Administrative division(s):

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

Current local time in Castleford:

05:01 AM, Thursday
Difference from your time zone: hours

Castleford on map:^[1]

Castleford GPS coordinates^[2]

53° 43' 33.132" North, 1° 21' 45.216" West

Map corner	latitude	longitude
Upper-left	54.13982°,	-2.06569°
Center:	53.72587°,	-1.36256°
Lower-right:	53.30781°,	-0.65944°
Map W x H:	92.5×92.5 km	= 57.5×57.5mi

max Lat:	60.39635°   ⇑25.7% North
Castleford:	53.72587°
min Lat:	⇓74.3% South 34.60088°

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min Long	Castleford	max Long
-7.64133°	-1.36256°	32.95536°
W 58.6%⇐		⇒41.4% E

Elevation

Elevation of Castleford is 15 m = 49 ft, and this is 57.9 m = 190 ft below average elevation for this country.

Max E:	515 m = 1690 ft	85.8%
Avg.	72.9 m = 239 ft
Castleford	15 m = 49 ft
Min E:	-30 m = -98 ft	14.2%

See also: Castleford elevation on elevation.city.

Geographical zone

Castleford is located in North temperate zone (between Tropic of Cancer and the Arctic Circle). Distance of this North polar circle is 1427.4 km =886.9 mi to North.

Distance of	km	miles	from Castleford
North Pole	4033.3	2506.2	to North
Arctic Circle	1427.4	886.9	to North
Tropic Cancer	3367.8	2092.7	to South
Equator	5973.8	3711.9	to South

Nearby cities:

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

• Byram 6.7 km =4.2 mi, 91°
• Darrington 8.3 km =5.2 mi, 132°
• Fairburn 5.6 km =3.5 mi, 68°
• Featherstone 5.5 km =3.4 mi, 175°
• Ferrybridge 5.7 km =3.5 mi, 107°
• Garforth 7.4 km =4.6 mi, 350°
• Kippax 4.6 km =2.9 mi, 353°
• Knottingley 7.3 km =4.5 mi, 106°
• Ledsham 5.5 km =3.4 mi, 40°
• Ledston 3.2 km =2 mi, 22°
• Methley 2.7 km =1.7 mi, 277°
• Normanton 4.6 km =2.9 mi, 231°
• Pontefract 5.1 km =3.2 mi, 139°
• Sharlston 7.1 km =4.4 mi, 207°
• Swillington 6 km =3.7 mi, 322°