Pontefract Art Club exhibition: Art for the Community
Art for the Community. A new exhibition for Heritage Open Days by Pontefract Art Club members.
Art for the Community. A new exhibition for Heritage Open Days by Pontefract Art Club members.
The event will take place on Harropwell Lane, Pontefract, and will look at a project which aimed to help boys who were reluctant to go to school, and another project working with people on probation.
Enjoy a day out at the races
2026 marks the 50th anniversary for KCB and this year's Parton's Concert will celebrate this wonderful achievement in full.
Featherstone Male Voice Choir will be performing alongside Ripon City Band in a joint concert at St Giles Church, Pontefract.
Enjoy a day out at the races
Come along to a quiz night at the Pontefract Masonic Hall.
In response to popular demand — and in partnership with Wakefield District Markets, with encouragement from Pontefract Civic Society — we’re delighted to bring an Artisan Craft Fair to Pontefract…
Enjoy the last flat races of 2026
David Hardcastle, is a retired West Yorkshire Police constable of 20 years and is a volunteer at a local police museum. He will be giving an interactive presentation on the history of the police service over the last 120+ years. The presentation will feature historical artefacts that will be available to handle during the talk for proper immersion in the history of policing, artefacts ranging from 1880, covering the Victorian period, both World Wars and into the 21st Century. A big assortment of various police uniforms, helmets, hats and even a working radio from the 1980s for the audience to try!