Governance thumb|Castleford Civic Centre Castleford was established as an urban district, in the administrative county of the West Riding of Yorkshire in 1894 under the Local Government Act 1894, with an urban district council. Whitwood and Glasshoughton were added to the district in the 1930s. The urban district was incorporated as a municipal borough in 1955. Castleford Civic Centre was completed in 1970.
Governance thumb|Castleford Civic Centre Castleford was established as an urban district in the administrative county of the West Riding of Yorkshire in 1894 under the Local Government Act 1894 with an urban district council Whitwood and Glasshoughton were added to the district in the 1930s The urban district was incorporated as a municipal borough in 1955 Castleford Civic Centre was completed in 1970