Visit Ferrybridge Places

Welcome to Visit Ferrybridge Places
The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Ferrybridge

  

Ferrybridge Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Ferrybridge

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Ferrybridge history

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Ferrybridge stands where the Great North Road crosses the River Aire. In 1198, a bridge was built over the river and a toll was paid to cross it until 1810. In 1461, on the eve of the battle of nearby Towton, an engagement between the Lancastrians and Yorkists ended in a Lancastrian victory, and Lord Fitzwalter, the Yorkist leader was killed in the Battle of Ferrybridge. By the end of the Industrial Revolution, Ferrybridge had become a centre for glass production.

You can visit Ferrybridge places with Walkfo Ferrybridge to hear history at Ferrybridge’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Ferrybridge has 45 places to visit in our interactive Ferrybridge map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Ferrybridge, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Ferrybridge places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Ferrybridge & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 45 audio facts unique to Ferrybridge places in an interactive Ferrybridge map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Ferrybridge Places Map
45 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Ferrybridge historic spots	Ferrybridge tourist destinations	Ferrybridge plaques	Ferrybridge geographic features
Walkfo Ferrybridge tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Ferrybridge

  

Best Ferrybridge places to visit

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Ferrybridge has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Ferrybridge’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Ferrybridge’s information audio spots:

Battle of Ferrybridge Battle of Ferrybridge, 28 March 1461, was a preliminary engagement between the houses of York and Lancaster before the larger battle of Towton. The battle was fought during the period now known as the Wars of the Roses.

Brotherton Brotherton is a village and civil parish in the Selby District of North Yorkshire. The village is on a border with the City of Wakefield and West Yorkshire.

Pontefract Museum Pontefract Museum is a local museum in West Yorkshire. The collections cover archaeology, archives, decorative and applied art, fine art, photographs and social history.

Pontefract Collieries F.C. Pontefract Collieries Football Club is a semi-professional football club. The team currently plays in the Northern Premier League Division One East. Founded in 1958 and nicknamed ‘The Colls’, they have traditional local rivalries with neighbours Glasshoughton Welfare, Hemsworth Miners Welfare and Selby Town.

Airedale and Ferry Fryston Airedale and Ferry Fryston is an electoral ward of the City of Wakefield district. It is used for elections to Wakefield Metropolitan District Council.

Fairburn Ings RSPB reserve Fairburn Ings Nature Reserve is a protected area in West Yorkshire, England. The reserve has recorded around 280 bird species, remarkable for an inland site in the UK.

St Botolph’s Church, Knottingley Church of St Botolph, Knottingley, West Yorkshire, is an active Anglican parish church in the archdeaconry of York and the Diocese of Leeds. The church is named after St. Botolph.

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