Visit Kirkthorpe Places

Welcome to Visit Kirkthorpe Places
The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Kirkthorpe

  

Kirkthorpe Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Kirkthorpe

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Kirkthorpe history

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Kirkthorpe is one of the villages on the proposed route north to Leeds of HS2. The village has an Anglican church, the Church of St Peter, which was built in the 14th century and rebuilt in 1875.

Kirkthorpe toponymy

The name “Kirkthorpe” means “outlying or secondary hamlet or farmstead with a church” It is formed of two elements, the Old English throp or the Old Scandinavian thorp.

You can visit Kirkthorpe places with Walkfo Kirkthorpe to hear history at Kirkthorpe’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Kirkthorpe has 46 places to visit in our interactive Kirkthorpe map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Kirkthorpe, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Kirkthorpe places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Kirkthorpe & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 46 audio facts unique to Kirkthorpe places in an interactive Kirkthorpe map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Kirkthorpe Places Map
46 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Kirkthorpe historic spots	Kirkthorpe tourist destinations	Kirkthorpe plaques	Kirkthorpe geographic features
Walkfo Kirkthorpe tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Kirkthorpe

  

Best Kirkthorpe places to visit

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Kirkthorpe has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Kirkthorpe’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Kirkthorpe’s information audio spots:

St Peter’s Church, Stanley, West Yorkshire St Peter’s Church in Stanley, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, was a Church of England church. The church opened in 1824, closed in 2001 and after falling into disrepair was demolished in 2014.

Wakefield Museum Wakefield Museum is a local museum in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, north England. It covers the history of the city of Wakefield and the local area from prehistoric times onwards.

City of Wakefield The population of the City of Wakefield at the 2011 Census was 325,837. Wakefield is the district’s administrative centre. The district includes the Five Towns, Normanton, Pontefract, Featherstone, Castleford and Knottingley.

Chantry Chapel of St Mary the Virgin, Wakefield The Chantry Chapel of St Mary the Virgin, Wakefield, is a Grade I Listed building. It is located south of the city centre on the medieval bridge over the River Calder. The chapel is the oldest and most ornate of the surviving bridge chapels in England.

Normanton (electoral ward) Normanton is an electoral ward of the City of Wakefield district. It is used for elections to Wakefield Metropolitan District Council elections. Normanton electoral ward is part of the Wakefield District Council.

Crofton, West Yorkshire Crofton is about 4 miles (6 km) south-east of Wakefield, some 6 miles (10 km) to the west of the town of Pontefract. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 5,781.

Heath Hall, Heath, West Yorkshire Heath Hall, Heath, Wakefield, West Yorkshire is a Grade I listed country house. Originally called Eshald House, the estate was purchased by John Smyth. His nephew engaged John Carr of York to reconstruct the house between 1754 and 1780.

Fieldhead Hospital Fieldhead Hospital is a psychiatric and learning disability hospital in Wakefield, England. It is managed by South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.

Normanton, West Yorkshire Normanton is a town north-east of Wakefield and south-west of Castleford. At the time of the 2011 Census, the population of the civil parish was 20,872. The Normanton ward of the Wakefield City Council had a population of 16,220.

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