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Knottingley
Knottingley est une ville de la Cité de Wakefield, dans le Yorkshire de l'Ouest, en Angleterre.
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Knottingley (electoral ward)
Knottingley is an electoral ward of the City of Wakefield district used for elections to Wakefield Metropolitan District Council.
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Knottingley
Knottingley is a town in the City of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England on the River Aire and the old A1 road before it was bypassed as the A1(M). Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it has a population of 13,503, increasing to 13,710 for the City of Wakefield ward at the 2011 Census. It makes up the majority of the Knottingley ward represented on Wakefield Council.
Until 1699, it was an important inland river port but, in that year, the Aire was made navigable as far as Leeds, which soon surpassed it. Knottingley continued as a centre for boat building into the 20th century. In the late 19th century, it started glass manufacturing. The town is served by Knottingley railway station.
After 1870, the town became known for glass manufacturing. In 1887, Bagley's Glassworks purchased the rights to the first bottle-making machine, invented by a Ferrybridge postmaster. There is a Bagley's Glass gallery in Pontefract Museum.
Close to Knottingley is Ferrybridge Power Station, which had the largest cooling towers of their kind in Europe. Three of these towers collapsed in high winds in 1965. The remaining towers, which could be seen for miles around, were demolished between 2019 and 2022.
The town was the last in the United Kingdom to have a working deep coal mine, Kellingley Colliery, until it closed in December 2015.
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Knottingley TMD
Knottingley TMD is a traction maintenance depot located in Knottingley, West Yorkshire, England. The depot is situated on the Pontefract Line and is near Knottingley station. It opened in 1967 to maintain the locomotives and hopper wagons for a planned 75 Merry-go-round trains a day, expected to use the Wakefield and Goole line.
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De Lacy Academy
De Lacy Academy, formerly Knottingley High School, is a mixed secondary school in Knottingley in the City of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England.
Previously a community school administered by Wakefield Council, Knottingley High School converted to academy status in April 2012 and was renamed De Lacy Academy. The school is part of Delta Academies Trust, but continues to coordinate with Wakefield Council for admissions.
In April 2022, De Lacy Academy achieved an Ofsted rating of outstanding.
The current principal is Richard Fieldhouse. The previous head was Helen O'Brien, who was appointed in 2023; she took over from Chris McCall.
De Lacy Academy offers GCSEs and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils.
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Knottingley Town Hall
Knottingley Town Hall is a municipal building in Weeland Road, Knottingley, West Yorkshire, England. The structure, which served as the headquarters of Knottingley Urban District Council, now operates as a community centre.