WAKEFIELD | 4K Narrated Walking Tour | Let's Walk 2021

[@LetsWalkUK]

🎤 To watch with subtitles, please click the 'CC' button on your KZbin video player :) Good evening! And welcome to this walk around the heart of Wakefield, the historic administrative centre of the West Riding of Yorkshire, and today the home of a magnificent collection of Victorian buildings and captivating stories! On our walk around Wakefield, we mentioned that the city has origins going all the way back to the Roman, Anglo-Saxon and Viking eras. And it was in the Anglo-Saxon period that Wakefield's name is thought to have been created, deriving from 'waca-feld', which literally means a field where wakes or festivals were once held!

[@ChrisLowe-c1l]

Thank you! That was really helpful for me walking round Wakefield on my first visit. Lots of great info!

[@keving331]

Excellent tour and voice-over. Can’t help laugh at the symbolism of the spaced-out gentleman staggering around in the opening shots.

[@genrainey8394]

Thanks for these videos! One note, Carnegie was Scottish in origin, immigrating to the US at 12 :) He built libraries all over the place, quite amazing. I believe there is one in Harrogate as well.

[@sarribel]

IT is a beautiful city. Thank you for yet another great stroll around the city home of the world famous The Hepworth modern art gallery.

[@sglenny001]

Dam we have a stand up comedian

[@michellebruce5092]

Great walk. I enjoyed it can't wait to see more soon. How's the weather in the UK? We have beautiful spring weather in Canada.. have a great day greetings from Canada 😀

[@invernessfan3017]

Famous place.

[@meganconnell6853]

The Wakefield Theatre Royal in Wakefield near Morley in Yorkshire in England in the UK.

[@WakefieldTolbert]

My ancestors approve of this video. Yes. This is my real name.

[@paulgibbs-pz6ck]

Wakefield City Centre has a major problem with Drug Dealers and Beggars, a Bus service that is not fit for purpose, a Bus Station that regularly floods when there is rain, much higher rents in the private sector when compared to nearby Barnsley.

[@beckygair2272]

And 1 famous occupant of Wakey is Jane McDonald And she still lives in Wakefield

[@doubtingthomas736]

Historic Old City! ... Shame about the 'empty heads' who insist on spraying paint over any unguarded surface!

[@Tony-gv6ty]

Awesome❤

[@2H80vids]

What a smart, well-kept city centre. I hadn't realised Wakefield was such an attractive place. I've never really been there. I did change trains at Kirkgate once, many years ago, and I remember a shabby, run-down station, which must have helped to form my opinion of the city. Sorry about that Wakefield.😁

[@shiver_me_timbers]

Kirkgate station has alot of money spent on very recently thankfully and is now fully manned.

[@2H80vids]

@@shiver_me_timbers That's good to hear.

[@kirkhunter146]

@@shiver_me_timbers It is not manned by anyone, there are offices there and a cafe, tickets are bought from a machine when it works. A shelter was built with toilets, it is never opened. There are no staff and it is as dangerous a place as it ever was.

[@shiver_me_timbers]

@@kirkhunter146 It has been a few years since I have been there so what you are saying could be true and sad if it is! As usual they spend the money, make it look good and staff a place then slowly over time withdraw services.