The Friends of the Chantry Chapel Wakefield Events

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The Friends of the Chantry Chapel Wakefield Events The Chantry Chapel of St Mary the Virgin was built in the mid 14th century

The Medieval Chantry Chapel has a society, The Friends of the Chantry, that raises funds for the upkeep and opens the chapel up to the public.

10/11/2026

The Chantry Chapel will be open for the Light Up Wakefield Festival on the 13th & 14th November, 4pm to 8pm. Where the Chapel front will be illuminated, This will be one of the few remaining chances to look around the beautiful Chapel on the bridge for 2026.

This event is this Friday, the 6th November. Well worth attending. Free parking outside.
04/11/2026

This event is this Friday, the 6th November. Well worth attending. Free parking outside.

Plenty of events in November, including the long-running Christmas market. Now in its tenth year. With some fantastic st...
01/11/2026

Plenty of events in November, including the long-running Christmas market. Now in its tenth year. With some fantastic stalls. We all look forward to it. And always lots of visitors.

31/10/2026

Dear Members and Friends

This is a reminder about one or two events in the pipeline which you might be interested in so I give details below. Tickets for the concerts are available through the Box Office at the Theatre Royal on 01924 211311 or via the Theatre's web site. All bookings are subject to a ÂŁ1.75 transaction fee.

Regina Caeli - 6 November at 7.30 p.m. - ÂŁ10

Join St Austin’s Choir for an evening of beautiful music dedicated to St Mary the Virgin, the namesake of our Chantry Chapel. The performance will feature a selection of early chants and timeless Renaissance polyphony. This recital is the grand finale of the choir’s historic "bridge chapel pilgrimage." Over the course of their journey, the choir has performed at St Mary’s in Derby, St Leger Chapel in St Ives (Cambridgeshire), and the Chapel of Our Lady in Rotherham.

We will be holding a Christmas Market on 21 and 22 November with free entry. There will be a range of stalls and refreshments will be available.

A Concert of Christmas Music - 11 December at 7.30 p.m. - ÂŁ10

De Mowbray’s Musicke present A Concert of Christmas Music Through the Ages, with items from the middle ages to more modern.

Accompanied by several medieval musical instruments; De Mowbray’s are joined by young multi-instrumentalist, Jonathan Pearson.

We also have two Christmas Carol Concerts performed by St Austin's Choir on 21 and 22 December at 7.30 p.m. Currently these are sold out but if you were interested,
please register with the Theatre and they will put you on a waiting list as further tickets may become available.

On the 30th December at 6 p.m. there will be a Latin Requiem Mass for Richard, Duke of York in the Chantry Chapel which all are welcome to attend.

For all these events, parking is available on the Bridge whilst the Chantry is open. However, it is limited when events sell out.

All these events help to swell the funds to support this very special building so please think about coming along. We look forward to seeing you at the Chantry in the coming weeks.

31/10/2026

✨️ Save the Date! ✨️

We are delighted to be putting on an exclusive candlelit performance in Wakefield the weekend before Christmas.

Save the date - more information and how to book coming soon!

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The statue of St Mary the Virgin, standing in the corner inside the Chantry Chapel, was originally outside, overlooking ...
07/10/2026

The statue of St Mary the Virgin, standing in the corner inside the Chantry Chapel, was originally outside, overlooking the River Calder. But after it fell into the river, it was moved inside so that we could all appreciate her.

The beginning of winter events Support the St. Austin's Choir event.
06/10/2026

The beginning of winter events
Support the St. Austin's Choir event.

06/10/2026

We need your help. Your church here in Outwood is suffering with subsidence and it's going to cost of the order of ÂŁ1-2 Million to put it right. The problems are increasing so if we are going to save this building for future generations we are going to need to raise the money in the next six months. We've had a recent structural engineer's report and the outlook is pretty bleak.

We appreciate this is a lot of money to raise in a very short amount of time. We have exhausted routes through insurance and the Coal Board and as we are not a listed building there are no grants we can apply to that will come close to helping us meet these costs. If you are able to help us please visit our Just Giving page or contact the Vicar, Revd Diane Komorowski at [email protected] to discuss how you could help us.

This is your church. The church is most importantly the people who use it rather than the building itself. Although we may be forced to close the building, we will not be closing the church. In the event we are unable to raise the funds to do this work we will, when the building is no longer safe for worship, arrange to move across the road and begin worshipping in the Church Institute building.

Finally with immediate effect we have been forced to close the footpath through the churchyard between Church Lane and Leeds Road. The part of the building at greatest risk is the chancel which the footpath passes outside and whilst we do not expect it to collapse immediately we do not want to place anyone at risk.

Today is the last of the Chantry Chapel Summer openings. Open 11am to 3pm. You can park outside on the bridge
26/09/2026

Today is the last of the Chantry Chapel Summer openings. Open 11am to 3pm. You can park outside on the bridge

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Off Calder Vale Road
Wakefield
WESTYORKSHIRE

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Monday 11am - 3pm
Saturday 11am - 3pm
Sunday 11am - 3pm

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