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Wakefield

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…

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Ambulance
Yorkshire
Area
11.3 sq mi (29 km2)
Country
England
Dialling code
01924
Fire
West Yorkshire
Metropolitan borough
City of Wakefield

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Education

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Twin cities

Freedom of the City

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Wakefield

Nodes386
Edges385
Triples503
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.005181
Components1

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Wakefield

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related to history · 56
Wakefield → AD, After, Agbrigg, Angles, Battle, Before, Brigantes, Calder, Cheshire, Confessor, Conqueror, Conquest Wakefield, Crown, Domesday Book, Earl, Earls Warenne, Edward, Flint, Harrying, Hastings
related to Industrial Revolution · 43
Wakefield → At, Barnsley Canal, Beverley's Eagle Breweries, Boats, Bull Ring, Calder, Calder Vale Road, Cambridgeshire, Cross Lane, During, Eastmoor, George Street, Great, Great Britain, Hebble Navigations, Ings Road, Ireland, Kirkgate, Large, Leeds
related to Education · 36
Wakefield → Art, Brook Street, Cathedral High School, Church, Craft, Eastmoor School, Education Act, Elizabethan Gallery, England, Governors, In, Methodist School, National, Northgate, Other, Performing Arts College, Pinders Primary School, QEGS, Queen Elizabeth, Queen Elizabeth Grammar School
related to Religion · 35
Wakefield → All Saints, Alverthorpe, Anglican Commissioners, Bishop, Chantry Chapel, Charles Street, Corpus Christi, England, George Street, Georgian, Holy Trinity, In, Million Fund, Norman, Peterson Road, Saxon, Sir George Gilbert Scott, St Andrew's Church, St James, St John's Church
related to Notable people · 31
Wakefield → Anne Treisman, Baron Hope, Dame Marjorie Williamson, David Hope, David Storey, Former Archbishop, He, Henry Moore, Imran Ahmad Khan, Jane McDonald, John Leech, Joseph Aspdin, Manchester Withington, Member, MP, Novelist George Gissing, Parliament, Portland CementSarah Whitley, Roundhay Garden Scene, Sculptor Barbara Hepworth
related to Landmarks · 29
Wakefield → Another, At, Chantry Chapel, Civic Quarter, Clarence Park, Collcutt, County Hall, Doncaster, Georgian, Grade, Grade II, Lawe Hill, Leeds, Neoclassical Crown Court, Other, Queen Anne Style, River Calder, Sandal Castle, South Parade, Square
related to 20th century · 24
Wakefield → Agbrigg, Andrew Carnegie, Belle Vue, Buy, Carnegie Trust, District Housing, Drury Lane, Eastmoor, First World War, Flanshaw, Homes, June, Kettlethorpe, Lupset, On, Peacock, Plumpton, Portobello, Right, Sandal Magna
related to Rugby · 22
Wakefield → Association, BARLA, Belle Vue, British Amateur Rugby League, Championship, College Grove, Crigglestone All Blacks, Eastmoor Dragons, Kettlethorpe, Northern Union, Rugby Football Union, Rugby League, Rugby Union Football, Sandal RUFC, Several, Super League, The, They, Wakefield City, Wakefield RFC
related to Football · 21
Wakefield → AFC Emley, Barnsley, Belle Vue, Chris Turner, City, College Grove, Emley, Featherstone, Hallamshire County Senior Football, However, In, June, League, Ossett Town, Playing, Sheffield, The, UK, VO2, Wakefield FC
related to Transport · 20
Wakefield → A61, A636, A638, A642, A650, Arriva Yorkshire, Buses, M1, M62, National Express, Plan, Poppletons, Stagecoach Yorkshire, Team Pennine, The, The A1, Watersons Coaches, West Yorkshire, West Yorkshire Local Transport, West Yorkshire Metro

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yorkshire city west built opened leeds town calder district area north centre century local population river westgate church st club

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WakefieldAmbulanceYorkshire1.00infobox
WakefieldArea11.3 sq mi (29 km2)1.00infobox
WakefieldCountryEngland1.00infobox
WakefieldDialling code019241.00infobox
WakefieldFireWest Yorkshire1.00infobox
WakefieldMetropolitan boroughCity of Wakefield1.00infobox
WakefieldMetropolitan countyWest Yorkshire1.00infobox
WakefieldOS grid referenceSE3352051.00infobox
WakefieldPoliceWest Yorkshire1.00infobox
WakefieldPopulation109,767 (2021)[citation needed]1.00infobox
WakefieldPost townWAKEFIELD1.00infobox
WakefieldPostcode districtWF1-WF41.00infobox
WakefieldRegionYorkshire and the Humber1.00infobox
WakefieldSovereign stateUnited Kingdom1.00infobox
WakefieldUK ParliamentWakefield and Rothwell1.00infobox
WakefieldUK ParliamentOssett and Denby Dale1.00infobox
Wakefield• Density9,714/sq mi (3,751/km2)1.00infobox
Wakefield• London160 mi1.00infobox
Wakefieldis acathedral city in West Yorkshire0.90text
Wakefieldis amember of the Leeds City Region Partnership0.90text

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