Crigglestone

{{Short description|Village and civil parish in West Yorkshire, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2014}}

{{Use British English|date=February 2014}}

{{Infobox UK place

| country = England

| coordinates = {{coord|53.6440 |-1.5225 |display=inline,title}}

| map_type = West Yorkshire

| official_name = Crigglestone

| population = 9,271

| population_ref = (2011)

| civil_parish = Crigglestone

| metropolitan_borough = City of Wakefield

| metropolitan_county = West Yorkshire

| region = Yorkshire and the Humber

| constituency_westminster = Wakefield

| post_town = WAKEFIELD

| postcode_district = WF4

| postcode_area = WF

| dial_code = 01924

| os_grid_reference = SE316164

| static_image = File:High Street - Crigglestone - geograph.org.uk - 848649.jpg

| static_image_caption = High Street

}}

Crigglestone is a village and civil parish in the City of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England. It is recorded as "Crigeston" (along with neighbouring "Orberie") in the Domesday Book. The civil parish had a population of 9,271 at the 2011 Census.{{NOMIS2011 |

id=E04000226 |title=Crigglestone Parish |accessdate=16 July 2023 }} On 29 July 1941, an explosion occurred at the Crigglestone Colliery, killing 21 men.{{cite web|last=Taylor|first=Fionn|title=Crigglestone Pit Disaster 29th July 1941|url=http://www.healeyhero.co.uk/rescue/pits/Crigglestone/Crigglestone1.htm|work=www.healeyhero.co.uk|accessdate=23 January 2013}} Since the 1970s, the site of the colliery has become an industrial estate on the western side, giving way to residential housing on the eastern side and a public amenity (Betty Eastwood Park) to the south.

This area has two Anglican churches: the Church of St James, Chapelthorpe, and the Church of St John the Divine, Calder Grove.[http://www.achurchnearyou.com/chapelthorpe-st-james/ The Church of England: A church near you, St James, Chapelthorpe] Retrieved 23 April 2014[http://www.achurchnearyou.com/calder-grove-st-john-the-divine/ The Church of England: A church near you, St John the Divine, Calder Grove] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140419084459/http://www.achurchnearyou.com/calder-grove-st-john-the-divine/ |date=19 April 2014 }} Retrieved 23 April 2014

Crigglestone once had two railway stations, both of which are now closed. Crigglestone West was on the line between Sheffield and Leeds via Wakefield, Crigglestone East on the closed and lifted line between Thornhill and Royston Junction. It is situated about {{convert|4|mi}} south-west of Wakefield, and {{convert|10|mi}} north of Barnsley.