Castleford, West Yorkshire | Town Centre Walk 2020

Join me for a walk around the town centre of Castleford, a place full of history and one of Yorkshire's most underrated towns. Dating back almost 2,000 years to the Roman era, Castleford has been through so much over its history, becoming a centre for glass, coal and clay production in the Industrial Revolution.

On our walk around Castleford town centre, we pass a number of interesting landmarks, including the Millennium Footbridge, The Glass Blower Pub, Christ Church, Carlton Street, Castleford Market Hall, the Old Market Hall, Carlton Lanes Shopping Centre, Tickle Cock Bridge, Castleford Picture House, Albion Place Picture House and All Saints' Church.

A special mention to the following sites which really helped me out in discovering and researching the fascinating history of Castleford:

0:00 Millennium Footbridge over the River Aire
1:45 Aire Street
2:39 Savile Road
3:38 Bank Street
4:23 The Glass Blower Free House
4:36 Bank Street
5:39 Carlton Street
5:57 Christ Church
6:03 Carlton Street
7:30 Castleford Market Hall
7:50 Carlton Street
8:51 Castleford Old Market Hall
9:16 Carlton Street
10:10 Carlton Lanes Shopping Centre
11:05 York Street
12:40 Back of Carlton Lanes Shopping Centre and Market Hall
12:58 Tickle Cock Bridge
13:30 Marshall Mews
13:57 Vickers Street
14:55 Lower Oxford Street
18:38 Beancroft Road
19:13 Cambridge Street
20:11 Station Road
21:57 Castleford Picture House
22:34 Station Road
22:56 Carlton Street
24:45 Albion Picture Palace
25:12 Church Street and All Saints' Church
25:42 Thank you for watching!

Stats for nerds:

Distance walked: 1.3 miles/2.1km
Step count: 2600 steps (approx.)
Time taken: 25 mins 27 secs
Average speed: 3.1mph/4.9kmh

Please do not use any footage from this video without my permission.

[cherylpatrick]

Thank you for the Castleford video. I have a friend that lives there i miss. ❤ i remember being on the market street with all tge shops. I also had the priveledge of shopping in tge old market for a leg of lamb for Sunday roast. The smell of fresh cut meat & then all the produce out the back. Glad i git ti visit before it was g9ne. 😪

[michellebruce]

Great walk walk in Castleford I enjoyed it very much. Very beautiful and historical can't wait to see more 😀

[derekatkins]

Great to see how it's all changed so Much and this video does show this in detail here . I would like some day to return there if possible to relive the memory of it all. Sadly old and living in care in York now I doubt I will be able to do so unless driven by car !!!

[Luna_Lunchbox]

I actually live in Castleford and really enjoyed this video and the information you provided. It's always good to learn more historical knowledge about a place.
The quality is amazing and really makes the town look a little more vibrant than it tends to be in real life. 😆

[daniellunn]

Great video, love all the history to Castleford. Unfortunately it's nowhere near as nice as it was 20 years ago, it's really gone downhill. The markets used to be amazing, a proper outdoor market used to be out the back of Carlton Lanes. There used to be decent pubs too, you could go on a proper pub crawl from one end of the town to the other, and then have a boogie in one of the nightclubs, the majority of them are gone now. Full of empty shops and crackheads now unfortunately.

[itspart]

Great video. Also the Building opposite Christ Church was the fist purpose built ASDA as asda was associated Dairies which was formed in Castleford....

[derekatkins]

The so lovely Castleford I remember in the seventies was indeed a great place to live then. We had the New Star Cinema and The Albion Cinema to go to now both gone. The old indoor market and outside was a good shopping place and going shopping to G.T.Smiths supermarket was a nice experience. Much change and altered to suit today's living is not for me but I will always like and love the place I grew up in and old Castleford remains true in my heart and memories.

[chriswright]

I really miss going to castleford, I use to go before the lockdown, I'm from leeds, armley, looking forward to going again in a few months time😷

[JamieJohnson-kt]

But... but... but... you walked straight past Queen's Mill, surely one of the highlights of Cas', and didn't even give it a mention...

[PARIS-FRANCE]

SUPER MERCI POUR CETTE SYMPATHIQUE PROMENADE DANS CETTE CHARMANTE VILLE À LA BRIQUE CHALEUREUSE !.. OH LA MILLIENNIUM FOOTBRIDGE OÙ L'ON PEUT S'ASSOIR AVEC UN BOUQUIN ET ADMIRER LA SPLENDIDE VUE EST FANTASTIQUE !.. BELLE JOURNÉE LET'S WALK !..

[Ann-sjpt]

If i get lost in Castleford i’m not asking for the underpass 🤣

[dlittlester]

I love the name of that bridge. Once in York, a tour guide told us the original name of Grape Lane. Seems there are others by that name in other cities in England. Like you, I won't get into the details, but Wikipedia has the explanation for the original non-PC version.

[Ann-sjpt]

The town is rundown sadly but the river and Fairburn ings are lovely

[nialloneill]

When life and names were simple, Mr Clay, Mr Potter, Mr Wood, Mr Smith, Mr Bridge, Mr Green, Mr White!

[muratdagdelen]

Do you travel by train or your car or just walk between towns?

[grahamhorne]

An overly flattering portrait of a chav town. They don't call it Casvegas for nothing.

[areallysmallburger]

Hi

I am a 13 year old child from Castleford
Ask me anything

[alanak]

Like watching paint dry - will not be visiting this town !