Kirkgate (Wakefield)

Kirkgate is a street in the city centre of Wakefield, in West Yorkshire, in England.

While some sources claim that Kirkgate follows the line of a Roman road, there is no historic or archaeological evidence of this.

It appears to date from the Saxon period, when it linked the centre of the settlement of Wakefield to a wooden bridge over the River Calder.

The town's first railway station, Wakefield Kirkgate, opened on the east side of the street in 1840, with the line continuing over a three-arch viaduct over the road.

Wakefield Council launched the Kirkgate Innovative Neighbourhood Gateway, to demolish empty commercial properties, and create new housing and public spaces on the street.