Quote: Prince Buster ".
Castleford probably count the 3 wards of Castleford,Whitwood and Airedale to get to the 40,000.
Not quite right there. There is no such ward as Castleford ward. The three wards that make up Castleford are the latter two you named plus Glasshoughton ward, which are all of course part of Castleford. However a small part of the Whitwood ward does not count towards the population figure as it is in Normanton and thus counts towards that towns population. I know full well because my niece works with the governmental dept that deals with boundaries, censuses and populations.
I used to live in the Whitwood ward and lived only 600 yards from Carlton St i.e. the centre of Cas. I now live in the Glasshoughton ward and am about 250 yards away. Whitwood, Airedale and Glasshoughton are of course as very much a part of Castleford as Headingley is to Leeds. In fact there closer to the centre of Cas than Headingley is to the centre of Leeds.
Danny Boy is also right. Due to developments the town has grown a bit and is growing. My niece told me that the latest population figure for Cas is 43,500 plus. By the way that is Castleford not including outlying areas, most of which though are Cas supporting areas.
I do agree with Prince Buster on one thing though. What I class as Wakey I would have thought was more than the 76,000 quoted.
