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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
An external tour of school buildings/grounds with the school archivist, with an additional Q&A session and a chance to view items from the archives.
Pontefract Park Walk - a guided walk, by Pontefract Civic Society, with information about its WWI & WWII connections, the history of the park and reference to nature in the park.
The theme of the walk is to describe how Darrington has changed over the last 70 years, especially with regard to farming.
A walk from Pontefract Castle exploring the people who have served Pontefract.
This new exhibition will be available for the first time on Wednesday 16th September in as part of a tour with commentary. This will focus on our benefactors and what they were like.
A talk on the history of the Hermitage and Oratory in Pontefract.