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Featherstone railway station serves the town of Featherstone in West Yorkshire, England. It lies on the Pontefract Line, operated by Northern, 6 miles (10 km) east of Wakefield Kirkgate railway station. The current station was opened by West Yorkshire Metro on 12 May 1992 when the line between Wakefield and Pontefract was reopened. A previous station on the same site had been closed in January 1967 when passenger services between Wakefield and Pontefract were withdrawn as a result of the Beeching Axe.

The Featherstone Academy is a coeducational secondary school with academy status located in Featherstone in the English county of West Yorkshire.Formerly known as Featherstone High School, it became a specialist Technology College in 2005 and was renamed Featherstone Technology College. In 2012 the school converted to academy status and was renamed the Purston E-ACT Academy. E-ACT were the previous sponsor of the academy, but in 2014 the school changed sponsor to the Rodillian Multi Academy Trust and was renamed the Featherstone Academy. The Rodillian Multi Academy Trust also includes the Rodillian Academy, Southway, BBG Academy and Brayton Academy.

St Wilfrid's Catholic High School is a mixed secondary school and sixth form with academy status located in Featherstone, West Yorkshire, England. It has Vocational specialisms.

West Hardwick is a village and civil parish in the City of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England. It has a population of 29. Until 1974 it formed part of Hemsworth Rural District. The population at the 2011 Census remained minimal. Details are included in the parish of Hessle and Hill Top.

Ackton is a hamlet in the parish of Featherstone, in the Wakefield district of West Yorkshire, England. It is near Pontefract. In 1931 the parish had a population of 961.

Featherstone is a town and civil parish in the City of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, two miles south-west of Pontefract. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, in 2011 it had a population of 15,244. Featherstone railway station is on the Pontefract Line.

Hessle and Hill Top is a civil parish in the City of Wakefield district of West Yorkshire, England. Scattered settlement in the rural parish includes the hamlet of Hessle, which lies about 1 mile (1.6 km) northwest of the village of Ackworth Moor Top and 3+1⁄2 miles (6 km) southwest of the town of Pontefract. At the 2011 census the parish was grouped with the small neighbouring parish of West Hardwick, and a combined population of 138 was recorded.

Pontefract Barracks is a former military installation in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England.

Pontefract Racecourse is a thoroughbred horse racing venue located in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England.

Pontefract and District Girls High School (aka Pontefract Girls' High School) was a grammar school for girls in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England.

New College is a coeducational, sixth form college in Pontefract in West Yorkshire, England. It acquired academy status in 2017, forming a trust to open colleges in other areas, called the New Collaborative Learning Trust. At its Ofsted inspection in 2014 it was rated outstanding. In 2023 it was again rated outstanding.

Glasshoughton railway station serves Glasshoughton, Castleford in West Yorkshire, England. It lies on the Pontefract Line, operated by Northern, 12 miles (19 km) south-east of Leeds. It was opened by West Yorkshire Metro on 21 February 2005. It is located near to the Xscape indoor ski slope and leisure complex near Castleford, all of which occupy the former site of Glasshoughton Colliery which ceased winding coal in 1986.Demand for the new station was seriously under-estimated by Metro. For example, passenger journeys in 2008/09 were forecast to be 50,989 but were actually 135,279. This was chiefly because usage was modelled on the basis of demand for travel by current local residents and businesses only. No attempt was made to estimate possible travel to the station for local retail and leisure attractions, nor possible travel by people driving to the 100-space car park on a park and ride basis, e.g. from the nearby M62. Demand from future residential developments at Glasshoughton was also ignored.