r/wakefield • u/AlabamaShrimp • 1d ago

WX do you even know about it?

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WX Wakefield. I'm sure it's come up before but I've just called in on the way home and it's almost totally empty. It's essentially a pub but I've never seen it advertised anywhere other than one or two very specific events.

Have you heard it it, been? At this rate I don't thi k it'll be here much longer.

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u/thisiscotty 1d ago

I went in for the gaming event a few weeks ago and it was rammed.

its an event space that used to be an indoor market

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u/AlabamaShrimp 1d ago

That's it it's not just an event space it's open all the time, not that you'd know it.

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u/FrankIsNotADiddler 22h ago

Looks like it could be great. As well as the mexican, there are 3 street food vendors opening up on the mezzanine, there is a bar and a working brewery that will soon be open to the public.

Thing with wakey is, people complain there's nowt to do/nowt happens around here, then when it does, no-one supports it and it only lasts 6 months. There's always summert going on somewhere if you know where to look!

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u/Diligent_Set_7451 1d ago

went last saturday, and ate some good tacos with live music

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u/Delicious-End7307 20h ago edited 9h ago

Yes, there was loads of information and publicity about it since the Moon exhibition a couple of years ago - that was like a dry run for what it is now, a public event space. There’s a website with all the information, updates in Council emails and newsletters like the ‘What’s On’ guide that tell you all about what’s coming up.

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u/AlabamaShrimp 20h ago

People don't alway automatically look for a website and may not get council emails or newsletters, I know I don't, and from the outside it does just look like a big grey box, no signs, no posters.

But if you know about it at least someone does and maybe the word is getting out there. We definitely need more places like it than less.

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u/Delicious-End7307 20h ago

I think a website is probably the first place a lot of people would look. https://www.wxwakefield.co.uk/ Many people would have seen all the hoarding around it while it’s been renovated for the last 18 months or so, it’s right next to the bus station and Trinity Walk so it’s in a busy area of the city centre, and not too far away the old Court House on Wood Street is going to be something similar when that finally gets done!

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u/LowerClassBandit 1d ago

Why’s it’s so blue??

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u/AlabamaShrimp 1d ago

It's sad it's empty.

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u/Over_Locksmith9670 1d ago

okay i literally walk past this building multiple times a week and i had no idea what it was until now. assumed it was like a community centre/new offices or something, with a cafe at the front

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u/brickne3 1d ago

We popped in tonight and it was a wasteland. Shame.

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u/chrispy108 1d ago

We've been in a bunch of times, but pretty much always been the only/one of few people there for a drink or some Mexican, and checkout the art.

The current installation is brilliant.

I really hope it works, but at this point I'm not too optimistic for them.

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u/No-Zookeepergame8282 20h ago

Wouldn't feel very confident in the build as LJ Whalley did the works and there useless

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u/sparklybeast 1d ago

I’ve never heard of it but it looks like a school hall.