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Castleford has featured as the fictional town of " Denton " in ITV's A Touch of Frost, starring David Jason, using local businesses and staff as extras.
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Queens Park in Castleford has two circles which could be the remnants of round houses used by early Anglo Saxons.
The company has two factories in the UK-the one in Castleford makes the firm's signature raincoats.
Castleford has one of the district's most historic parks-Queens Park on Ferrybridge Road-built to commemorate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee in 1897.
Castleford has a 24 hour Asda which is situated close to the Xscape complex in the suburb of Glasshoughton.
Castleford also has a College, Whitwood Centre is part of Wakefield College.
Castleford also has two other lower league rugby league teams, Castleford Lock Lane ARLFC and Castleford Panthers ( based at Raglan Close ).
Yvette Cooper ( born 20 March 1969 ) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament ( MP ) for Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford since 2010, having previously been MP for Pontefract and Castleford since 1997.
It has been speculated that the village cross in the centre of the village was constructed by the same Isabella de Castleford who built the chapel in the church possibly dating the cross at around 1340.
When the Super League competition has been proposed, it was suggested Castleford merge with Wakefield Trinity and Featherstone Rovers to form ' Calder '.
James Ford is a winger who has signed a one year deal at Castleford from Sheffield Eagles in the National League One.
Leaving Castleford Tigers will be Peter Lupton, who is now going to be joining Crusaders, Andrew Henderson ; Castlefords captain both times they were relegated into the National League set up has been let go and his joining Gateshead Thunder to add to the already big number of ex-Castleford players.
Junction 31 of the M62 is close by and the Glasshoughton Link Road has improved access to Wakefield and Castleford and relieved congestion on the M62.
The Line, which passes through the former mining areas to the east of Wakefield and Castleford, has the greatest number of stations opened by the West Yorkshire Metro.
I've known Craig for a number of years through his involvement at Castleford Tigers and I have been impressed with what he has achieved there.
Widders lost form remarkably in 2008 and played most of the year for NSW Cup side North Sydney before being released 1 year early and signing for Castleford Tigers in England where he has played since 2009
In 2010 Roberts has been in scintillating form scoring in all but 3 of his 10 appearances for Wigan including a hat-trick away at Castleford Tigers.
Metro, the West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive, has been developing plans to relocate Castleford bus station to a new site next to the railway station, and to create a fully integrated and staffed transport interchange.
Castleford and town
This new influx of settlers led to the official founding of Castleford in 1907. Business there continued to remain prosperous until the Great Depression, at which point Ferguson Fruit and Land became bankrupt and the town was almost abandoned.
The town is home to the rugby league Super League team Castleford Tigers.
The town is covered by three electoral wards ; Whitwood, Castleford Central and Glasshoughton, and Airedale and Ferry Fryston.
Castleford offers the nearest available shopping for residents of the new Allerton Bywater Millennium Community, to the north of the town across the River Aire.
The town is also home to Castleford Academy ; a secondary school for children aged 11 – 16.
Castleford is a rugby league town.
Rugby league in the town was originally represented by Castleford, who were unrelated to Castleford RUFC who did not participate in The schism in English rugby and still exist, nor were they predecessors of the current Castleford Tigers who were founded in 1926.
The river is renamed the River Say, with Great and Little Shelford becoming Great and Little Barley, and Cambridge becoming " Castleford " ( not to be confused with the real town of the same name in West Yorkshire ).
The English town of Castleford, West Yorkshire, is now built on what was the fort.
* Castleford, a common abbreviation for the town in West Yorkshire, UK
The Romans were active in the area around Ackworth with the nearby town of Castleford being the location of Lagentium, a Roman fort.
The town is still accessible via Normanton railway station and is currently served by an unmanned island platform station with regular trains to Leeds, Castleford, Wakefield and Sheffield Meadowhall Interchange.
The town rail link to Kippax and Castleford was closed under the Beeching Axe of the 1960s.
* In 2004 he carried out an important study in to the quality of the public realm in London, commissioned by Transport for London and supported City of Wakefield and the town of Castleford in developing and delivering better public spaces, as part of an initiative known as " The Castleford Project ".
Castleford railway station is an unstaffed railway station serving the town of Castleford in West Yorkshire.
Castleford and David
On October 1, 2011, David Hasselhoff attended Knightcon 2011 at Xscape, Castleford, UK, with girlfriend Hayley Roberts.
* David Bates ( rugby league ), rugby league footballer for Ireland, Warrington Wolves, Castleford Tigers, Gateshead Thunder, Halifax, and York City Knights
Castleford and using
* 1 to Leeds via Barnsley and Castleford using Class 144.
Castleford and local
The local MP is Yvette Cooper for Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford.
The local team, Castleford Tigers, were relegated from the UK's top division, Super League, after the 2006 season, but were promoted back for the 2008 season, after Grand Final victory over the Widnes Vikings and are now established in the sports top flight.
The Yorkshire Sculpture Park, consists of of landscaped ground with a large collection of sculptures including some by Elisabeth Frink, some by Auguste Rodin, and others by local sculptors Barbara Hepworth, born in Wakefield, and Henry Moore, born in Castleford.
The local ex-miner and former local NUM branch leader Geoff Lofthouse was MP for the former constituency of Pontefract and Castleford from 1978 to 1997.
Pontefract's local newspaper is the Pontefract and Castleford Express.
Other programs, such as that in Castleford in the UK and known as The Castleford Project seek to establish a process of urban renewal which enables local citizens to have greater control and ownership of the direction of their community and the way in which it overcomes market failure.
As well as news, Ridings FM covers local sports teams from the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats, Castleford Tigers and Featherstone Rovers in rugby league, to Ossett Albion, Ossett Town, Frickley Athletic and Wakefield F. C.
Following a nail-biting extra-time golden point win over local rivals, Castleford Tigers in the Challenge Cup, Leeds began to hit form.
The Tigers were hopeful he would join the club soon, and indeed he did after enlisting the help of local MP to the Pontefract and Castleford constituency, Yvette Cooper.
Their local rivals are Castleford Tigers & Wakefield Trinity Wildcats, although they have developed a Championship rivalry with Halifax RLFC.
Featherstone Rovers were asked to merge with local rivals Castleford and Wakefield Trinity to form a new club, Calder, which would compete in the Super League.
On 14 April 2012 Featherstone beat their local rivals Castleford Tigers 23-16 in the Challenge Cup 4th Round.
Craig joined the club from local neighbours Castleford Tigers RLFC where he was Head of Commercial Sales for the previous 5 years.
Many large towns with rugby league traditions do not have football teams as a result of the monopoly on local interest: for example, St Helens, Whitehaven, Warrington, Keighley, Castleford, Dewsbury, Batley and, until recently, Wakefield.
After finishing his playing career, having been capped twice by England whilst at Blackburn, Ripley set up the Castleford Physiotherapy & Sports Injury Clinic, providing physiotherapy to nearby rugby league teams, as well as local football teams.
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