Re: City of culture ? : Wed Jul 21, 2021 9:56 am
vastman wrote:
That's very creative 
To be honest I'm no expert but I know there is a big difference between Wakefield the city and WMDC.
WMDC is huge and I believe by landmass the biggest in England, but the historical City of Wakefield is nowhere near as large as any of those you mention and I mean not even close. It all depends on how you define the city limits I suppose.
Wakefield as defined by its postcodes (WF1-WF4), the historic city has a population of 99,251, which to be fair is on the up. WMDC a District Council has a population of 322,300. The choice of which one you go for is up to you. Let's put it this way though, nobody in Pontefract ever says they come from Wakefield.
Nottingham has a population of 321,500, all of whom reside within Nottingham City Council (a Unitary authority). Its city centre is four times the size of Wakefield.
The Merrie city is indeed a huge oddity, it should be way more than it is but somehow lost its way post WW2. Never as big as Leeds post industrialisation but still the admin capital of the West Riding, it really should have kicked on but never did, This is made even stranger by the fact that in terms of transport links it's brilliantly placed.
The dependence on mining didn't help but it can't be the only reason.
All the same, regardless of which ruler you use Wakefield and surrounding towns do have a fair amount of culture, certainly as much as Hull!
To be honest I'm no expert but I know there is a big difference between Wakefield the city and WMDC.
WMDC is huge and I believe by landmass the biggest in England, but the historical City of Wakefield is nowhere near as large as any of those you mention and I mean not even close. It all depends on how you define the city limits I suppose.
Wakefield as defined by its postcodes (WF1-WF4), the historic city has a population of 99,251, which to be fair is on the up. WMDC a District Council has a population of 322,300. The choice of which one you go for is up to you. Let's put it this way though, nobody in Pontefract ever says they come from Wakefield.
Nottingham has a population of 321,500, all of whom reside within Nottingham City Council (a Unitary authority). Its city centre is four times the size of Wakefield.
The Merrie city is indeed a huge oddity, it should be way more than it is but somehow lost its way post WW2. Never as big as Leeds post industrialisation but still the admin capital of the West Riding, it really should have kicked on but never did, This is made even stranger by the fact that in terms of transport links it's brilliantly placed.
The dependence on mining didn't help but it can't be the only reason.
All the same, regardless of which ruler you use Wakefield and surrounding towns do have a fair amount of culture, certainly as much as Hull!
By Mayoral city status, the Mayor of the city of Wakefield presides over a population of 319K Nottingham 283K
