King Edward I once said that ‘he who holds Pontefract, holds the key to the North’. That alone is evidence of how historic a town Pontefract is, and one of the most fascinating in all of England, with a history including the Romans, Vikings, Normans, the death of King Richard II, the English Civil War and the world-famous production of liquorice! On our walk around Pontefract, we pass a number of interesting landmarks, including the Old Town Hall, Market Place, Market Hall, Buttercross, St. Giles’ Church, Ducks & Green Pease Row, Beastfair, Cornmarket, The Merchant’s Warehouse, Pontefract War Memorial, former Magistrates’ Court, Haribo Factory, Liquorice Way, Shoemarket, Pontefract Museum, Salter Row, Ratten Row, Woolmarket, Magna Carta Memorial, Pontefract Town Hall, Horsefair, Micklegate Square, The Barbican, Pontefract Castle, Kirkby Anglo-Saxon Church, All Saints’ Church, and about a thousand pubs along the way!
Acknowledgement: Lets Walk