Editing Wakefield (section)

==Landmarks==
[[File:Chantry Bridge.JPG|thumb|left|Chantry Bridge over the [[River Calder, West Yorkshire|River Calder]]]]
The most prominent landmark in Wakefield is [[Wakefield Cathedral]], which at {{convert|247|ft}} has the tallest spire in Yorkshire.<ref>{{cite web |title=Architectural Guide |url=http://www.wakefieldcathedral.org.uk/?idno=988 |publisher=Wakefield Cathedral |access-date=17 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017013324/http://www.wakefieldcathedral.org.uk/?idno=988 |archive-date=17 October 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wakefield.gov.uk/CultureAndLeisure/HistoricWakefield/Buildings/WakefieldCathedral/default.htm |title=Wakefield Council – Wakefield Cathedral |access-date=4 September 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100130185327/http://www.wakefield.gov.uk/CultureAndLeisure/HistoricWakefield/Buildings/WakefieldCathedral/default.htm |archive-date=30 January 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref> Other landmarks in the Civic Quarter on Wood Street include the Grade II*[[Neoclassical architecture|Neoclassical]] Crown Court of 1810,<ref>{{National Heritage List for England |num=1258996 |desc=County Court House |access-date=10 April 2013 }}</ref> [[Wakefield Town Hall]] designed by T.E. Collcutt and opened in 1880,<ref>{{National Heritage List for England |num=1258995 |desc=Town Hall |access-date=10 April 2013 |fewer-links=yes}}</ref> and the [[County Hall, Wakefield|County Hall]] of 1898 built in a [[Queen Anne Style architecture|Queen Anne Style]] which are Grade I listed.<ref>{{National Heritage List for England |num=1242349 |desc=County Hall (offices of West Yorkshire County Council), Bond Street |access-date=10 April 2013 |fewer-links=yes}}</ref> [[St John the Baptist's Church, Wakefield, West Yorkshire|St John's Church]] and Square, St John's North and South Parade are part of residential development dating from the Georgian period.

The old Wakefield Bridge with its [[Chantry Chapel of St Mary the Virgin, Wakefield|Chantry Chapel]], Sandal Castle, and Lawe Hill in Clarence Park are [[Scheduled monument|ancient monuments]].<ref>{{harvnb|WakefieldMDC |2008|p=7 }}</ref> Another prominent structure is the 95-arch railway viaduct, constructed of 800,000,000 bricks in the 1860s on the Doncaster to Leeds railway line. At its northern end is a bridge with an {{convert|80|ft|m|adj=on}} span over Westgate and at its southern end a {{convert|163|ft|m|adj=on}} iron bridge crossing the River Calder.<ref>{{harvnb|Walker|1966|p=558}}</ref>

[[The Ridings Centre]], opened in 1983, was a UK first and served as a template for many shopping centres throughout the UK.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiXxC-eoUpA |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/CiXxC-eoUpA |archive-date=11 December 2021 |url-status=live |title=The Ridings Shopping Centre Celebrates 30 Years |publisher=BBC Look North |date=16 October 2013 |access-date=11 May 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

[[Clayton Hospital]], a substantial [[Victorian architecture|Victorian]] edifice completed in 1880, closed in 2012 and has since been demolished.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/investigation-launched-cause-fire-old-hospital-building-wakefield-604520 |title=Investigation launched into cause of fire at old hospital building in Wakefield |newspaper=Yorkshire Evening Post |date=20 February 2017 |access-date=28 January 2020 |archive-date=17 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211217003224/https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/investigation-launched-cause-fire-old-hospital-building-wakefield-604520 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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