Lofthouse, West Yorkshire

For Lofthouse in Nidderdale, in the West Riding of Yorkshire until 1974, see Lofthouse, North Yorkshire.

Lofthouse
Christ Church, Lofthouse
Lofthouse is located in Leeds
Lofthouse
Lofthouse
Lofthouse is located in West Yorkshire
Lofthouse
Lofthouse
Location within West Yorkshire
OS grid referenceSE332257
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townWAKEFIELD
Postcode districtWF3
Dialling code01924
PoliceWest Yorkshire
FireWest Yorkshire
AmbulanceYorkshire
List of places
UK
England
Yorkshire
53°43′36″N 1°29′54″W / 53.72665°N 1.49829°W / 53.72665; -1.49829

Lofthouse is a village between the cities of Wakefield and Leeds in West Yorkshire, England.[1] The village falls within the Ardsley and Robin Hood ward of the City of Leeds Council. It is in the City of Leeds metropolitan borough but with a Wakefield postal address (WF3). It is mentioned as Locthuse, also as Loftose in the 1086 Domesday Book.[2]

Lofthouse has good road connections to its nearby boroughs as well as to the rest of Northern England. It can be found on the main A61 Leeds-Wakefield road and off junction 29 of the M62 and junction 42 of the M1, known locally as the Lofthouse interchange. Lofthouse Gate and Outwood are neighbouring villages on the A61 towards Wakefield and are in the Wakefield Metropolitan Area. Towards Leeds there is the village of Robin Hood.

There are two churches, Christ Church (Church of England) and Lofthouse Methodist Church,[3] a doctor's surgery [4] and the Rodillian Academy. Lofthouse Children's Centre [5] is located in the Rodillian Academy grounds.[6] The old co-operative building, just off the main A61 on Co-operative Street, is now occupied by Chill Beauty. [7]

Lofthouse is often erroneously believed to be the scene of the Lofthouse Colliery disaster, which took place in 1973. The disaster actually took place beneath a field near the village of Kirkhamgate, where a new coalface was being worked.

  1. ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 104 Leeds & Bradford (Harrogate & Ilkley) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2014. ISBN 9780319231654.
  2. ^ Loftose in the Domesday Book. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  3. ^ Lofthouse Methodist Church
  4. ^ Lofthouse Surgery
  5. ^ Lofthouse Children's Centre
  6. ^ Leeds City Council, [https://familyinformation.leeds.gov.uk/childrens-centres/south-leeds-childrens-centres/lofthouse-childrens-centre Lofthouse Children's Centre, accessed 17 March 2022
  7. ^ Chill Beauty