Wakefield Detectives have been operating in Wakefield and Yorkshire and Humberside for almost 20 years.
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Wakefield is at the junction of major north-south routes to Sheffield, Leeds and Doncaster and west-east routes to Huddersfield, Dewsbury and Pontefract.
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Wakefield is the main settlement and administrative centre of the City of Wakefield.
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Wakefield isa metropolitan district of West Yorkshire, England.
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Wakefield islocated by the River Calder on the eastern edge of the Pennines.
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Wakefieldnurban area is 2,062 hectares (5,100 acres).
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Wakefield had a population of 76,886 in 2001.
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Wakefield was dubbed the 'Merrie City' in the Middle Ages.
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Wakefield is 9 miles (14 km) southeast of Leeds and 28 miles (45 km) southwest of York.
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Wakefield's city centre is sited on a low hill on the north bank of the River Calder.
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Wakefield includes the former outlying villages of Alverthorpe, Thornes, Sandal, Agbrigg, Lupset, Kettlethorpe, Newton Hill and Flanshaw.
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At the time of the 2001 Census, there were 33,521 people in employment.
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Wakefield has two Roman Catholic parishes.
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Wakefield's three contiguous parks have a history dating back to 1893.
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Wakefield is known as the capital of the Rhubarb Triangle, an area notable for growing early forced rhubarb.
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Wakefield has two successful international ,Ian Perrell and Rachel Jack.
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Wakefield is twinned with several towns and cities including Castres, France and Hénin-Beaumont, France.
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