10 Facts About Castleford

Castleford is a town within the City of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England.

Castleford is the largest town in the Wakefield district after Wakefield itself.

Castleford is home to the rugby league Super League team Castleford Tigers.

Queen's Park in Castleford provides evidence of Roundhouses used by the Anglo Saxons.

Castleford has previously been home to Dunsford and Wesley Textiles, which at peak business times had three factories in Castleford which have all since ceased production.

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Castleford was established as an urban district, in the administrative county of the West Riding of Yorkshire in 1894 under the Local Government Act 1894, with an urban district council.

Castleford had a second service to Leeds that left eastwards and swung north onto the former Castleford–Garforth line, which would see services calling at Ledston and Kippax, before arriving in Garforth and continuing to Leeds.

The local team, Castleford Tigers was formed in 1926, Castleford was one of the twelve founder members of Super League when the new league format was introduced in 1996.

From June 1979 to July 1980, Castleford had its own Speedway racing team, The Kings, based at the Castleford Whitwood Stadium.

Castleford hosted two greyhound tracks both of which are no longer in existence.