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This article lists open, former and demolished places of worship situated within the boundaries of the City of Wakefield.
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Notes |
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All Saints' Church | ![]() |
Ackworth Moor Top | Church of England | |||
St Cuthbert's Church | ![]() |
Ackworth | Church of England | II* |
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Notes |
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St Mary's Church | ![]() |
Badsworth | Church of England | I |
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Notes |
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All Saints' Church (Castleford town centre) | ![]() |
Albion Street, Castleford town centre | Church of England | II | ||
All Saints' Church (Hightown) | ![]() |
Hightown | Church of England | |||
Cutsyke Christian Church | Leeds Road, Cutsyke, Castleford WF10 5HA [1] | |||||
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 | ![]() |
Smawthorne 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 |
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Notes |
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Featherstone Methodist Church | ![]() |
Featherstone | Methodist | |||
St Gerald Majella | ![]() |
Featherstone | Roman Catholic | |||
St Thomas | ![]() |
Featherstone | Church of England | |||
South Featherstone Gospel Hall | ![]() |
Station Lane, Featherstone |
For details of current and former places of worship in Horbury, see Horbury#Religion
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Notes |
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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 |
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Notes |
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St John the Baptist | Newland 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] |
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Notes |
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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 |
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Notes |
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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 | ![]() |
Orchard Head Lane | Jehovah's Witnesses | |||
Chapel of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | ![]() |
Park Villas Drive, Pontefract | Latter-day Saints | |||
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 |
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Notes |
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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 | |||
Light ^ Life Church | ![]() |
Clarion Street, Belle Vue | Non-denominational | |||
New Life Christian 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 | II | 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* | Serves 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 Magdalene's Church | ![]() |
Outwood WF1 2DT |
Church of England | 1858 [4] | Part of the benefice of North Wakefield | |
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 |
Name | Image | Location | Denomination | Grade | Opened | Notes |
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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] |