| Pontefract | |
|---|---|
| Town | |
 Top left, clockwise: Old Town Hall, All Saints' Church, Pontefract Castle, Market Place, The Buttercross and St Giles' Church and Pontefract Racecourse. | |
  Pontefract Location within West Yorkshire | |
| Population | 30,881 (North+South Wards 2011) |
| OS grid reference | SE455215 |
| • London | 257 mi (414 km) |
| Metropolitan borough | |
| Metropolitan county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | PONTEFRACT |
| Postcode district | WF8 |
| Dialling code | 01977 |
| Police | West Yorkshire |
| Fire | West Yorkshire |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
| UK Parliament | |
Pontefract is a historic market town in the City of Wakefield, a metropolitan district in West Yorkshire, England. It lies to the east of Wakefield and south of Castleford. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is one of the towns in the City of Wakefield district and had a population of 30,881 at the 2011 Census.[1][2] Pontefract's motto is Post mortem patris pro filio, Latin for "After the death of the father, support the son", a reference to the town's Royalist sympathies in the English Civil War.[3] Small villages and settlements in the immediate area include Stapleton.
- ^ "Pontefract South Ward population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
- ^ "Pontefract North Ward population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
- ^ Padgett 170