Wakefield Hookups: Wakefield Women Want to Meet

Wakefield brings the history, you bring the hookup

Wakefield has been a city since 1888, and the reason is its cathedral.

The River Calder had made it a trading place well before that. Navigable water turned Wakefield into an inland port and an important market town for wool, and by the 18th century it was trading in corn, coal and textiles. The Battle of Wakefield belongs to the Wars of the Roses, and in the Civil War the city changed hands between the two sides. About 110,000 people live in the city today and roughly 370,000 across the wider borough, which has its administrative centre here. Wakefield was once the county town of the West Riding of Yorkshire, and it still has both a town hall and a county hall, either of them an easy landmark to name when you're agreeing where to meet.

A city that changed hands in the Civil War will understand a change of mind. Be clear on your profile about what you want, add a few good photos, and don't be shy about walking away if the feeling isn't mutual.

Nearby Ossett, Dewsbury and Pontefract make easy meeting spots

Wakefield's near neighbours are Ossett, about three and a half miles off, Dewsbury at five and a half, Batley a touch further and Pontefract at seven and a half. Further out, Leeds is eight miles off, Barnsley nine and Pudsey ten, so the people on your list may live in any direction. Choose a spot between you and your match; your daily matches take distance into account, so you are rarely asking anyone to cross the map.

Pick somewhere busy for the first drink and stay for a second only if you both want to. If your match lives somewhere not mentioned here, the locations page lists every town we cover.