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Castleford

town in the City of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England
Place Town Q546485

Facts

12 properties

Identity

Instance of
town, unparished area[4]

Location

Country
United Kingdom[3]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 53.716°, -1.356°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Wakefield[2]

Population and size

Population
+45106[8]

Codes

Local dialing code
01977[6]
Postal code
WF10[5]
More facts +5
Described by source
The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[9][10]
Different from
Castleford[11]
Has works in the collection
Nationalmuseum[12]
Historic county
Yorkshire[13]
OS grid reference
SE424244[7]
🏷️ Also known as
en Castleford ar كاسلفورد el Κάστλφορντ fa کسلفورد he קאסטלפורד he קאסלפורד ja キャッスルフォード ru Кастлфорд zh 卡斯爾福德
🔖 Identifiers · 30
VIAF cluster ID
146684783
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n88080989
GND ID
4553760-4
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Carlton Street, Castleford.jpg ↗
BBC News topic ID
crr7mlg0v05t
BBC Things ID
8e9af7c1-6322-4083-b3ec-ada51e77e759
De Agostini ID
Castleford
FactGrid item ID
MI
Freebase ID
/m/0138k6
GNS Unique Feature ID
-2592017
GeoNames ID
2653584
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Castleford
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J9U entity ID
987007564942605171
KEPN ID
Yorkshire WR/Castleford
Museum-digital place ID
77351
MusicBrainz area ID
19acf8c1-42e6-4816-9c8a-71b3d159a658
Quora topic ID
Castleford
SNARC ID
Romania at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Survey of English Place-Names ID
53288217b47fc40c81005f80, 5328827bb47fc40c810060ce
TOID
4000000074541719
Topic's main category
Category:Castleford
UK Parliament thesaurus ID
9006
UN/LOCODE
GBCTF
Vision of Britain place ID
61
Vision of Britain unit ID
10409044
WOEID
15369
Wellcome Collection concept ID
jwrvz92b
Who's on First ID
101872187
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJvCQBQvqBtGFDBmFJxqwC
Yale LUX ID
place/c1c82239-640b-4029-8dfe-2c0bfce2d684

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🔗 Connections
People born here 9
Henry Moore, Peter Robinson, Martyn Woolford, Daryl Clark, Daryl Peach, Greg Eden, Mark Bailey, Richard Foulkes +1 more
Described by source 2
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, The Nuttall Encyclopædia
People who died here 2
John Fisher, Doris Storey
Category of associated people 1
Category:People from Castleford
Country 1
United Kingdom
Different from 1
Castleford
FactGrid item ID 1
MI
Has works in the collection 1
Nationalmuseum
Historic county 1
Yorkshire
Instance of 1
town
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Wakefield
Located in time zone 1
UTC+00:00
Named after 1
Castleford railway station
Residents 1
Yvette Cooper
SNARC ID 1
Romania at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Topic's main category 1
Category:Castleford
← Category combines topics 1
Category:People from Castleford
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Castleford
← Work location 1
Yvette Cooper
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Summary

Castleford is a town[1].

Body

Cultural Significance

Things named for Castleford include Castleford railway station[14], a railway station[15], in United Kingdom[16].

Why It Matters

Entities named for Castleford include Castleford railway station[14], a railway station[15], in United Kingdom[16].

Related Entities

Henry Moore Nationalmuseum United Kingdom Yvette Cooper

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [15] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Category of associated people → Category:People from Castleford
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Wakefield
    Coordinate location → 53.716°, -1.356°
    Described by source → The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #48912: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
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