Castleford is a historic market town located in the metropolitan borough of Wakefield, West Yorkshire. With a population of around 40,000 inhabitants, Castleford is perhaps best known for its top class rugby league team who play a prominent role in the local community.
The industrial revolution played a huge part in the history of Castleford as it benefitted massively from the boom in manufacturing, with coal mining, glass and pottery manufacturing and the chemical industry just some of the sectors who played a prominent role in the local community. With the glass bottle industry thriving in the 19th century, Castleford became the largest glass manufacturing town in the UK, producing an average 20 million bottles and jars each year (information sourced from Castleford Heritage Trust). Castleford has close links to some household brands with Nestle and Burberry, in particular, having provided employment at their industrial premises in the town over the years.
The decline of the coal mining industry obviously hit the local community very hard, with mass unemployment ensuing towards the latter end of the twentieth century. In more recent times the closure of the Nestle factory also had an effect on local employment, however current regeneration plans around the town have provided a renewed and strong cause for optimism. Plans have recently been unveiled whereby £750 million will be invested in local redevelopment, including on the aforementioned former Nestle manufacturing site. The plans will see homes, shops and leisure facilities built, transport links improved and will create thousands of jobs in the local area. As such, Network Space are delighted to have acquired a number of high quality workspace units & office spaces in and around Castleford./
Logistically, Castleford benefits from a very advantageous location with the M62 and M1 motorways very close at hand, and Leeds Bradford Airport under 30 miles away. Network Space business units all benefit from easy access to the motorway network, and are developed to the highest specification. Our industrial units on the Allerton Bywater Networkcentre offer modern fitted office and warehouse spaces benefitting from premium security products including CCTV and gated access. Similarly our rich offering of 19 self contained workspace units on the nearby Green Lane Networkcentre, are available for industrial or warehousing purposes and are monitored by HD CCTV systems and intruder alarms.
Network Space are always on hand should you wish to contact us with any queries about our commercial property in the Castleford area.