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Wakefield is a city in West Yorkshire, and the heart of a borough which includes local towns of Dewsbury, Doncaster and Rotherham. It has a busy centre with shops, hotels and places to eat. It also has a number of attractions worth visiting. It is easy to reach Wakefield by rail or the motorway network.
 
 
 
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Art House, The
The Art House is a unique national membership art organisation that has inclusion at the very centre of its mandate. The art centre includes many artists’ studios where visitors are invited to browse the works in progress and meet...
 
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Beam Gallery
The Beam Gallery offers visitors to Wakefield the unique chance to step inside a real hot bed of passion and love for art. The owners of the gallery are not so concerned with people seeing the projects, but feeling...
 
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Chantry Chapel and River Bridge
The Chantry Chapel of St Mary the Virgin was built between 1342 and 1356 as part of a new bridge over the River Calder. Originally one of four in Wakefield, it is now one of only four that survive in...
 
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Clarke Hall Educational Museum
The Clarke Hall Education Museum is dedicated to the history of education. The fascinating collection shows the development of the educational processes in both the home and public and private sectors since the very earliest of days through until...
 
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Elizabethan Exhibition Gallery
Constructed in the last years of the sixteenth century, Wakefield's Elizabethan Exhibition Gallery, ranks as one of the oldest buildings in the city and is easily missed by shoppers and tourists rushing to the near by bus station....
 
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Gissing Centre, The
As one of our most accomplished late Victorian authors George Gissing was in his day a well respected writer and scholars say he was as good as Thomas Hardy or George Meredith. Today, Wakefield, the city of his birth, is...
 
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Heath Village
This conservation village is a loose collection of buildings grouped around a large common. But unlike most villages many of its houses would not look out of place as mansions in a country estate. The fine houses are mainly the...
 
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National Arts Education Centre
Established in 1985 at Bretton Hall College, this institution is intended to provide a documentary trace of development for art and education in the United Kingdom. The collection holds over a hundred different collections of children's and students' work...
 
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National Coal Mining Museum
The highlight of any visit to the Museum is the underground tour. Experienced local miners guide parties around the underground workings. Each visitor is provided with a hat, belt and battery, so that the true atmosphere of working life underground...
 
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Nostell Priory
Constructed in 1733, Nostell Priory is one of Yorkshire's most popular historic houses attracting thousands of visitors every year. Standing on the site of a mediaeval priory the magnificent building is famed for its collection of Chippendale furniture and...
 
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Pugneys Country Park
Opened on the 1st August 1985, Pugneys Country Park, which stands on the outskirts of Wakefield is one of the districts most popular tourist destinations, attracting visitors from far and wide. The park, formerly an open cast site, now...
 
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Ridings Shopping Centre
Following a multi-million pound refurbishment Wakefield's new look Ridings Shopping Centre is the perfect place for that odd spot of retail therapy and those with money to spend will be amazed by the value and choice on offer. The centre,...
 
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Sandal Castle
Only the remains are left of this, what would have been one of the most impressive castles of the 13th Century. A motte and bailey castle of some note, the site has been restored to an extent and it...
 
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Stephen Beaumont Museum
This is a rather unusually-themed museum, but a fascinating place to visit nonetheless. The collection is devoted to the history of the West Riding Pauper Lunatic Asylum, built in 1818. The exhibition deals with the sensitive topic of...
 
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The Heronry
As an area of outstanding natural beauty Anglers Country Park and Heronry at Wintersett, near Wakefield, is the ideal place to get close to nature. Dominated by a huge lake the park includes woodlands, wetland, rolling open spaces and encompasses...
 
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Theatre Royal
Coveniently situated in the very centre of Wakefield, the city's Theatre Royal & Opera House is a fine example of a small regional theatre, offering a varied programme of live entertainment. Designed by architect Frank Matcham it is a...
 
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Thornes Park
The historic Thornes Park which nestles in the very heart of Wakefield is one of the city's most popular recreational spaces, with a superb range of facilities for visitors, including tennis courts, bowling greens, athletics stadium and huge ornamental....
 
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Wakefield Art Gallery
Wakefield Art Gallery, situated on Wentworth Terrace, is one of West Yorkshire's most forward thinking public display spaces, with a reputation for the purchase and display of works by local artists, including the likes of Dame Barbara Hepworth and Henry...
 
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Wakefield Cathedral
This impressive cathedral forms one of the centrepieces of the city, and it is thought that worship has taken place here since Anglo-Saxon times. Some time in the 11th Century the first stones were laid here and although little...
 
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Wakefield Market
Wakefield's new and very modern market hall, is today becoming popular with visitors from all over the north. Designed by architect David Adjaye it stands conveniently close to the local bus station and is a now an accepted part...
 
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Wakefield Museum
The city of Wakefield has a fascinating story to tell and visitors to the city museum will be amazed by the huge variety of artefacts on display, all of which reflect the diverse cultural background of this historic location....
 
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Yorkshire Sculpture Park
Surrounded by some 500 acres of glorious open countryside, the Yorkshire Sculpture Park, established in 1977, has today earned a reputation as an international centre for modern and contemporary art, which delights thousands of visitors every year. Situated conveniently...
 
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