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New house next to the Taj Mahal
The estate agent's copy writes itself! The plot next to this suburban takeaway in Castleford appears blank in a 2016 Streetview image, and in fact the building appears to be a pair of shop units, not yet let, with flats over, rather than entirely residential. Planning application ref. 16_02709.
Image: © Stephen Craven
Taken: 21 Mar 2022
0.10 miles
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Playing fields, Queen's Park
A pair of horse-riders pass a pair of containers on the level hilltop recreation ground.
Image: © Derek Harper
Taken: 5 Jan 2014
0.12 miles
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Western roundabout on Queen's Park Drive
The road runs east-west across the grid square and includes two of these large roundabouts (about 60m diameter, or 100m between facing houses). There are no side roads at this point, so the point of the roundabouts is not clear. The 1950s 6-inch map shows tree symbols, but any trees have since been removed and not replaced.
Image: © Stephen Craven
Taken: 21 Mar 2022
0.12 miles
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Hastings Crescent, Airedale (aerial)
Flying over one of Castleford's large estates, I thought this made a very interesting photo, showing both the imaginative layout of the streets and the feeling of open spaces, even within the town. The Y-fronts design of the green in the centre only adds to the ambience I feel.
Image: © Paul Johnston-Knight
Taken: 17 Sep 2005
0.13 miles
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Saxon Way
Abandoned road in the former housing estate, looking west toward Heald Wood.
Image: © David Pickersgill
Taken: 26 May 2009
0.13 miles
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Shops on the corner of Redhill Drive
Currently comprising a barber, Premier convenience store and a hair salon.
Image: © Stephen Craven
Taken: 21 Mar 2022
0.14 miles
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Saxon Way
An estate of prefabricated houses built around 1970, overlooking Wheldale Colliery, which began going downhill within a decade when the sons of the miners started moving direct from school to the dole queue. Beset by the consequent social problems, by the late 1980s no-one wanted to live there and it was demolished in the early 1990s.
Image: © David Pickersgill
Taken: 26 May 2009
0.15 miles
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Corner of Queen's Park, Castleford
Image: © Chris Heaton
Taken: 1 Aug 2025
0.19 miles
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Car park and garages off Stansfield Road, Airedale
Providing vehicular access to several small groups of houses; the ones at the far end are on Wharfe Way, a sort of distributor footpath for this development.
Image: © Richard Vince
Taken: 28 Nov 2015
0.22 miles
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Crisp Winters morning
Looking East from top footpath towards Ferrybridge power station
Image: © Bruce Thomas
Taken: 5 Feb 2007
0.22 miles