time zone: Europe/London (UTC+00:00 standard, UTC+01:00 daylight saving time)
• Currency: Pound (GBP)
• Distance to the capital, London: 256 km (159 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Leeds Bradford Airport (LBA): 30 km (19 mi), straight line
• Humberside Airport (HUY): 65 km (40 mi), straight line
• Manchester Airport (MAN): 74 km (46 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Featherstone: 3.3 km (2.0 mi)
• Darrington: 3.3 km (2.1 mi)
• Castleford: 5.1 km (3.2 mi)
• Normanton: 6.9 km (4.3 mi)
• Badsworth: 7.0 km (4.3 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Wakefield, 12 km (8 mi)