List of places of worship in the City of Wakefield

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

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Open places of worship

Ackworth

NameImageLocationDenominationGradeOpenedNotes
All Saints' Church All Saints Church - geograph.org.uk - 927225.jpg Ackworth Moor Top Church of England
St Cuthbert's Church St Cuthbert, Ackworth (16864888142).jpg AckworthChurch of EnglandII*

Badsworth

NameImageLocationDenominationGradeOpenedNotes
St Mary's Church Badsworth - Saint Mary the Virgin Church.jpg Badsworth Church of England I

Castleford

NameImageLocationDenominationGradeOpenedNotes
All Saints' Church (Castleford town centre) Castleford, All Saints Parish Church - geograph.org.uk - 239281.jpg Albion Street, Castleford town centre Church of England II
All Saints' Church (Hightown) Hightown, Castleford, All Saints Church - geograph.org.uk - 226763.jpg HightownChurch of England
Cutsyke Christian ChurchLeeds Road, Cutsyke, Castleford WF10 5HA [1]
Gospel Hall The Gospel Hall, Formerly Pontefract Road Primitive Methodist Church - geograph.org.uk - 239290.jpg Pontefract RoadGospelFormerly Pontefract Road Primitive Methodist Church
Holy Cross Church Airedale, Castleford, Church of the Holy Cross - geograph.org.uk - 225312.jpg Airedale Church of EnglandServes the Airedale estate
St Edmund's Church St Edmund's Roman Catholic Church, Queens Park Drive, Airedale - geograph.org.uk - 239294.jpg Queens Park Drive, Airedale Roman Catholic Serves the Airedale estate
St Joseph's Church St Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, Castleford. - geograph.org.uk - 239280.jpg Pontefract RoadRoman Catholic
St Michael's Church St Michael's Church, St Michael's Close, Off Smawthorne Lane, Castleford - geograph.org.uk - 239284.jpg Smawthorne LaneChurch of England
St Paul the Apostle St Paul the Apostle - Pontefract Road (geograph 5264739).jpg Pontefract Road, Glasshoughton Church of England
Smawthorne Community Church Smawthorne Community Church, Beancroft Road, Castleford - geograph.org.uk - 1592143.jpg Beancroft Road Evangelical
Trinity Methodist Church Castleford, Trinity Methodist Church - geograph.org.uk - 518787.jpg Powell Street, Castleford town centre Methodist 1964
Townville Methodist Church Townville, Castleford , The Methodist Church - geograph.org.uk - 225316.jpg TownvilleMethodist

Featherstone

NameImageLocationDenominationGradeOpenedNotes
Featherstone Methodist Church Featherstone Methodist Church - Wilson Street - geograph.org.uk - 1194842.jpg Featherstone Methodist
St Gerald Majella Featherstone, St Gerald Majella Roman Catholic Church - geograph.org.uk - 227547.jpg Featherstone Roman Catholic
St Thomas Featherstone - Saint Thomas's Church.jpg Featherstone Church of England
South Featherstone Gospel Hall South Featherstone Gospel Hall - Station Lane - geograph.org.uk - 1194415.jpg Station Lane, Featherstone

Horbury

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

Knottingley

NameImageLocationDenominationGradeOpenedNotes
Elim Pentecostal Church Elim Pentecostal Church - Tithe Barn Road - geograph.org.uk - 1215356.jpg Tithe Barn Road Pentecostal
Knottingley United Reformed Church Knottingley United Reformed Church (6th June 2020).jpg Knottingley United Reformed Church
Salvation Army Church Salvation Army Church and Community Centre - Weeland Road - geograph.org.uk - 1215342.jpg Weeland Road Salvation Army
St Botolph's Church Knottingley- St Botolph's Church - geograph.org.uk - 225286.jpg Knottingley Church of England II

Normanton

NameImageLocationDenominationGradeOpenedNotes
St John the BaptistNewland 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

NameImageLocationDenominationGradeOpenedNotes
Christ Church Christ Church from the west, Ossett - geograph.org.uk - 966037.jpg Ossett Church of England II1851 Commissioners' church
Holy Trinity Church Trinity Church, Ossett.jpg OssettChurch of EnglandII
The King's Way Church The Kings Way Church - geograph.org.uk - 679074.jpg Ossett Methodist
Mount Zion Chapel Mount Zion Chapel - Queen Street - geograph.org.uk - 679082.jpg Queen StreetMethodist
St Ignatius St Ignatius Catholic Church - Storrs Hill Road - geograph.org.uk - 1259632.jpg Storrs Hill Road Roman Catholic
South Ossett Baptist Church South Ossett Baptist Church - Junction Lane - geograph.org.uk - 1258475.jpg Junction Lane Baptist

Pontefract

NameImageLocationDenominationGradeOpenedNotes
All Saints' Church All Saints, Pontefract (27364027412).jpg 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 The Central Methodist Church, Jubilee Way, Pontefract - geograph.org.uk - 239277.jpg Jubilee Way, Pontefract Methodist
Pontefract Congregational Church Pontefract Congregational Church 2018.jpg Finkle Street, PontefractCongregational
The Evangelical Church The Evangelical Church, Finkle Street, Pontefract - geograph.org.uk - 239270.jpg Finkle Street, Pontefract Evangelical
Holy Family Church Chequerfield, Pontefract, R.C. Church of the Holy Family - geograph.org.uk - 226766.jpg Carleton Crest, Chequerfield Estate, Pontefract Roman Catholic
Kingdom Hall of the Jehovah's Witnesses Kingdom Hall of the Jehovah's Witnesses, Orchard Head Lane, Pontefract (6th June 2020).jpg Orchard Head Lane Jehovah's Witnesses
Chapel of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Church of the Latter Day Saints, Pontefract - geograph.org.uk - 329947.jpg Park Villas Drive, Pontefract Latter-day Saints
Micklegate Methodist Church Micklegate Methodist Church, Pontefract (1).JPG Micklegate, PontefractMethodist1969This replaced the former Tanshelf Methodist Church which burned down in 1965
Salvation Army Hall The Salvation Army Hall, Pontefract. - geograph.org.uk - 559124.jpg Maud's Yard, Pontefract Salvation Army
St Giles' Church St Giles and St Marys - geograph.org.uk - 429687.jpg Market Place, PontefractChurch of EnglandII*
St Joseph's Church St Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, Back Street, Pontefract - geograph.org.uk - 239275.jpg Back Street, PontefractRoman Catholic

Wakefield

NameImageLocationDenominationGradeOpenedNotes
Wakefield Cathedral (Cathedral Church of All Saints') All Saints Wakefield Cathedral - geograph.org.uk - 344712.jpg Kirkgate, Wakefield City Centre Church of England I
Destiny Church Destiny Christian Church - geograph.org.uk - 1212089.jpg Chaloner GroveII1859A former theatre
Evangelical Free Church The Evangelical Free Church, Eastmoor Estate. - geograph.org.uk - 286557.jpg Eastmoor Evangelical
First Church of Christ Scientist First Church of Christ Scientist - Wentworth Street - geograph.org.uk - 660902.jpg Wentworth Street First Church of Christ Scientist
Church of Jesus Christ and the Latter Day Saints Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints - Horbury Road, Wakefield - geograph.org.uk - 679315.jpg Horbury Road Mormon
Light ^ Life Church Light ^ Life Church - Clarion Street - geograph.org.uk - 2128806.jpg Clarion Street, Belle VueNon-denominational
New Life Christian Centre New Life Christian Centre - geograph.org.uk - 1044577.jpg George Street Pentecostal II
Outwood Methodist Church Outwood Methodist Church (25711810236).jpg Outwood Methodist
Quaker Meeting House Quaker Meeting House - Thornhill Street - geograph.org.uk - 660614.jpg Thornhill Street, Wakefield City Centre Quaker
St Andrew's Church St Andrew's Church - Peterson Road - geograph.org.uk - 660609.jpg Peterson Road, WakefieldChurch of EnglandIIServes the East end of Wakefield and Eastmoor
St Anne's Church St Anne's Church - Wrenthorpe Road - geograph.org.uk - 670669.jpg Wrenthorpe Church of EnglandServes the Wrenthorpe district
St Austin's Church St Austin's Catholic Church - Wentworth Terrace - geograph.org.uk - 654095.jpg Wentworth Terrace Roman Catholic IIServes North Wakefield
St Catherine's Church St Catherine's Church and Day centre, Doncaster Road, Wakefield - geograph.org.uk - 250406.jpg Doncaster RoadChurch of England
St George's Church St George's Church - geograph.org.uk - 228759.jpg St George's Road, Lupset Church of England
St Helen's Church St Helen, Sandal Magna 3 (4095676472).jpg Sandal Magna Church of EnglandII*Serves the Sandal district
St James Church St James' church - geograph.org.uk - 1076552.jpg Denby Dale Road, ThornesChurch of EnglandII
St John's Church RIMG11191 1.JPG St John's Square, Wakefield City CentreChurch of EnglandII*1895Serves the areas to the north of Wakefield City Centre
Chantry Chapel of St Mary the Virgin Bridge Chapel, Wakefield.JPG Wakefield Bridge, Wakefield City CentreChurch of EnglandIc. 1350Forms part of the structure of Wakefield Bridge
St Mary Magdalene's Church St Mary, Outwood (25437384230).jpg Outwood
WF1 2DT
Church of England1858 [4] Part of the benefice of North Wakefield
St Michael's Church St Michael, Westgate Common, Wakefield (25212412294).jpg Westgate End, WakefieldChurch of EnglandServes the west end of Wakefield
St Paul's Church St Paul's Church, Alverthorpe, Wakefield - geograph.org.uk - 250419.jpg St Paul's Drive, Alverthorpe, WakefieldChurch of EnglandIIServes Alverthorpe
St Peter and St Paul Church St Peter and Paul Catholic Church - Standbridge Lane - geograph.org.uk - 765692.jpg Standbridge LaneRoman CatholicServes South Wakefield
Sandal Methodist Church Sandal Methodist Church - Barnsley Road - geograph.org.uk - 747090.jpg Sandal Magna Methodist
Trinity Methodist Church Trinity Methodist Church - Stanley Road - geograph.org.uk - 759938.jpg Stanley RoadMethodistServes North Wakefield
Wakefield Baptist Church Wakefield Baptist Church - Barnsley Road - geograph.org.uk - 747052.jpg Barnsley Road Baptist
Wakefield Citadel Citadel entrance - geograph.org.uk - 954812.jpg Frederick Street, Wakefield City Centre Salvation Army
Wakefield Spiritualist Church Wakefield Spiritualists - Peterson Road - geograph.org.uk - 660610.jpg Peterston Road, Wakefield Spiritualist
Westgate Unitarian Chapel Unitarian Chapel - Westgate - front view - geograph.org.uk - 660678.jpg Westgate, Wakefield City Centre Unitarian
West Wakefield Methodist Church West Wakefield Methodist Church - geograph.org.uk - 1028106.jpg Thornes Road, WakefieldMethodist

Former places of worship

Featherstone

West Bretton

NameImageLocationDenominationGradeOpenedNotes
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]

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References

  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

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