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Wildflowers Guided Walk

Activity Talk Tour Walk Workshop

Wonderful World of Wildflowers Guided Walk

Calendar Now - Sat 15 Aug 2026
Clock icon10:00 - 12:00
Map pinRSPB Fairburn Ings
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Specialised Spoonbill Experience

Activity Talk Tour Walk Workshop

Specialised Spoonbill Experience

Calendar Wed 24 Jun - Sun 26 Jul 2026
Clock icon10:30 - 12:00
Map pinRSPB Fairburn Ings
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Pony Party Day

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Activity Adventure Craft Families Food and Drink Heritage Music Talk Workshop

Pony Party Day

Calendar Sat 11 Jul - Sat 11 Jul 2026
Clock icon10:00 - 17:00
Map pinNational Coal Mining Museum
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Artwalk Wakefield

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Exhibition Literature Music Performance Talk Walk

Artwalk Wakefield

Calendar Wed 29 Jul - Wed 25 Nov 2026
Clock icon17:00 - 21:00
Map pinWakefield City Centre
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Free Cathedral Guided Tour

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Activity Families Heritage Talk Tour

Free Cathedral Guided Tour

Calendar Thu 18 Jun - Thu 20 Aug 2026
Clock icon11:00 - 12:00
Map pinWakefield Cathedral
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Family friendly guided tour, behind the scenes at West Yorkshire History Centre
Part of Heritage Open Days 2026

Free event

Heritage Talk Tour

Behind The Scenes at West Yorkshire History Centre

Calendar Thu 17 Sep - Thu 17 Sep 2026
Clock icon10:00 - 15:30
Map pinWest Yorkshire History Centre
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All the Gear but no idea

Families Talk Tour

All the Gear But No Idea?

Calendar Fri 19 Jun - Fri 19 Jun 2026
Clock icon19:30 - 22:00
Map pinRosse Observatory
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Castleford Cemetery Trail

Free event

Heritage Outdoor Talk Walk

Castleford Cemetery Trail

Calendar Wed 08 Jul - Wed 08 Jul 2026
Clock icon18:30 - 20:00
Map pinCastleford Cemetery
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The Sun and Solar Eclipse

Families Talk Tour

The Sun and Solar Eclipse

Calendar Fri 17 Jul - Fri 17 Jul 2026
Clock icon19:30 - 22:00
Map pinRosse Observatory
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Working by Lamplight with Matt Sayers
Part of Heritage Open Days 2026

Free event

Art Talk

Working by Lamplight with Matt Sayers

Calendar Sat 12 Sep - Sat 12 Sep 2026
Clock icon11:00 - 15:00
Map pinNational Coal Mining Museum
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Friends of Waterton Wall

Heritage Talk

Friends of Waterton Wall

Calendar Tue 21 Jul - Tue 21 Jul 2026
Clock icon19:00 - 21:00
Map pinPontefract Town Hall
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An Evening with MJ Arlidge, GD Wright and Ajay Chowdhury

Literature Talk

An Evening with MJ Arlidge, GD Wright and Ajay Chowdhury

Calendar Thu 23 Jul - Thu 23 Jul 2026
Clock icon18:00 - 20:00
Map pinHemsworth Library
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The Mobile Police Museum

Exhibition Heritage Talk

The Mobile Police Museum

Calendar Tue 20 Oct - Tue 20 Oct 2026
Clock icon19:00 - 21:00
Map pinPontefract Town Hall
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Family activities at Pontefract Castle
Part of Pontefract Liquorice Festival

Free event

Activity Families Festival Food and Drink Market Talk

Fringe Activity @ Pontefract Liquorice Festival

Calendar Sun 12 Jul - Sun 12 Jul 2026
Clock icon10:00 - 16:00
Map pinPontefract Precinct
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Close up image of an astronaut on the moon.
Part of Luke Jerram’s Helios

Free event

Activity Families Talk

The Pop Up Planetarium

Calendar Wed 22 Jul - Wed 12 Aug 2026
Clock icon10:00 - 16:00
Map pinWX Wakefield Exchange
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3 cartoon astronauts sat underneath the sun in the middle of space.
Part of Luke Jerram’s Helios

Activity Adventure Families Talk Workshop

Stories Under the Sun

Calendar Wed 22 Jul - Wed 26 Aug 2026
Clock icon10:30 - 15:00
Map pinWX Wakefield Exchange
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Cartoon image of an astronaut in space painting the moon.
Part of Luke Jerram’s Helios

Free event

Activity Adventure Families Talk Workshop

Summer Holidays Creative Drop – In Sessions

Calendar Thu 23 Jul - Thu 27 Aug 2026
Clock icon11:30 - 15:00
Map pinWX Wakefield Exchange
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Performance Talk

What’s That To Do With the Price of Fish?

Calendar Tue 16 Jun - Tue 16 Jun 2026
Clock icon19:00 - 21:00
Map pinPontefract Town Hall
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Comedy Performance Talk

Quantum Sauce: Superstar

Calendar Thu 16 Jul - Thu 16 Jul 2026
Clock icon19:30 - 22:30
Map pinWX Wakefield Exchange
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Wakefield, Pontefract and Goole Railway

Heritage Talk

The Early Years of the Wakefield, Pontefract and Goole Railway

Calendar Tue 18 Aug - Tue 18 Aug 2026
Clock icon19:00 - 21:00
Map pinPontefract Town Hall
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A man stands and speaks to a seated group in a small room with a presentation about liquorice heritage.
Part of Pontefract Liquorice Festival

Free event

Festival Heritage Talk

Liquorice Heritage Talks

Calendar Sun 12 Jul - Sun 12 Jul 2026
Clock icon11:30 - 15:00
Map pinPontefract Library
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