Lofthouse, Leeds
- Not to be confused with Lofthouse, Nidderdale
| Lofthouse | |
| Yorkshire West Riding | |
|---|---|
 Christ Church, Lofthouse | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SE332257 |
| Location: | 53°43’36"N, 1°29’54"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Wakefield |
| Postcode: | WF3 |
| Dialling code: | 01924 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Leeds |
Lofthouse is a village in the West Riding of Yorkshire, in the urban sprawl and sitting between the cities of Wakefield and Leeds. It appears as Locthuse, also as Loftose in the Domesday Book of 1086.[1]
Lofthouse has good road connections to its nearby towns. It can be found on the main A61 Leeds-Wakefield road and off junction 29 of the M62 and junction 42 of the M1, known locally as the Lofthouse interchange. Lofthouse Gate and Outwood are neighbouring villages on the A61 towards Wakefield. Towards Leeds there is the village of Robin Hood.
The village has two churches: Christ Church (Church of England) and Lofthouse Methodist Church,[2]
Lofthouse is often reported to have been the scene of the Lofthouse Colliery disaster, which took place in 1973. The disaster actually took place beneath a field near the village of Kirkhamgate, where a new coalface was being worked.
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