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Squires Cafe Bar
One of Yorkshire's most famous biker cafes near Sherburn-in-Elmet, hosting regular bike nights and rallies.
9 km · about 15 min drive
England, United Kingdom · Europe
Knottingley works well as a base: 5 minutes from Darrington, 44km from Holme Moss.
Knottingley is a town located in England, United Kingdom. With a population of 13,804, it is an important destination in Europe.
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Knottingley is a town in the City of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England. It lies on the river Aire and the old A1 road before it was bypassed as the A1(M). Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it has a population of 13,503, increasing to 13,710 for the City of Wakefield ward at the 2011 Census. It makesRead more
up the majority of the Knottingley ward represented on Wakefield Council.
Close to Knottingley is Ferrybridge Power Station, which had the largest cooling towers of their kind in Europe. Three of these towers collapsed in high winds in 1965. The remaining towers, which could be seen for miles around, were demolished between 2019 and 2022. The town was the last in the United Kingdom to have a working deep coal mine, Kellingley Colliery, until it closed in December 2015.
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Knottingley is located in England, United Kingdom, Europe. The coordinates are 53.7078 latitude, -1.2564 longitude.
Knottingley has a population of approximately 13,804 people, making it a town in United Kingdom.
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cafe
One of Yorkshire's most famous biker cafes near Sherburn-in-Elmet, hosting regular bike nights and rallies.
9 km · about 15 min drive
museum
500 acres of 18th-century parkland near Wakefield displaying open-air work by Henry Moore, Barbara Hepworth and changing international artists.
23 km · about 25 min drive
racetrack
The longest hillclimb course in England at 1,598 yards, climbing Yorkshire moorland on the Harewood estate with sweeping open views over Wharfedale from the spectator banks.
27 km · about 30 min drive
photogenic
Medieval York street where overhanging timber-framed shops nearly touch across the lane, some dating to the 14th century. Once a row of butchers' shops; the meat-hooks and wide sill-boards survive.
30 km · about 35 min drive
cathedral
One of the largest Gothic cathedrals in Northern Europe, famous for its medieval stained glass.
31 km · about 35 min drive
cafe
Yorkshire tea-room institution founded by Swiss confectioner Frederick Belmont in 1919, still family-owned and famous for Fat Rascals and its art-deco interior inspired by the Queen Mary liner.
37 km · about 45 min drive
mountain pass
A 524 m Pennine pass on the A6024 topped by a landmark transmitter mast, a celebrated cycling climb used in the 2014 Tour de France.
44 km · about 50 min drive
landmark
A monumental stone dam used by 617 Squadron to practise for the Dambusters raid, with twin towers above the Upper Derwent Valley.
46 km · about 55 min drive
April to October
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