Featherstone

Featherstone
Station Lane, Featherstone
Featherstone Location within West Yorkshire
Population	15,244 (2011 census)
OS grid reference	SE424206
Civil parish	Featherstone
Metropolitan borough	City of Wakefield
Metropolitan county	West Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	PONTEFRACT
Postcode district	WF7
Dialling code	01977
Police	West Yorkshire
Fire	West Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
UK Parliament	Normanton and Hemsworth
List of places UK England Yorkshire 53°42′N 1°22′W / 53.70°N 1.37°W / 53.70; -1.37

Featherstone is a town and civil parish in the City of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, two miles south-west of Pontefract. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, in 2011 it had a population of 15,244.^[1] Featherstone railway station is on the Pontefract Line.