Administrative division(s):

• Level 1: England
• Level 2: City and Borough of Wakefield

Current local time in Pontefract:

05:50 PM, Friday
Difference from your time zone: hours

Pontefract on map:^[1]

Pontefract GPS coordinates^[2]

53° 41' 27.852" North, 1° 18' 45.684" West

Map corner	latitude	longitude
Upper-left	54.10536°,	-2.01582°
Center:	53.69107°,	-1.31269°
Lower-right:	53.27266°,	-0.60957°
Map W x H:	92.6×92.6 km	= 57.5×57.5mi

max Lat:	60.39635°   ⇑26.5% North
Pontefract:	53.69107°
min Lat:	⇓73.5% South 34.60088°

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min Long	Pontefract	max Long
-7.64133°	-1.31269°	32.95536°
W 59.9%⇐		⇒40.1% E

Elevation

Elevation of Pontefract is 69 m = 226 ft, and this is 3.9 m = 13 ft below average elevation for this country.

Max E:	515 m = 1690 ft	44.7%
Avg.	72.9 m = 239 ft
Pontefract	69 m = 226 ft
Min E:	-30 m = -98 ft	55.3%

See also: Pontefract elevation on elevation.city.

Geographical zone

Pontefract is located in North temperate zone (between Tropic of Cancer and the Arctic Circle). Distance of this North polar circle is 1431.3 km =889.4 mi to North.

Distance of	km	miles	from Pontefract
North Pole	4037.2	2508.6	to North
Arctic Circle	1431.3	889.4	to North
Tropic Cancer	3364	2090.3	to South
Equator	5969.9	3709.5	to South

Nearby cities:

15 places around Pontefract: (largest is in red/bold)

• Badsworth 7 km =4.3 mi, 173°
• Byram 5 km =3.1 mi, 42°
• Castleford 5.1 km =3.2 mi, 319°
• Darrington 3.3 km =2.1 mi, 120°
• Fairburn 6.2 km =3.9 mi, 17°
• Featherstone 3.3 km =2.1 mi, 241°
• Ferrybridge 3.1 km =1.9 mi, 45°
• Fitzwilliam 7.7 km =4.8 mi, 213°
• Knottingley 4.1 km =2.5 mi, 63°
• Ledsham 8 km =5 mi, 1°
• Ledston 7.1 km =4.4 mi, 343°
• Low Ackworth 4.6 km =2.9 mi, 188°
• Methley 7.3 km =4.5 mi, 305°
• Normanton 6.9 km =4.3 mi, 278°
• Sharlston 7 km =4.3 mi, 250°