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Wakefield is a cathedral city in West Yorkshire, England, with a population of over 100,000. It has a rich history dating back to Roman and Viking times, and was the site of the Battle of Wakefield in the Wars of the Roses.
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Wakefield is a city and metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England, with a population of 357,729. It has a history of coal mining, wool, and glass industries, and is part of the green belt region that protects the countryside.
- THE NATIONAL COAL MINING MUSEUM. Head over to the National Coal Mining Museum to hear stories directly from former-miners about their careers and understand the roles men, women, children, animals and machinery played in the operation of the mine.
- XSCAPE. Xscape is the ultimate, fun-fuelled destination. Activities include skiing, snowboarding and sledging on real snow at Snozone, wall-to-wall trampolining and urban climbing at Gravity, 70ft skycoaster and bungee experience, LaserZone laser tag, Volcano Falls adventure golf, Tenpin bowling and 4DX at Cineworld.
- YORKSHIRE SCULPTURE PARK. Yorkshire Sculpture Park is the leading international centre for modern and contemporary sculpture. Situated in the 500-acre, 18th-century Bretton Hall estate, YSP was the first sculpture park in the UK, and is the largest of its kind in Europe, providing the only place in the world to see Barbara Hepworth’s ‘The Family of Man’ in its entirety alongside a significant collection of sculpture, including bronzes by Henry Moore, and site-specific works by Andy Goldsworthy, David Nash and James Turrell.
- NATIONAL TRUST NOSTELL. This spectacular Georgian treasure house boasts landscaped gardens, parkland and historic stables for the family to explore. One of the greatest treasure houses of the north of England, Nostell is surrounded by 300 acres of parkland and gardens.
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6 days ago · The city and metropolitan borough is named for its main population centre, the historic town of Wakefield. Wakefield was originally the chief locality in a large estate belonging to Edward the Confessor and was still a royal manor in 1086. Shortly afterward it became a baronial holding.
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