Town or village· Postcode WF11
Ferrybridge
West Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber · population 1,491 · Photo: Wikimedia Commons
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Days out around Ferrybridge – castles, lakes, hills, nature reserves and more, including 3 in Ferrybridge itself. Each comes with a description, photo, address and map where available.
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🏰 Castles & stately homes
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🏞️ Lakes & lochs
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⛰️ Hills & peaks
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🌿 Nature reserves
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🏛️ Museums
Pontefract Museum
Pontefract · 1.9 miles
A former Carnegie library now serves as Pontefract Museum, occupying an Art Nouveau building in the centre of Pontefract, West Yorkshire. Designed by George Pennington and opened as a library in 1904, the structure was repurposed for museum use in 1975 after a new library was erected elsewhere. The conversion retained the tiled entrance hall and original furnishings, and the building was entered on the Grade II listed register at the time of its reopening in March 1975. The museum is managed by Wakefield Museums & Castles, offers free admission and provides step-free access throughout, with toilets available on the premises. The displays focus on the town’s archaeological, artistic and social heritage. Exhibits include material from Pontefract Castle and the nearby St John’s Priory, notably the Ackworth Hoard of almost six hundred Civil War-era coins. The collection also illustrates the local liquorice trade, featuring packaging from the famous Pontefract Cakes factories and the sealed ballot box from the country’s first secret ballot in 1872. Additional highlights trace the town’s mining past, decorative and applied arts, fine art, photographs and printed ephemera. Three permanent exhibition spaces house these items, while a separate area accommodates temporary shows, and a reference room preserves archival documents relating to Pontefract’s history.
Salter Row, Pontefract WF8 1AP
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🌳 Parks & gardens
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Pontefract Park
Pontefract · 1.9 miles
Pontefract Park
Pontefract · 2.5 miles
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🗿 Monuments & memorials
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🏚️ Ruins
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🏺 Archaeological sites
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🛝 Playgrounds
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