About

Join Pontefract Civic Society for a guided tour of Pontefract Town Hall (a town hall in two halves!) including the Assembly Rooms, Nelson Room, and perhaps a few more nooks and crannies.


The Borough Magistrates operated from the Old Town Hall until the early 1900s. It was here that the count was undertaken for the country’s first parliamentary election by secret ballot. The Nelson Room also houses the last remaining plaster cast of Nelson’s death scene from Nelson’s Column in Trafalgar Square.


Meet in the 1st floor Assembly Rooms, 5 minutes before start time.


A lift is available to access the 1st floor rooms, though for those with mobility issues there could be some steps in other areas.


Booking essential.


    Access facilities

  • Accessible Toilet

Venue Details

Find us at

Bridge Street, Pontefract, WF8 1PG

Phone

01924305830

Email

eventsandfunctions@wakefield.gov.uk