Pontefract Pontefract and Castleford, referred to locally as 'Cas Vegas'. It is reported that Pontefract once held the British record for the town with the most pubs per square mile: indeed, numerous pubs still survive in the town centre in particular, for example Beastfair Vaults, the Liquorice Bush, the Red Lion, the Malt Shovel and the Blackmoor Head. A Wetherspoon public house opened on Horsefair in 2010. Pontefract's deep, sandy soil makes it one of the few British places in which liquorice can successfully be grown. The town has a liquorice-sweet industry; and the famous Pontefract cakes are produced, though the
Pontefract Collieries F.C. Pontefract Collieries F.C. Pontefract Collieries Football Club are a football club based in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England. The team plays in the . Pontefract Collieries is affiliated to the West Riding County Football Association and Castleford & District Football Association. They have historic local rivalries with neighbours Glasshoughton Welfare and Selby Town. In recent times, a rivalry with Hemsworth Miners Welfare also developed when the clubs played in the same division. Pontefract Collieries play their home games at The Harratts Nissan Stadium, Pontefract, sometimes known as Beechnut Lane due to the access road, situated near to the site of the