Heritage Open Days
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Events
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Events for September 12, 2026
All Day
Pontefract Castle Dungeon Tours
Join us on our popular tours of the Pontefract Castle dungeon – free for Heritage Open Days!
Take a tour of the Pontefract Castle dungeon
Soak in the atmosphere of this eerie underground space. Discover the many uses of the dungeon. See where English Civil War prisoners left to languish scratched their names into the rock.
Tour- Archbishop Holgate Hospital – legacy almshouses
Tour of Holgate Hospital and Almshouses includes an opening talk in Ebor Hall about the history of Robert Holgate and his legacy.
Visit and Tour – St Giles, Church of England
Visit and Tour St Giles Church. Guides available , giving tours and information about the church (1000-1300hrs). A visit to the bell ringing chamber (1000-1200hrs), the bell chamber is not accessible. The cafe will be open during the morning for refreshments.
All Saints Parish Church, Pontefract open Day and Double Helix Staircase Tower Tours
Church Open Day to see our wonderful and Ancient Parish Church
All Day Tours of our Double Helix Tower Staircase - Just turn up and join the next tour.
Lighting up the Past – Pontefract’s hermitage and dispensary digitally rediscovered
Join us to launch a new digital interpretation of Pontefract's hermitage and dispensary, including virtual reality and film. Explore a unique heritage site hidden beneath the streets of Pontefract through digital technology and story telling.
Talk : Women at War – the munition workers in WWI
Local historian Eric Jackson relates the story of the National Shell Filling Factory Number 1, better known as Barnbow, especially the women that worked there and the explosion of 1916.
Tour: Pontefract Town Hall & Assembly Rooms
A Grade II listed 18th century town hall built in 1785 by Bernard Hartley with the added Victorian Assembly Rooms from 1882. Join Pontefract Civic Society for a guided tour of the Town Hall including the Assembly Rooms, Nelson Room, and perhaps a few more nooks & crannies.
Pontefract’s George Fox Manuscripts Live Online Launch
Wakefield Libraries are proud to launch a freely accessible digital edition of the George Fox manuscripts.
The fox manuscripts chart a unique handwritten and illustrated journey through the history of Pontefract by one of 19th century Pontefract’s most passionate local historians.