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26684 - Silver & Gold with Virtual Reality Training [Wakefield]
📍 Fleet Source Wakefield - Holmfield Arms (Green King)
£114.00
BoB Club | Wakefield 99'ers Networking Meeting
📍 Toby Carvery Wakefield
£11.55
FREEDrawn to Nature - Fryston Country Trails
📍 Fryston Community Centre
FREESEPTEMBER 2026 Young Lives Consortium Network
📍 Featherstone Rovers
FREELearn to Ride a Bike at Havercroft and Ryhill
📍 Havercroft & Ryhill Community Learning Centre
FREEPontefract, People and Plaques: walk
📍 Pontefract Castle
FREEMorgan Sindall Construction Yorkshire - Supply Chain Awards
📍 Wakefield Trinity RLFC
FREEDrawn to Heritage - Fryston Country Trails
📍 Fryston Community Centre
FREEAfro-Fusion Dance Classes (Ndombolo Influence) - All Abilities Welcome
📍 The Yard Wakefield
'The Spy from Fryston' – The Life and Times of Tommy Drew-Brook
📍 Pontefract Masonic Hall
£3.96
So Choir! | Wakefield & Pontefract
📍 The Old Post Office
£5.00 - £8.50
Ric Neale is at The Red Shed, Wakefield
📍 The Red Shed Wakefield Labour Club
From £5.00
FREEEmployment Law Update with Hays Recruitment
📍 Chadwick Lawrence Wakefield Office
WAKEFIELD GRAFTERS PROPERTY AND CONSTRUCTION (ONLY) NETWORK
📍 Castleford Tigers RLFC
£7.21 - £13.70
SOLD OUTOliver McGowan Tier 2 - Part 2
📍 Sandal RUFC
Sold out at source
A FULL DAY CRUISING THE AIRE AND CALDER NAVIGATION - Wakefield to Leeds
📍 Fall Ings Road (w3w ///Dust.focal.maps)
£50.00
SOLD OUTDrawn to Heritage - Frickley Country Park
📍 Frickley Country Park Car Park (Curlew View)
Sold out at source
FREELearn to Ride a Bike at Thornes Park
📍 The Outdoor Athletics Track
FREETell Us Your Favourite Things About Wakefield - the final 50!
📍 WX - Wakefield Exchange
MEDITERRANEAN NIGHT
📍 Thermomix Yorkshire & North East
FREEBehind the scenes at West Yorkshire History Centre (morning tour)
📍 West Yorkshire History Centre
FREETherapeutic Art
📍 Tesco Extra - Community Workshop
FREEPontefract's Liquorice Heritage Walk
📍 Pontefract Castle
FREE—
FAB Baby Massage Course - Sep/Oct 2026
📍 Families and Babies
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