What’s this shop selling? Give it a name. Draw someone peeping out of the house window.

Draw someone peeping out of the house window. Doodle a display in this shop window.

your own colour scheme!

has helped to restore so far. Give them
Here are some of the buildings the project
preserve this lovely historic centre for years to come.
helping to repair and restore many of the town’s old buildings and
than ever! The Pontefract Townscape Heritage Initiative has been
The streets around Pontefract Market Place are looking brighter
Paint your own Pontefract Street

Spires,
arches,
pillars
and towers!
Take a Stroll through
Look around, as you wander through
Pontefract’s historic Market Place – there
Pontefract’s Past
are many fascinating sights to discover.
Solve all the puzzles in this family A town trail for family spotters
spotters’ trail and claim your prize
at the museum or castle visitor centre!

Produced as part of the Pontefract Townscape Heritage Initiative (THI) Created by

jointly funded by Wakefield Council and the Heritage Lottery Fund Blackbird Publishing

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2 11-13 Corn Market War
Believe it or not, the roof timbers
in this shop building date from memorial

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the late 1500s. 1 Pontefract Museum 9 Red Lion Hotel 12 Pontefract Castle
Walk a short way down the The town museum was built as a library in 1904, This old inn was redesigned in This important fortress was built over 900 years
passageway Belk’s Court. in the fashionable Art Nouveau style. classical Georgian style in 1776. ago. The castle has been home to knights and
lords, visited by kings, housed royal soldiers

Fi nk le St re et
Can you spot a drain cover Take a look at the pretty terra-cotta flowers. During elections, local politicians

Sh
that was made in Pontefract? Then go inside. What colour are the wall tiles? made speeches from the balcony in times of war and held several famous prisoners.
to the crowds below. Tick off these places as you explore the ruins.

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Who was it made by?
How many pillars are there Gatehouse Kitchen
on the front of the building?

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6 St Giles Parish Church
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You can spot the tall tower of St Giles Church from miles

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around. The top of the tower is shaped like a crown.
rket streets
Medieval mreaet Listen out for the clock striking the hour.
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names around
t fa i r

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te back Monument
e bu st lin g m arket place da
th es.
to medieval tim 8 Market Hall
over 600 years
where the salt
Salter Row was e This grand Victorian market hall opened in 1860
ked. Baxtergat 5-minute walk to
merchants wor for local butchers to sell their fresh meat indoors.
was the street
of th e ba ke rs .
Can you find the carving of Pontefract Castle? Bridge Pontefract Castle
ink took place
What do yo u th Street
on Beastfair? Hor sefa ir
3 39-41 Ropergate
This shop front is nearly Market 11 Town Hall
Cross
200 years old. The traditional Since 1785, Pontefract’s Georgian town hall
4 45 Ropergate building design has coloured
glass windows.
Mar ket Plac e has been used as a council chamber, public hall,
magistrates court, prison, bank and fire station.
This fine, stone-fronted
The fire engine was once kept under the arches.

Gilly
house was built for a What do you think the shop
family in the early 1700s. front is made from – wood 7 26 Market Place Which emergency service is here today?

Baxt
or stone? This impressive building was designed as
How many panes
a furniture shop in the 1900s. It became

gate
of glass can
you count in
5 Buttercross Burton’s clothing shop in the 1930s.
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This 18th-century market Which letter of the alphabet

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Strike a pr ogro
each window? building replaced an earlier is on top of the weather vane?
10 5-13 Gillygate up next to
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in 1734, next to the town’s This row of shops, offices and houses Snap a photo ntefract bu
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