Theme Week Yorkshire and the Humber – Wakefield

24 February 2026 | Author/Destination: | Category: General Reading Time:  7 minutes

Trinity Walk shopping centre © Mtaylor848/cc-by-sa-3.0

Trinity Walk shopping centre © Mtaylor848/cc-by-sa-3.0

Wakefield is a cathedral city in West Yorkshire, England located on the River Calder. The city had a population of 109,766 in the 2021 census, up from 99,251 in the 2011 census. The city is the administrative centre of the wider Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield, which had a 2024 population of 367,666, the 27th most populous district in England. It is part of the West Yorkshire Built-up Area and the Yorkshire and the Humber region.   read more…

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