Wakefield

Wakefield, also known as the City of Wakefield, is a local government district with city status and a metropolitan district in , England. , the largest settlement, is the administrative centre of the district.
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  • Type: metropolitan borough with 368,000 residents
  • Description: local government district in West Yorkshire, England
  • Also known as: “City of Wakefield” and “Wakefield Şehri”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Wakefield Cathedral and Wakefield Westgate railway station.

Church
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, or the Cathedral Church of All…

Railway station
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Wakefield Westgate is one of two railway stations that serve , in , England.

Railway station
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Wakefield Kirkgate is one of two railway stations in , , England.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wakefield and Stanley.

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is a city in , 12 miles south of Leeds.

Town
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is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield in , England. is situated 2½ miles northeast of Wakefield.

Town
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is a market and residential town in the… is situated 3 miles west of Wakefield.

Wakefield

Latitude
53.6809° or 53° 40′ 51″ north
Longitude
-1.499° or 1° 29′ 56″ west
Population
368,000
Elevation
138 feet (42 metres)
Abbreviation
“WKF”
Open location code
9C5WMGJ2+8C
Geo­Names ID
3333212
Wiki­data ID
Q763171
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Wakefield” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ويكفيلد”
  • Armenian: “Ուեյքֆիլդ”
  • Asturian: “Ciudá de Wakefield”
  • Belarusian: “Уэйкфілд”
  • Breton: “City of Wakefield”
  • Breton: “Wakefield”
  • Bulgarian: “Уейкфийлд”
  • Catalan: “Wakefield”
  • Cebuano: “City and Borough of Wakefield”
  • Chinese: “韋克菲爾德市”
  • Chinese: “韦克菲尔德市”
  • Danish: “City of Wakefield”
  • Dutch: “Wakefield”
  • Esperanto: “Wakefield”
  • French: “cité de Wakefield”
  • French: “Cité de Wakefield”
  • German: “City of Wakefield”
  • Greek: “Γουέικφιλντ”
  • Hebrew: “וייקפילד”
  • Hungarian: “City of Wakefield”
  • Irish: “Wakefield”
  • Italian: “Città di Wakefield”
  • Italian: “City of Wakefield”
  • Japanese: “シティ・オブ・ウェイクフィールド”
  • Korean: “시티오브웨이크필드”
  • Kurdish: “City of Wakefield”
  • Latvian: “Veikfīlda (boro)”
  • Latvian: “Veikfīlda”
  • Manipuri: “ꯋꯦꯛꯐꯤꯜꯗ ꯒꯤ ꯃꯌꯣꯜꯂꯝꯂꯦꯟ”
  • Mazanderani: “سیتی ویکفیلد”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Wakefield (koān)”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Wakefield”
  • Northern Frisian: “City of Wakefield”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “City of Wakefield”
  • Norwegian: “City of Wakefield”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Ciutat de Wakefield”
  • Persian: “سیتی ویکفیلد”
  • Persian: “ویکفیلد”
  • Polish: “City of Wakefield”
  • Portuguese: “Cidade de Wakefield”
  • Russian: “Сити-оф-Уэйкфилд”
  • Russian: “Уэйкфилд”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “City of Wakefield”
  • Slovenian: “Wakefield”
  • South Azerbaijani: “سیتی ویکفیلد”
  • Spanish: “Ciudad de Wakefield”
  • Swedish: “City of Wakefield”
  • Swedish: “Wakefield”
  • Tamil: “வேக்பீல்டு”
  • Turkish: “Wakefield”
  • Ukrainian: “Вейкфілд”
  • Urdu: “ویکفیلڈ شہر”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Wakefield”
  • Welsh: “Dinas Wakefield”
  • Western Panjabi: “ویکفیلڈ”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Primrose Hill and New Brighton.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: York House and HM Prison Wakefield.

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