Wakefield

Wakefield is a cathedral city in West Yorkshire, England, standing on the River Calder. It had a population of 109,766 at the 2021 census, and it is the administrative centre of the wider Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield, one of the most populous districts in England. It forms part of the West Yorkshire Built-up Area within the Yorkshire and the Humber region. The city gained city status in 1888 because of its cathedral, and it holds the town hall and the county hall, the latter the former administrative centre of the West Riding of Yorkshire, for which Wakefield was the county town. The Battle of Wakefield was fought here during the Wars of the Roses, and the city changed hands between the two sides in the Civil War. Its position on the navigable Calder helped it grow into an important market town and inland port trading in wool, corn, coal and textiles.