Mary Towneley Loop, Knottingley
#1 among attractions in Knottingley
Facts and practical information
The Mary Towneley Loop is a 47-mile circular route that forms part of the Pennine Bridleway National Trail, along the borders of Lancashire and Yorkshire. The loop was opened in 2002, the first section of the Pennine Bridleway. ()
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Mary Towneley Loop – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)
Nearby attractions include: Pontefract Castle, St Giles' Church, Pontefract Market Hall, Pontefract Town Hall.
- 3 miW11th-century fort with military store
Pontefract Castle, Pontefract
76 min walk • Pontefract Castle is a castle ruin in the town of Pontefract, in West Yorkshire, England. King Richard II is thought to have died there. It was the site of a series of famous sieges during the 17th-century English Civil War.
- 3.3 miWChurch
St Giles' Church, Pontefract
85 min walk • The Church of the St. Giles' in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England is an active Anglican parish church in the archdeaconry of Leeds and the Diocese of Leeds. The church is Grade II* listed. St Giles is one of two Anglican churches in the town centre; the other being All Saints' which united into one benefice in June 2019.
- 3.3 miWMarket, Shopping
Pontefract Market Hall, Pontefract
85 min walk • Pontefract Market Hall is a market hall in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England. It was completed in 1860. Pontefract market takes place both in the hall and on the Market Place on which the hall is situated.
- 3.2 miWCity hall
Pontefract Town Hall, Pontefract
83 min walk • Pontefract Town Hall is a town hall in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England. It was completed in 1882. It is now owned and used by Wakefield Council as a registry office. The building has been Grade II listed since 15 November 1988.
- 3.3 miWSpecialty museum, Museum, Art Nouveau architecture
Pontefract Museum, Pontefract
85 min walk • Pontefract Museum is a local museum in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England. The collections cover archaeology, archives, decorative and applied art, fine art, photographs and social history.
- 3 miWChurch
Micklegate Methodist Church, Pontefract
78 min walk • Micklegate Methodist Church is an active Methodist Church of Great Britain church in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England.
- 3.3 miWLibrary
Pontefract Library, Pontefract
86 min walk • Pontefract Library is a public library in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England. The present day building is notable as one of the last examples of architecture by John...
- 5.1 miWBridge
Tickle Cock Bridge, Castleford
129 min walk • Tickle Cock Bridge is a pedestrian underpass in Castleford, England, under a railway line originally built by the York and North Midland Railway between York and Normanton.
- 5.2 miWChurch
Trinity Methodist Church, Castleford
132 min walk • Trinity Methodist Church, Castleford is located in Castleford, Wakefield District, West Yorkshire, England. The church is part of the Aire and Calder Methodist Circuit in the Yorkshire West District. The current Johannus Sweelinck 30 3-manual digital organ was installed in the church in the year 2000.
- 3.3 miWChurch
Pontefract Hospital, Pontefract
84 min walk • Pontefract Hermitage is a medieval hermitage situated below the old Southgate entrance to the General Infirmary in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England. It is a grade I listed structure. The retreat consists of two chambers carved out of sandstone, side by side but on different levels.
- 4.7 miWSport complex, Arenas and stadiums, Sport
The Jungle, Castleford
122 min walk • Wheldon Road is the home ground of Castleford Tigers Rugby league Club in Castleford, West Yorkshire, England. It is on Wheldon Road, just outside Castleford town centre. The record attendance of 25,449 was for a Challenge Cup match in 1935.