Wakefield: facts

At a glance

• Country: United Kingdom
• Region: England
• Administrative status: seat of a second-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA2)
• Population: approximately 109,766
• Coordinates: 53.6833° N, 1.4977° W
• Time zone: Europe/London (UTC+00:00 standard, UTC+01:00 daylight saving time)
• Currency: Pound (GBP)
• Distance to the capital, London: 259 km (161 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Leeds Bradford Airport (LBA): 23 km (14 mi), straight line
• Manchester Airport (MAN): 64 km (40 mi), straight line
• Humberside Airport (HUY): 77 km (48 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Crigglestone: 5.0 km (3.1 mi)
• Lofthouse: 5.1 km (3.2 mi)
• Crofton: 5.4 km (3.3 mi)
• Ossett: 5.4 km (3.4 mi)
• Normanton: 5.6 km (3.5 mi)

Things to see

• Wakefield Cathedral (church)
• Sandal Castle (ruins)
• Elizabethan Gallery (building)
• Pugneys Country Park (park)
• St Austin's RC Church (church)