Airedale Academy

Airedale Academy (formerly known as Airedale High School) is a secondary school and sixth form on Crewe Road in a suburb of Castleford in West Yorkshire, England. Castleford Academy Trust recently merged with Northern Ambition Academies Trust. Castleford Academy Trust now has 9 schools. 3 secondary Academies and 6 Primary.

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Ferry Fryston

Ferry Fryston is a suburb of the town of Castleford, in the City of Wakefield district, of West Yorkshire, England. The appropriate ward is called Airedale and Ferry Fryston. Ferry Fryston was an ancient parish in the wapentake of Osgoldcross in the West Riding of Yorkshire. Until the 19th century the parish surrounded 48 small detached parts (mostly field strips) of the parish of Pontefract. The parish also included the hamlets of Water Frystone, Wheldale, and Ferrybridge. The parish became a civil parish in 1866. The civil parish was abolished on 1 April 1938. Most of the civil parish was absorbed into the civil parishes of Castleford and Knottingley, with smaller areas going to the civil parishes of Pontefract and Fairburn. In 1931 the parish had a population of 7,166. Coal mines existed within the boundaries of the former parish in New Fryston, locally known as Fryston Pit, and in Wheldale. The former closed in 1985. The area where the mine once stood has now been re-developed. Wakefield Metropolitan District Council approved plans in November 2007 for 150 new dwellings, parkland and public open space. The dwellings have still yet to be built. Wheldale colliery closed in 1987. Its buildings above ground have been demolished. The areas of both collieries have been subject to land remediation work. Most homes in the area were homes of local miners. Local authority housing was transferred in 2005 to a charitable community benefit organisation, Wakefield District Housing.

Airedale, Castleford

Airedale is a suburb in the town of Castleford, West Yorkshire, England. It consists mainly of Local Authority Housing. It borders with Ferry Fryston. The ward of the City of Wakefield called Airedale and Ferry Fryston had a population of 14,811 at the 2011 Census. The River Aire runs in close proximity to Airedale and is thought to get its name from there. The area attracted much media attention in November 1984, when a local strikebreaker named Michael Fletcher was savagely beaten by a group of pickets during the UK miners' strike (1984-1985). A masked gang waving baseball bats invaded his house and beat him for five minutes, whilst his pregnant wife and two children hid upstairs. Two miners from Wakefield were later convicted of causing grievous bodily harm in the incident, whereas four others were acquitted of riot and assault.

Pontefract and Castleford (UK Parliament constituency)

Pontefract and Castleford was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom until the 2010 general election. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

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Airedale and Ferry Fryston

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