A walking tour giving the history of liquorice growing in Friarwood Valley Gardens by Dr Colin White. Pontefract has been synonymous with liquorice, a flowering plant of the bean family, for centuries.
We pleased to have the Liquorice Singers provide a little popular light music popping up near St Giles Church & the Buttercross Market Place, Place, WF8 1AT
Join Beccy from Story Trails for an interactive storytelling session. Discover stories about everyday people from Pontefract’s past doing extraordinary things!
2027 Heritage Open Days
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.
Based on the Pontefract Museum’s exhibition ‘Picturing Pontefract’, join Paul Cartwright on a meander around the town centre to view just a few of the locations selected by artists to showcase Pontefract’s heritage buildings and their uses over the centuries.
Explore the important and wonderful world of liquorice and its history in Pontefract delivered as a guided tour
A walk from Pontefract Castle exploring the people who have served Pontefract.
The theme of the walk is to describe how Darrington has changed over the last 70 years, especially with regard to farming.
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.
