PONTEFRACT

England · UNITED KINGDOM (GB) · 53.69°N / 1.31°W

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ADM1 · ID GeoNames 2,640,132

Pontefract is a city in United Kingdom with a population of 44,710. It sits at 53.69/-1.31, runs on Europe/London, is 3 km from Ferrybridge.

Population 44,710

Place Type Populated Place

Elevation n/a

Timezone Europe/London

All facts

fields

Country: United Kingdom
Subdivision: England
Coords: 53.69°N / 1.31°W
UTC offset: +0
DST: Observed

Proximity

nearest 10 · within 50 km

NE Ferrybridge England 1,491 3.1 km

SW Featherstone England 11,060 3.3 km

SE Darrington England 1,182 3.4 km

NE Knottingley England 13,804 4.2 km

S Low Ackworth England 1,500 4.6 km

NE Byram England 1,406 5.0 km

NW Castleford England 45,106 5.1 km

N Fairburn England 819 6.2 km

W Normanton England 0 6.9 km

S Badsworth England 682 7.0 km

Air access

nearby

EGCJ

Sherburn-in-Elmet Airfield

Small airport

12.5 km

EGCM

Leeds East Airport

Medium airport

17.8 km

LBA

Leeds Bradford Airport

Large airport

30.1 km

EGNF

Netherthorpe Airfield

Small airport

42.3 km

FAQ

3 questions

What is the population of Pontefract?: 44,710 people, per GeoNames.
Which timezone is Pontefract in?: Europe/London.
Which country is Pontefract in?: United Kingdom (GB).

Get this page as JSON

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cURL 200 OK

$ curl https://api.cityapi.org/v1/cities/2640132

{
  "data": {
    "id": 2640132,
    "name": "Pontefract",
    "ascii_name": "Pontefract",
    "country_code": "GB",
    "population": 44710,
    "elevation": null,
    "timezone_id": "Europe/London",
    "feature_class": "P",
    "feature_code": "PPL",
    "latitude": 53.69107,
    "longitude": -1.31269
  }
}