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
Cutsyke Christian Church		Leeds Road, Cutsyke, Castleford WF10 5HA
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

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		Station Lane, Featherstone

Horbury

For details of current and former places of worship in Horbury, see Horbury#Religion

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

Normanton

Name	Image	Location	Denomination	Grade	Opened	Notes
St John the Baptist		Newland Lane Normanton WF6 1BA	Roman Catholic			The land where the church is built was formerly owned by the Knights of St John of Jerusalem.

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		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

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
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	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

Former places of worship

Featherstone

• North Featherstone Gospel Hall (closed)

West Bretton

Name	Image	Location	Denomination	Grade	Opened	Notes
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

See also

• List of places of worship in the City of Leeds