Wakefield is a success story in the heart of West Yorkshire. It has undergone a recent transformation following a success launch of the critically acclaimed
Hepworth Gallery in 2011 which has seen 500,000 visitors in it's first year.
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| The Hepworth opened in 2011 |
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| Wakefield's Historic Cathedral |
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| Chantry Bridge - War of the Roses Landmark painted by Turner |
The City has a growing population of some 324,000 and boasts a new designer city centre Shopping Centre Trinity Walk which complements the established and well liked Ridings Centre opposite to Wakefield's historic Cathedral.
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| Trinity Walk - Opened in 2012 |
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| Wakefield College |
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| The Yorkshire Sculpture Park |
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| Wakefield's Established Ridings Shopping Centre |
Wakefield is becoming a tourist centre for those seeking art,culture, shopping and english historical monuments.
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| Original Scupture at the YSP |
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| Famous for Henry Moore Art |
Wakefield has an active business community and is the home to make of Yorkshire's business success stories and Export Companies.
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| Wakefield's Calder Park - Fastest Growing Business Zone |
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| Wakefield Cathedral |
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Some of Wakefield's success stories include the following companies based here : Coca Cola Enterprises (One of Europe's largest bottling installations), Strategic Team Group, Carclo, Eric France, Joseph Rhodes Limited (Queens Award Engineering Exporter),Albemarle & Bond, Netto Foodstores, NG Developments, Harvard Engineering plc, Haribo, Tangerine Confectionery, Minster Law, La Farge, Handlesbanken.
The City is dubbed a Renaissance City with Yorkshire Fastest Growing Business Park, access to a commutable workforce of 6 million people and proximity to rapid growth neighbouring cities of Leeds and Manchester.
