Chequerfield
Chequerfield Circle
Chequerfield Location within West Yorkshire
OS grid reference	SE455215
• London	257 mi (414 km)
Metropolitan borough	City of Wakefield
Metropolitan county	West Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	PONTEFRACT
Postcode district	WF8
Dialling code	01977
Police	West Yorkshire
Fire	West Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
UK Parliament	Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford
List of places UK England Yorkshire 53°41′28″N 1°18′43″W / 53.691°N 1.312°W / 53.691; -1.312

Chequerfield is a district made up mostly of council housing of Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England.

Amenities

The estate has a parade of shops situated around Chequerfield Circle; which includes a convenience store, fish and chip shop, several takeaways and a Betfred bookmakers. There is one pub; the Chequerfield Hotel also situated on the Cirle. Pontefract Sports and Social Club is situated on the edge of the estate. There are two churches on the estate; St Mary's Church of England church and Holy Family Roman Catholic Church (completed 1961)^[1] There is one school; Pontefract De Lacy Primary School. There was formerly a second pub called the Grove Lea but this is now a Tesco Express.

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  St Mary's Church
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  Holy Family Church

Public transport

The Arriva Yorkshire routes 410 and 411 connect the estate with Pontefract bus station, Xscape and Leeds. The closest railway station is Pontefract Baghill with services to Sheffield and York. The main railway stations in the town have services to Wakefield, Castleford and Leeds but these are situated further away.

People

• Author Patricia Duffy grew up on the estate and wrote the book Chequerfield about her upbringing on the estate.^[2]