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List of places of worship in the City of Wakefield

This article lists open, former and demolished places of worship situated within the boundaries of the City of Wakefield.

Open places of worship

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Ackworth

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Name Image Location Denomination Grade Opened Notes
All Saints' Church   Ackworth Moor Top Church of England
St Cuthbert's Church   Ackworth Church of England II*

Badsworth

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Name Image Location Denomination Grade Opened Notes
St Mary's Church   Badsworth Church of England I

Castleford

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Name Image Location Denomination Grade Opened Notes
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 [1]
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

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Name Image Location Denomination Grade Opened Notes
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

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For details of current and former places of worship in Horbury, see Horbury#Religion

Knottingley

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Name Image Location Denomination Grade Opened Notes
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

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Name Image Location Denomination Grade Opened Notes
St John the Baptist Newland Lane
Normanton WF6 1BA [2] 		Roman Catholic The land where the church is built was formerly owned
by the Knights of St John of Jerusalem.[3]

Ossett

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Name Image Location Denomination Grade Opened Notes
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

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Name Image Location Denomination Grade Opened Notes
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

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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 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 [4] 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

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Featherstone

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  • North Featherstone Gospel Hall (closed) [5]

West Bretton

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Name Image Location Denomination Grade Opened Notes
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 [6]

References

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  1. ^ Cutsyke Christian Church, Find us, accessed 24 March 2023
  2. ^ St John the Baptist Parish Normanton
  3. ^ St John the Baptist Parish, About us, accessed 24 December 2022
  4. ^ Archbishops' Council, Outwood Parish Church of St Mary Magdalene, A Church near you, accessed 8 June 2023
  5. ^ North Featherstone Gospel Hall, accessed 28 December 2022
  6. ^ Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Rachel Kneebone: 399 Days, accessed 31 August 2022

See also

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