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This article lists open, former and demolished places of worship situated within the boundaries of the City of Wakefield.
Open places of worship
Ackworth
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Notes |
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All Saints' Church | Ackworth Moor Top | Church of England | ||||
St Cuthbert's Church | Ackworth | Church of England | II* |
Badsworth
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Notes |
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St Mary's Church | Badsworth | Church of England | I |
Castleford
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Notes |
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All Saints' Church (Castleford town centre) | Albion Street, Castleford town centre | Church of England | II | |||
All Saints' Church (Hightown) | Hightown | Church of England | ||||
Cutsyke Christian Church | Leeds Road, Cutsyke, Castleford WF10 5HA | |||||
Gospel Hall | Pontefract Road | Gospel | Formerly Pontefract Road Primitive Methodist Church | |||
Holy Cross Church | Airedale | Church of England | Serves the Airedale estate | |||
St Edmund's Church | Queens Park Drive, Airedale | Roman Catholic | Serves the Airedale estate | |||
St Joseph's Church | Pontefract Road | Roman Catholic | ||||
St Michael's Church | Smawthorne Lane | Church of England | ||||
St Paul the Apostle | Pontefract Road, Glasshoughton | Church of England | ||||
Smawthorne Community Church | Beancroft Road | Evangelical | ||||
Trinity Methodist Church | Powell Street, Castleford town centre | Methodist | 1964 | |||
Townville Methodist Church | Townville | Methodist |
Featherstone
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Notes |
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Featherstone Methodist Church | Featherstone | Methodist | ||||
St Gerald Majella | Featherstone | Roman Catholic | ||||
St Thomas | Featherstone | Church of England | ||||
South Featherstone Gospel Hall | Station Lane, Featherstone |
Horbury
For details of current and former places of worship in Horbury, see Horbury#Religion
Knottingley
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Notes |
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Elim Pentecostal Church | Tithe Barn Road | Pentecostal | ||||
Knottingley United Reformed Church | Knottingley | United Reformed Church | ||||
Salvation Army Church | Weeland Road | Salvation Army | ||||
St Botolph's Church | Knottingley | Church of England | II |
Normanton
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Notes |
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St John the Baptist | Newland Lane Normanton WF6 1BA |
Roman Catholic | The land where the church is built was formerly owned by the Knights of St John of Jerusalem. |
Ossett
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Notes |
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Christ Church | Ossett | Church of England | II | 1851 | Commissioners' church | |
Holy Trinity Church | Ossett | Church of England | II | |||
The King's Way Church | Ossett | Methodist | ||||
Mount Zion Chapel | Queen Street | Methodist | ||||
St Ignatius | Storrs Hill Road | Roman Catholic | ||||
South Ossett Baptist Church | Junction Lane | Baptist |
Pontefract
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Notes |
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All Saints' Church | North Bailey Gate, Pontefact | Church of England | II* | The outer church was destroyed in the English Civil War, a new church was built within having been completed in 1967 | ||
Central Methodist Church | Jubilee Way, Pontefract | Methodist | ||||
Pontefract Congregational Church | Finkle Street, Pontefract | Congregational | ||||
The Evangelical Church | Finkle Street, Pontefract | Evangelical | ||||
Holy Family Church | Carleton Crest, Chequerfield Estate, Pontefract | Roman Catholic | ||||
Kingdom Hall of the Jehovah's Witnesses | Orchard Head Lane | Jehovah's Witnesses | ||||
Chapel of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Park Villas Drive, Pontefract | Latter-day Saints | ||||
Micklegate Methodist Church | Micklegate, Pontefract | Methodist | 1969 | This replaced the former Tanshelf Methodist Church which burned down in 1965 | ||
Salvation Army Hall | Maud's Yard, Pontefract | Salvation Army | ||||
St Giles' Church | Market Place, Pontefract | Church of England | II* | |||
St Joseph's Church | Back Street, Pontefract | Roman Catholic |
Wakefield
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Notes |
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Wakefield Cathedral (Cathedral Church of All Saints') | Kirkgate, Wakefield City Centre | Church of England | I | |||
Destiny Church | Chaloner Grove | II | 1859 | A former theatre | ||
Evangelical Free Church | Eastmoor | Evangelical | ||||
First Church of Christ Scientist | Wentworth Street | First Church of Christ Scientist | ||||
Church of Jesus Christ and the Latter Day Saints | Horbury Road | Mormon | ||||
Light ^ Life Church | Clarion Street, Belle Vue | Non-denominational | ||||
New Life Christian Centre | George Street | Pentecostal | II | |||
Outwood Methodist Church | Outwood | Methodist | ||||
Quaker Meeting House | Thornhill Street, Wakefield City Centre | Quaker | ||||
St Andrew's Church | Peterson Road, Wakefield | Church of England | II | Serves the East end of Wakefield and Eastmoor | ||
St Anne's Church | Wrenthorpe | Church of England | Serves the Wrenthorpe district | |||
St Austin's Church | Wentworth Terrace | Roman Catholic | II | Serves North Wakefield | ||
St Catherine's Church | Doncaster Road | Church of England | ||||
St George's Church | St George's Road, Lupset | Church of England | ||||
St Helen's Church | Sandal Magna | Church of England | II* | Serves the Sandal district | ||
St James Church | Denby Dale Road, Thornes | Church of England | II | |||
St John's Church | St John's Square, Wakefield City Centre | Church of England | II* | 1895 | Serves the areas to the north of Wakefield City Centre | |
Chantry Chapel of St Mary the Virgin | Wakefield Bridge, Wakefield City Centre | Church of England | I | c. 1350 | Forms part of the structure of Wakefield Bridge | |
St Mary Magdalene's Church | Outwood WF1 2DT |
Church of England | 1858 | Part of the benefice of North Wakefield | ||
St Michael's Church | Westgate End, Wakefield | Church of England | Serves the west end of Wakefield | |||
St Paul's Church | St Paul's Drive, Alverthorpe, Wakefield | Church of England | II | Serves Alverthorpe | ||
St Peter and St Paul Church | Standbridge Lane | Roman Catholic | Serves South Wakefield | |||
Sandal Methodist Church | Sandal Magna | Methodist | ||||
Trinity Methodist Church | Stanley Road | Methodist | Serves North Wakefield | |||
Wakefield Baptist Church | Barnsley Road | Baptist | ||||
Wakefield Citadel | Frederick Street, Wakefield City Centre | Salvation Army | ||||
Wakefield Spiritualist Church | Peterston Road, Wakefield | Spiritualist | ||||
Westgate Unitarian Chapel | Westgate, Wakefield City Centre | Unitarian | ||||
West Wakefield Methodist Church | Thornes Road, Wakefield | Methodist |
Former places of worship
Featherstone
- North Featherstone Gospel Hall (closed)
West Bretton
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Notes |
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St Bartholomew's Chapel | Yorkshire Sculpture Park, WF4 4LG |
Church of England | Now used for art and sculpture display purposes and known as YSP Chapel |
References
- Cutsyke Christian Church, Find us, accessed 24 March 2023
- St John the Baptist Parish Normanton
- St John the Baptist Parish, About us, accessed 24 December 2022
- Archbishops' Council, Outwood Parish Church of St Mary Magdalene, A Church near you, accessed 8 June 2023
- North Featherstone Gospel Hall, accessed 28 December 2022
- Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Rachel Kneebone: 399 Days, accessed 31 August 2022