Castleford is a lovely town about 10 miles south of leeds, located in yorkshire, it is home of the castleford tigers, who play in the superleague, and my friend is married to one of the players, the town resides 40,000 people all cool except for one person laura, Castleford is one of the five towns within the metropolitan borough of the City of Wakefield, it is near to pontefract.
Notable people
The sculptor Henry Moore was born in Castleford, the son of a miner; some of his work can be seen at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park at West Bretton.
Sir John Harman, former Chairman of the UK Environment Agency was born in the town.
In the BBC series Who Do You Think You Are? it was revealed that the ancestors of writer and broadcaster Jeremy Clarkson lived in Castleford and ran a factory producing Kilner pottery.
Viz Comic of Newcastle has two contributors from Castleford - Andy Hepworth and Carl Hollingsworth. One of Viz comics main artists is Pontefract's Simon Thorp.
Novelist Peter Robinson was born in Castleford
Notable people
The sculptor Henry Moore was born in Castleford, the son of a miner; some of his work can be seen at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park at West Bretton.
Sir John Harman, former Chairman of the UK Environment Agency was born in the town.
In the BBC series Who Do You Think You Are? it was revealed that the ancestors of writer and broadcaster Jeremy Clarkson lived in Castleford and ran a factory producing Kilner pottery.
Viz Comic of Newcastle has two contributors from Castleford - Andy Hepworth and Carl Hollingsworth. One of Viz comics main artists is Pontefract's Simon Thorp.
Novelist Peter Robinson was born in Castleford
by rangi chase July 25, 2009