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Nominations sought for Wakefield Civic Society's Annual Design Awards

Posted on 22 January 2018 12:22 PM by

Do you have a nomination to make for the Society's Annual Design Awards? We're looking for entries for our 2018 Design Awards to be announced at our AGM on 19th April.

Wakefield Civic Society president, Kevin Trickett, recognised in 2018 New Year's Honours List

Posted on 1 January 2018 12:26 PM by Pete Taylor

We are delighted to announce that our president, Kevin Trickett, has been recognised in the 2018 New Year's Honours List with the award of an MBE for services to the community in Wakefield.

Wakefield Civic Society responds to Wakefield Council's proposals to change charges for car parking in the District

Posted on 7 November 2017 03:21 PM by

Wakefield Council has called for comments on their proposals to change car parking charges. These changes include

• New charges for overnight, Sunday and Bank Holiday charging at the Council's current pay-and-display car parks and on-street parking;
• Limiting free parking to three hours at Thornes Park, Minsthorpe Leisure Centre, Normanton Leisure Centre and Library, and Pontefract Pool;
• Introducing charging for parking at Anglers Country Park at the same rate as Pugneys.

We have responded to the Council's consultation exercise with the following comments.

Wakefield Civic Society and Civic Voice to co-host national Civic Society Convention in Wakefield

Posted on 19 October 2017 10:21 AM by

Civic society representatives from across the country will meet in Wakefield this week for their national convention hosted by Wakefield Civic Society and organised by Civic Voice.

Wakefield in the Great War - a talk by author Tim Lynch

Posted on 19 October 2017 09:45 AM by

Join us at this free event when author Tim Lynch will tell us about his new book on Wakefield in the Great War.

Outskirts: Living Life on the Edge of the Green Belt - talk by John Grindrod

Posted on 16 September 2017 01:26 PM by

Join us to hear author John Grindrod speak about his latest book, Outskirts: Living Life on the Edge of the Green Belt