Pontefract Castle
Wakefield, United Kingdom
Open to visitors
The interior is normally open, possibly ticketed.
Strollie cannot guarantee access — always check before you travel.
Pontefract Castle is a castle ruin in the town of Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England, founded in 1070 as a motte-and-bailey castle and now a scheduled monument. King Richard II is thought to have died there, and it was the site of a series of sieges during the 17th-century English Civil War. It is owned by the Duchy of Lancaster and managed by Wakefield Council.
- Built
- Type
- castle, museum, motte-and-bailey castle
- Heritage
- scheduled monument
- Place
- Wakefield, United Kingdom
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