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The City of Wakefield - self-catering breaks for business or leisure

Wakefield on the River Calder lies in the county of West Yorkshire. It is famous for unusual reasons:

• Wakefield maximum security prison has contained some notable criminals in its time; such as Ian Huntley and Harold Shipman.
• There is an annual rhubarb festival because of the quanitity of rhubarb grown in the area.
• The city is associated with the production of liquorice based 'Pontefract cakes' in the nearby town of Pontefract
• The Westgate part of Wakefield is said to have the highest density of pubs anywhere, leading to a now established Westgate Pub Crawl.

One place of interest is the National Coal Mining Museum based in Overton. Numerous other attractions, good shopping, markets.....