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The first railway line to go through Wakefield was the Manchester and Leeds Railway
in 1840. It passed
through Kirkgate Station which was built partly on the site of the cement works of Joseph Aspdin, the inventor of Portland Cement.
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Up Town
Lower Kirkgate
>
Kirkgate Station
The Six Chimneys
The Regal
Northgate
Southgate
The Cathedral
The Market
The Springs
Upper Kirkgate
The Bullring
The Bus Station
The Orangery
The Queen Vic
Westgate
>
Westgate Station
Sandal Castle
Around Wakefield
Agbrigg
Alverthorpe
Eastmoor
Flanshaw
>
Flanshaw in the News
Kettlethorpe
Lupset
Peacock
Portobello
Sandal
St John's
>
St John's Church
Jonathan Strange
The Pugneys
>
By The River
Thornes
>
Thornes Park
Wrenthorpe
Videos