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A decision was made, in 2004, to transfer the district's extensive council housing to Wakefield and District Housing (WDH), an 'independent' housing association, who would be more efficient with repairs and maintaining decent accommodation; as council housing represented almost 30% of the district, this was the second-largest stock transfer in ...
Since 1986 Wakefield Council has therefore been responsible for most local government functions. [16] In 2004 the district's council housing was transferred to Wakefield and District Housing (WDH), a new independent housing association. Council houses account for around 30% of the district's housing.
The Wakefield district council found itself unable to maintain its supply of council housing and transferred it all to a housing association, in 2004; this represented the second largest stock transfer in British history. Housing rented from the council accounted for about 28% of the district and around 40% of the actual city of Wakefield. [55]
Wakefield is policed by the West Yorkshire Police force and is within the DA, Wakefield division, which covers the whole district. [171] Wakefield is also the location of the West Yorkshire Police Headquarters. The statutory emergency fire and rescue service is provided by the West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service, from Wakefield fire station ...
The Wakefield and District Light Railway operated a network of three tramway lines in Wakefield, centred on the Bull Ring. [5] Services started 15 August 1904 with tramway cars obtained from Electric Railway and Tramway Carriage Works .
Thorpe Audlin is a hamlet and civil parish in the City of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 660. [1] Until 1974 it was part of Hemsworth Rural District. Thorpe Audlin is situated approximately 5 miles (8 km) from Pontefract.
In the late 1960s, Nostell Miners Welfare continued their success in the Wakefield area eventually been brought up to the West Yorkshire League. The 1966–67 season was a successful one for the club, as they won the West Yorkshire League and cup double. By the early 1970s, they were once again playing in the Wakefield and District League.
The ward is one of 21 in the Wakefield district, and has been held by Labour since the current boundaries were formed for the 2004 Council election.As of 2015, the electorate stands at 12,495 of which 96.1% identify as "White British" and 67.5% of who identify as Christian.