Attractions

National Coal Mining Museum

Experience the National Coal Mining Museum, the site of two former working coal mines! Find out about the story of coal and how it changed our nation fore...

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Nostell, National Trust

Georgian house, landscaped gardens, parkland and stables courtyard. Nostell is one of the grandest houses in the north of England, surrounded by 30...

Landmark or Historical Building Place of Worship

Wakefield Cathedral

For over 1,000 years people have gathered in Wakefield Cathedral to of...

Landmark or Historical Building

Sandal Castle

Sandal Castle stands in a commanding position overlooking the River Calder, to the south of Wakefield city centre. The castle is best known for the role it p...

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Pontefract Castle

Located in the historic market town of Pontefract, from its construction by 1086 to ...

Family Attraction Museum

Wakefield Museum

Visit Wakefield Museum to discover the fascinating history of the city at work and play! Follow our growth to the capital of Yorkshire's West Riding. Disc...

Family Attraction Museum

Castleford Museum

Explore 15,000 years of local history at Castleford Museum! See amazing objects left behind by prehistoric tribes and Roman soldiers. Find out how coal mined...

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Pontefract Museum

Visit Pontefract Museum and learn all about ...

Museum

The Mental Health Museum

The Mental Health Museum in

Landmark or Historical Building Place of Worship

Chantry Chapel

Have you ever seen a chapel that’s built on the side of a bridge? Head to Wakefield’s ve...

Landmark or Historical Building Tourist Attraction

Queen’s Mill

Sitting on the banks of the River Aire in Castleford, Queen’s Mill (formerly known as Allinson’s Mill) is the world’s largest stone grin...

Landmark or Historical Building Tourist Attraction

The Gissing Centre

Opened in the 1990s, the Gissing Centre is a small museum housed in a suite of rooms on the first floor of 2-4 Thompson’s Yard in central Wakefield. It is ru...

Cafe Landmark or Historical Building Shop

WF8 Retail Outlet

WF8 Retail Outlet is the former magistrates court in

Landmark or Historical Building Museum

The Elizabeth Love Museum

Contained within the only remaining habitable part of Pontefract Castle is an extens...

Landmark or Historical Building Place of Worship

Westgate Unitarian Chapel

Westgate Unitarian Chapel is a fine Grade II Listed Georgian building just off Westgate in Wakefield. The chapel possesses many interesting features, incl...

Landmark or Historical Building

West Yorkshire History Centre

The West Yorkshire History Centre is home to the Wakefield office of West Yorkshire Archive Service (WYAS). The West Yorkshire History Centre is home to o...

Library Museum

Museum Hub at South Elmsall Library

Visit Wakefield Museums & Castles’ museum hub located in the South Elmsall Library to see changing displays celebrating local stories from the South Elms...

Library Museum

Featherstone Museum Hub

Visit Wakefield Museums & Castles’ museum hub located in Featherstone Library...

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Landmark or Historical Building

Pontefract Town Hall

Built in 1785 by Bernard Hartley, a Pontefract surveyor, Pontefract To...

Museum

Ossett Museum Hub

Ossett Library is home to Wakefield Museums & Castles’ newest museum hub. Changing displays will celebrate what local people love about Ossett. Curr...