| Glasshoughton | |
|---|---|
 Glasshoughton Wheel of Light | |
  Glasshoughton Location within West Yorkshire | |
| Metropolitan borough | |
| Metropolitan county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | CASTLEFORD |
| Postcode district | WF10 |
| Dialling code | 01977 |
| Police | West Yorkshire |
| Fire | West Yorkshire |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
| UK Parliament | |
Glasshoughton is a neighbourhood of Castleford in West Yorkshire, England, that borders on Pontefract. The appropriate Wakefield ward is called Castleford Central and Glasshoughton. It is home to the Xscape leisure centre and ski slope, the Junction 32 Outlet Shopping Village, a B&Q, a hotel, several pubs and a number of fast food restaurants, which were built on the site of the former Glasshoughton Colliery and coke coking plant.[1] This area also contains the Glasshoughton Wheel of Light, a former pit winding wheel now made into a sculpture as a memorial to the miners of Glasshoughton.[2]
The area is next to Junction 32 of the M62 motorway and the Glasshoughton railway station.
There are several pubs, takeaways, a parade of shops, and a Asda superstore. Next to Asda, on part of the colliery site, is the Castleford Campus of Wakefield College.
The local football team is Glasshoughton Welfare F.C., for whom former Liverpool F.C. goalkeeper, Bruce Grobbelaar made one fund-raising appearance in 2007.
- ^ "Glasshoughton". Waystone. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
- ^ Wheel of Light a shining tribute to mining history Yorkshire Evening Post 7 December 2005. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
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