Wakefield

Wakefield

Wakefield is an area dedicated to promoting artwork. The area is at the forefront of showcasing modern sculpture in Britain. The Hepworth gallery exhibits works from established and upcoming artist of both national and international merit. 

Venues in this location

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Hariboland

Here in Yorkshire, close to the centre of the town of Pontefract, you’ll find everything we make in our Pontefract factory as well as products from some of our international sites!

Bagshaw Museum

Explore the World at Bagshaw Museum. A Victorian former mill owner's house set in 36 aces of parkland and ancient woodland, the museum is host to a wide range of unusual and exciting collections of collections from around the globe.

Snozone Castleford

Learning outside of the classroom is a valuable and effective way for pupils to achieve new skills, experience and confidence.

Do you want to give your school children ski lessons? Are you looking at some extra coaching before school ski trips?

Yorkshire Sculpture Park

In a healthy environment, YSP's learning programme uses art and landscape to build young people's intellectual knowledge, skills and aspirations. 

Our learning programme reaches 45,000 people every year. 

Workshops

YSP offers unique workshops and tours aimed at providing an enhanced focus and stimulus for visiting pupils and students. 

Diggerland Yorkshire

Diggerland has many educational benefits. Students are taught to use everyday construction machinery including real diggers and dumpers!

Pugneys Country Park

Pugneys Country Park is a 250 acre site which was previously an open cast mine as well as a sand and gravel quarry and was turned into a country park in 1985.

National Coal Mining Museum for England at Caphouse Colliery

Fuel learning across the curriculum with a visit to the National Coal Mining Museum and give your pupils a unique experience they will never forget.

Wakefield Cathedral

The Learning Department at Wakefield Cathedral covers a wide area of work.  We often run workshops and visits for schools, uniformed organisations and community groups. We run family activities during holidays and weekends both in our own buildings and out in the community.  We facilitate quiet days and groups for women and asylum seekers.

Nostell Priory and Parkland

18th-century architectural masterpiece with landscape park and gardens

Built on the site of a medieval priory, Nostell has been the home of the Winn family for 300 years. Commissioned by Sir Rowland Winn in 1733, James Paine built the house. Later additions by Robert Adam created exceptional interiors.

Museum of Mental Health

Part of the Stephen Beaumont Museum, it includes a padded cell and other exhibits from the West Riding Pauper Lunatic Asylum, built in 1818.

The Mental Health Museum is a unique museum in the heart of the Fieldhead site in Wakefield. It is run by South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.

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British schoolgirl assaulted on school trip to Iceland

hotel corridor

A viral video shows a black girl being assaulted by a white woman in a corridor.

Police in Iceland are investigating after a British schoolgirl was slapped and chased by a tour guide in a hotel corridor.

The schoolgirl, 13, who attended Harris Girls’ Academy, was assaulted whilst on a school trip to Iceland to see the Northern Lights. The incident occurred at Hotel Örk, Hveragerdi on 13th October.

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