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The Mental Health Museum

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The Mental Health Museum

The Mental Health Museum will close for collections work at 4pm on Thursday 18th December and will reopen at 1pm on Tuesday 3rd March 2026.
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Racecourse Pontefract Racecourse

Sports Leisure Venue Stadium Tourist Attraction

Pontefract Racecourse

If it’s an equine experience you’re after then Pontefract Racecourse will not disapp...
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Welcome event for Fan Construction on the Wakefield Sculpture Trail

Gallery Walks and Trails

Wakefield Sculpture Trail

The Wakefield Sculpture Trail is a series of sculptures across the city, ...
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Chantry Chapel

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...
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Thornes Park

Family Attraction Park

Thornes Park

See the flower garden burst into colour in spring, take a ride on the mi...
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Castleford Tigers

Family Attraction Sports Leisure Venue Stadium

Castleford Tigers

The Castleford Tigers are a professional rugby league club in Castleford, West ...
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Wakefield Trinity

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Wakefield Trinity

Wakefield Trinity is a professional rugby league club in Wakefield, West Yorksh...
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A child bouncing on trampolines at Gravity Trampoline Park

Activity Centre Adventure Family Attraction Sports Leisure Venue

Gravity Active Entertainment

Gravity Active Entertainment presents wall-to-wall trampo...
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Yorkshire Scare Grounds Scream Park

Adventure Event Venue

Yorkshire Scare Grounds Scream Park

Yorkshire Scare Grounds Scream Park is Yorkshire’s premier Halloween event, w...
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Gravity E-Karting

Adventure Family Attraction Sports Leisure Venue

Gravity Max

Welcome to Gravity MAX Castleford at Xscape Yorkshire! Experience family fun like ...
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Queen's Mill

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...
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Tileyard North

Bar or Pub Event Venue Music Venue Restaurant

Tileyard North

Championing and supporting independent and creative businesses since 2011, Tileyard is a globally recognised creative community and has expanded to an ext...
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Gissing Centre

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...
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Featherstone Rovers players and cheerleaders

Sports Leisure Venue Stadium

Featherstone Rovers

Featherstone Rovers are a professional rugby league club in Featherston...
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Rhubarb Triangle Farm Shop

Farm Shop

Rhubarb Triangle Farm Shop

At The Rhubarb Triangle Farm Shop we take pride in offering great Yorkshire produce. Our suppliers are carefully selected so that we stock goods you can t...
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WF8 Retail Outlet

Cafe Landmark or Historical Building Shop

WF8 Retail Outlet

WF8 Retail Outlet is the former magistrates court in
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Featherstone War Horse

Nature Reserve Park

Featherstone War Horse

In 2018 the year that marked the centenary of the end of the First World War, a new memorial sculpture was unveiled in Featherstone, West Yorkshire to com...
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Pontefract Park

Family Attraction Park

Pontefract Park

Located just a mile north of the town centre, Pontefract Park holds around 20 events each year and is home to a racecourse, with around 16 race meetings a...
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Yorkshire Tactical Activities

Adventure Family Attraction Sports Leisure Venue

Yorkshire Tactical Activities

Yorkshire Tactical Activities is a woodland paintball, airsoft and laser tag venue situated less than a minute from Junction 38 on the M1. With 100 acres ...
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Clarence Park

Family Attraction Park

Clarence Park

Clarence Park is the location for Wakefield’s origina...
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Holmfield Park

Family Attraction Park

Holmfield Park

Holmfield Park is the smallest of the three parks that make up Wakefield Park and is situated on the corner between Denby Dale Road and Thornes Road. This...
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LaserZone Castleford

Adventure Family Attraction

LaserZone Castleford

LaserZone – an experience that is out of this w...
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Venue 23

Event Venue Music Venue

Venue 23

Welcome to Venue 23 – keeping live entertainment alive in Wakefield! Venue 2...
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The Brick Box Lego

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The Brick Box Yorkshire

The Brick Box is a place where you’re whisked away from the troubles of everyda...
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