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 |
All Saints' Church |
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Ackworth Moor Top |
Church of England |
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St Cuthbert's Church |
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Ackworth |
Church of England |
A II* |
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Badsworth
Name |
Image |
Location |
Denomination |
Grade |
Opened |
Notes |
St Mary's Church |
|
Badsworth |
Church of England |
A I |
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Castleford
Name |
Image |
Location |
Denomination |
Grade |
Opened |
Notes |
All Saints' Church (Castleford town centre) |
|
Albion Street, Castleford town centre |
Church of England |
A II |
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All Saints' Church (Hightown) |
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Hightown |
Church of England |
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Cutsyke Christian Church |
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Leeds Road, Cutsyke, Castleford WF10 5HA |
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Gospel Hall |
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Pontefract Road |
Gospel |
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Formerly Pontefract Road Primitive Methodist Church |
Holy Cross Church |
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Airedale |
Church of England |
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Serves the Airedale estate |
St Edmund's Church |
|
Queens Park Drive, Airedale |
Roman Catholic |
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Serves the Airedale estate |
St Joseph's Church |
|
Pontefract Road |
Roman Catholic |
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St Michael's Church |
|
Smawthorne Lane |
Church of England |
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St Paul the Apostle |
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Pontefract Road, Glasshoughton |
Church of England |
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Smawthorne Community Church |
|
Beancroft Road |
Evangelical |
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Trinity Methodist Church |
|
Powell Street, Castleford town centre |
Methodist |
|
1964 |
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Townville Methodist Church |
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Townville |
Methodist |
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Name |
Image |
Location |
Denomination |
Grade |
Opened |
Notes |
Featherstone Methodist Church |
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Featherstone |
Methodist |
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St Gerald Majella |
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Featherstone |
Roman Catholic |
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St Thomas |
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Featherstone |
Church of England |
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South Featherstone Gospel Hall |
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Station Lane, Featherstone |
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Horbury
For details of current and former places of worship in Horbury, see Horbury#Religion
Knottingley
Name |
Image |
Location |
Denomination |
Grade |
Opened |
Notes |
Elim Pentecostal Church |
|
Tithe Barn Road |
Pentecostal |
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Knottingley United Reformed Church |
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Knottingley |
United Reformed Church |
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Salvation Army Church |
|
Weeland Road |
Salvation Army |
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St Botolph's Church |
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Knottingley |
Church of England |
A II |
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Name |
Image |
Location |
Denomination |
Grade |
Opened |
Notes |
St John the Baptist |
|
Newland Lane
Normanton WF6 1BA |
Roman Catholic |
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|
The land where the church is built was formerly owned
by the Knights of St John of Jerusalem. |
Name |
Image |
Location |
Denomination |
Grade |
Opened |
Notes |
Christ Church |
|
Ossett |
Church of England |
A II |
1851 |
Commissioners' church |
Holy Trinity Church |
|
Ossett |
Church of England |
A II |
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The King's Way Church |
|
Ossett |
Methodist |
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Mount Zion Chapel |
|
Queen Street |
Methodist |
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St Ignatius |
|
Storrs Hill Road |
Roman Catholic |
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South Ossett Baptist Church |
|
Junction Lane |
Baptist |
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Name |
Image |
Location |
Denomination |
Grade |
Opened |
Notes |
All Saints' Church |
|
North Bailey Gate, Pontefact |
Church of England |
A 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 |
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Pontefract Congregational Church |
|
Finkle Street, Pontefract |
Congregational |
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The Evangelical Church |
|
Finkle Street, Pontefract |
Evangelical |
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Holy Family Church |
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Carleton Crest, Chequerfield Estate, Pontefract |
Roman Catholic |
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Kingdom Hall of the Jehovah's Witnesses |
|
Orchard Head Lane |
Jehovah's Witnesses |
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Chapel of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints |
|
Park Villas Drive, Pontefract |
Latter-day Saints |
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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 |
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St Giles' Church |
|
Market Place, Pontefract |
Church of England |
A II* |
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St Joseph's Church |
|
Back Street, Pontefract |
Roman Catholic |
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Name |
Image |
Location |
Denomination |
Grade |
Opened |
Notes |
Wakefield Cathedral (Cathedral Church of All Saints') |
|
Kirkgate, Wakefield City Centre |
Church of England |
A I |
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Destiny Church |
|
Chaloner Grove |
|
A II |
1859 |
A former theatre |
Evangelical Free Church |
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Eastmoor |
Evangelical |
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First Church of Christ Scientist |
|
Wentworth Street |
First Church of Christ Scientist |
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Church of Jesus Christ and the Latter Day Saints |
|
Horbury Road |
Mormon |
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Light ^ Life Church |
|
Clarion Street, Belle Vue |
Non-denominational |
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New Life Christian Centre |
|
George Street |
Pentecostal |
A II |
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Outwood Methodist Church |
|
Outwood |
Methodist |
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Quaker Meeting House |
|
Thornhill Street, Wakefield City Centre |
Quaker |
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St Andrew's Church |
|
Peterson Road, Wakefield |
Church of England |
A II |
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Serves the East end of Wakefield and Eastmoor |
St Anne's Church |
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Wrenthorpe |
Church of England |
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Serves the Wrenthorpe district |
St Austin's Church |
|
Wentworth Terrace |
Roman Catholic |
A II |
|
Serves North Wakefield |
St Catherine's Church |
|
Doncaster Road |
Church of England |
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St George's Church |
|
St George's Road, Lupset |
Church of England |
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St Helen's Church |
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Sandal Magna |
Church of England |
A II* |
|
Serves the Sandal district |
St James Church |
|
Denby Dale Road, Thornes |
Church of England |
A II |
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St John's Church |
|
St John's Square, Wakefield City Centre |
Church of England |
A 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 |
A 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 |
A II |
|
Serves Alverthorpe |
St Peter and St Paul Church |
|
Standbridge Lane |
Roman Catholic |
|
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Serves South Wakefield |
Sandal Methodist Church |
|
Sandal Magna |
Methodist |
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Trinity Methodist Church |
|
Stanley Road |
Methodist |
|
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Serves North Wakefield |
Wakefield Baptist Church |
|
Barnsley Road |
Baptist |
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Wakefield Citadel |
|
Frederick Street, Wakefield City Centre |
Salvation Army |
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Wakefield Spiritualist Church |
|
Peterston Road, Wakefield |
Spiritualist |
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Westgate Unitarian Chapel |
|
Westgate, Wakefield City Centre |
Unitarian |
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West Wakefield Methodist Church |
|
Thornes Road, Wakefield |
Methodist |
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Former places of worship
Featherstone
- North Featherstone Gospel Hall (closed)
West Bretton
See also