List of places of worship in the City of Wakefield

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

Open places of worship

Ackworth
Name Image Location Denomination Grade Opened Notes
All Saints' Church Ackworth Moor Top Church of England
St Cuthbert's Church Ackworth Church of England II*

Badsworth
Name Image Location Denomination Grade Opened Notes
St Mary's Church Badsworth Church of England I

Castleford
Name Image Location Denomination Grade Opened Notes
All Saints' Church (Castleford town centre) Albion Street, Castleford town centre Church of England II
All Saints' Church (Hightown) Hightown Church of England
Gospel Hall Pontefract Road Gospel Formerly Pontefract Road Primitive Methodist Church
Holy Cross Church Airedale Church of England Serves the Airedale estate
St Edmund's Church Queens Park Drive, Airedale Roman Catholic Serves the Airedale estate
St Joseph's Church Pontefract Road Roman Catholic
St Michael's Church Swawthorne Lane Church of England
St Paul the Apostle Pontefract Road, Glasshoughton Church of England
Smawthorne Community Church Beancroft Road Evangelical
Trinity Methodist Church Powell Street, Castleford town centre Methodist 1964
Townville Methodist Church Townville Methodist

Featherstone
Name Image Location Denomination Grade Opened Notes
Featherstone Methodist Church Featherstone Methodist
St Gerald Majella Featherstone Roman Catholic
St Thomas Featherstone Church of England
South Featherstone Gospel Hall Featherstone

Knottingley
Name Image Location Denomination Grade Opened Notes
Elim Pentecostal Church Tithe Barn Road Pentecostal
Knottingley United Reformed Church Knottingley United Reformed Church
Salvation Army Church Weeland Road Salvation Army
St Botolph's Church Knottingley Church of England II

Ossett
Name Image Location Denomination Grade Opened Notes
Christ Church Ossett Church of England II 1851 Commissioners' church
Holy Trinity Church Ossett Church of England II
The King's Way Church Ossett Methodist
Mount Zion Chapel Queen Street Methodist
St Ignatius Storrs Hill Road Roman Catholic
South Ossett Baptist Church Junction Lane Baptist

Pontefract
Name Image Location Denomination Grade Opened Notes
All Saints' Church 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 Jubilee Way, Pontefract Methodist
Pontefract Congregational Church Finkle Street, Pontefract Congregational
The Evangelical Church Finkle Street, Pontefract Evangelical
Holy Family Church Carleton Crest, Chequerfield Estate, Pontefract Roman Catholic
Kingdom Hall of the Jehovah's Witnesses Orhcard Head Lane Jehovah's Witnesses
Church of Latter Day Saints Park Villas Drive, Pontefract Mormon
Micklegate Methodist Church Micklegate, Pontefract Methodist 1969 This replaced the former Tanshelf Methodist Church which burned down in 1965
Salvation Army Hall Maud's Yard, Pontefract Salvation Army
St Giles' Church Market Place, Pontefract Church of England II*
St Joseph's Church Back Street, Pontefract Roman Catholic

Wakefield
Name Image Location Denomination Grade Opened Notes
Wakefield Cathedral (Cathedral Church of All Saints') Kirkgate, Wakefield City Centre Church of England I
Destiny Church Chaloner Grove II 1859 A former theatre
Evangelical Free Church Eastmoor Evangelical
First Church of Christ Scientist Wentworth Street First Church of Christ Scientist
Church of Jesus Christ and the Latter Day Saints Horbury Road Mormon
New Life Christan Centre George Street Pentecostal II
Outwood Methodist Church Outwood Methodist
Quaker Meeting House Thornhill Street, Wakefield City Centre Quaker
St Andrew's Church Peterson Road, Wakefield Church of England II serves the East end of Wakefield and Eastmoor
St Anne's Church Wrenthorpe Church of England serves the Wrenthorpe district
St Austin's Church Wentworth Terrace Roman Catholic serves North Wakefield
St Catherine's Church Doncaster Road Church of England
St George's Church St George's Road, Lupset Church of England
St Helen's Church Sandal Magna Church of England II* served the Sandal district
St James Church Denby Dale Road, Thornes Church of England II
St John's Church St John's Square, Wakefield City Centre Church of England II* 1895 serves the areas to the north of Wakefield City Centre
Chantry Chapel of St Mary the Virgin Wakefield Bridge, Wakefield City Centre Church of England I c. 1350 Forms part of the structure of Wakefield Bridge
St Mary's Church Outwood Church of England served Outwood
St Michael's Church Westgate End, Wakefield Church of England serves the west end of Wakefield
St Paul's Church St Paul's Drive, Alverthorpe, Wakefield Church of England II serves Alverthorpe
St Peter and St Paul Church Standbridge Lane Roman Catholic Serves South Wakefield
Sandal Methodist Church Sandal Magna Methodist
Trinity Methodist Church Stanley Road Methodist serves North Wakefield
Wakefield Baptist Church Barnsley Road Baptist
Wakefield Citadel Frederick Street, Wakefield City Centre Salvation Army
Wakefield Spiritualist Church Peterston Road, Wakefield Spiritualist
Westgate Unitarian Chapel Westgate, Wakefield City Centre Unitarian
West Wakefield Methodist Church Thornes Road, Wakefield Methodist

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