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Wakefield
Population 99,251 (Wikidata)
Before you go
- January: 8 h of daylight
- February: 9 h 49 of daylight
- March: 11 h 47 of daylight
- April: 13 h 59 of daylight
- May: 15 h 55 of daylight
- June: 17 h 02 of daylight
- July: 16 h 34 of daylight
- August: 14 h 52 of daylight
- September: 12 h 45 of daylight
- October: 10 h 38 of daylight
- November: 8 h 37 of daylight
- December: 7 h 29 of daylight
Getting there
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Where you can go from Wakefield
- Under 1 h
- 1–2 h
- 2–3 h
- 3–5 h
- 5 h +
From Wakefield's stations on a Tuesday at 08:00, by train, coach or ferry, to the other city's station: the wait for the first train included, not the way to the station.
1 to 2 hours· 10
2 to 3 hours· 25
3 to 5 hours· 49
- Northampton3h 09
- Reading3h 13
- Gloucester3h 14
- Milton Keynes3h 16
- Windsor and Eton3h 18
- Crawley3h 21
- Shrewsbury3h 21
- Chelmsford3h 23
- Guildford3h 26
- Berwick-upon-Tweed3h 27
39 moreFewer
- Nelson3h 27
- Ipswich3h 30
- Worcester3h 30
- Stratford-upon-Avon3h 32
- Bristol3h 33
- Farnborough3h 34
- Edinburgh3h 35
- Southend-on-Sea3h 37
- Canterbury3h 38
- Swindon3h 39
- Wrexham3h 39
- Oxford3h 40
- Folkestone3h 43
- Norwich3h 46
- Colchester3h 48
- Brighton3h 50
- Whitby3h 50
- Bath3h 57
- Tewkesbury3h 57
- Winchester4h 06
- Hastings4h 08
- Cardiff4h 12
- North Berwick4h 12
- Eastleigh4h 15
- Ludlow4h 15
- Llanfairpwllgwyngyll4h 18
- Eastbourne4h 19
- Salisbury4h 22
- Southampton4h 24
- Llandudno4h 25
- Lille4h 28
- Arundel4h 35
- Glasgow4h 37
- Kirkcaldy4h 37
- Annan4h 38
- Warminster4h 41
- Portsmouth4h 43
- Exeter4h 46
- Stirling4h 55
5 hours or more· 75
- Paris5h 01
- Brussels5h 07
- Bournemouth5h 07
- Lanark5h 17
- Aberystwyth5h 24
- Tywyn5h 24
- Cromer5h 27
- Saint-Cloud5h 29
- Swansea5h 32
- Perth5h 35
65 moreFewer
- Torquay5h 35
- Kraainem5h 36
- Greenock5h 36
- Versailles5h 41
- Helensburgh5h 42
- Leuven5h 44
- Kortrijk5h 47
- Plymouth5h 49
- Aalst5h 52
- Mechelen5h 52
- Disneyland Paris5h 56
- Dundee5h 57
- Fontainebleau5h 58
- Ghent6h 02
- Charleroi6h 04
- Antwerp6h 11
- Amiens6h 12
- Calais6h 19
- Lier6h 25
- Ath6h 30
- Bruges6h 31
- Namur6h 32
- Rotterdam6h 34
- Liège6h 36
- Hasselt6h 37
- Sint-Niklaas6h 37
- Rouen6h 42
- Schiedam6h 43
- Ypres6h 49
- Delft6h 49
- Ostend6h 56
- The Hague7h 02
- Dinant7h 08
- Breda7h 09
- Chartres7h 10
- Reims7h 16
- Dordrecht7h 16
- Leiden7h 17
- Aberdeen7h 18
- Amsterdam7h 22
- Lyon7h 24
- Tilburg7h 25
- Spa7h 25
- Rennes7h 27
- Gouda7h 28
- Dijon7h 33
- Le Mans7h 35
- Zaandam7h 36
- Haarlem7h 37
- Weesp7h 37
- Hilversum7h 38
- Maastricht7h 39
- Tenby7h 39
- Utrecht7h 48
- Almere7h 49
- Eindhoven7h 49
- Bussum7h 49
- Le Havre7h 50
- Metz7h 50
- Amersfoort7h 50
- Aviemore7h 51
- 's-Hertogenbosch7h 52
- Nantes7h 55
- Dieppe7h 56
- Caen7h 58
From Wakefield's stations on a Friday at 17:30, by train, coach or ferry, to the other city's station: the wait for the first train included, not the way to the station.
Under an hour· 4
1 to 2 hours· 14
2 to 3 hours· 23
3 to 5 hours· 46
- Shrewsbury3h 03
- Wrexham3h 05
- Milton Keynes3h 18
- Reading3h 18
- Crawley3h 21
- Cheltenham3h 22
- Chelmsford3h 23
- Windsor and Eton3h 28
- Llandudno3h 30
- Folkestone3h 33
36 moreFewer
- Guildford3h 35
- Southend-on-Sea3h 37
- Northampton3h 39
- Edinburgh3h 41
- Gloucester3h 43
- Norwich3h 43
- Oxford3h 45
- Colchester3h 45
- Farnborough3h 46
- Llanfairpwllgwyngyll3h 49
- Brighton3h 50
- Canterbury3h 53
- Ludlow3h 55
- Swindon3h 55
- Winchester3h 59
- Ipswich4h
- Annan4h 03
- Worcester4h 03
- Bristol4h 08
- Eastleigh4h 08
- Tewkesbury4h 13
- Southampton4h 16
- Eastbourne4h 18
- Whitby4h 19
- Hastings4h 21
- Salisbury4h 21
- Bath4h 22
- Portsmouth4h 31
- Arundel4h 34
- Glasgow4h 36
- North Berwick4h 45
- Stirling4h 45
- Bournemouth4h 47
- Kirkcaldy4h 51
- Perth4h 57
- Stratford-upon-Avon4h 59
From published timetables, as of 19 October 2026. Only cities with a page here, in the countries we have timetables for.
Best-documented sights
All of them in the guide- The Hepworth Wakefield Gallery · 470 m
- West Yorkshire History Centre Museum · 60 m
- Wakefield Museum Museum · 890 m
- Wakefield Cenotaph Memorial · 860 m
- Louisa's Wakefield Walking Trail Memorial · 590 m
- Ann Hurst Memorial · 630 m
- Wakefield’s Wool Market Memorial · 650 m
- Records Memorial · 350 m
Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.
Through the year
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Rhubarb
February
Wakefield is one apex of the "rhubarb triangle", the others being Morley and Rothwell on the edge of Leeds.
1 event here has no dates for this year yet. We can look them up on each event's own site.
Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Wakefield); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.
Eating nearby
All 30 places to eatSomewhere to run
Getting around
- Greenline 70 m
- Wakefield Kirkgate 260 m
- Bargain Private Hire 550 m
- Ace Taxis 670 m
- Arrow Taxis 690 m
- Wakefield Abbey 720 m
More train stations: Wakefield Westgate 930 m, Sandal and Agbrigg 2.1 km, Pugneys Lakeside 2.9 km, Pugneys Central 3.2 km, Outwood 4.1 km, Normanton 5.0 km
Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 17 October 2026. Description from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.