Pontefract Town Hall

Pontefract Old Town Hall was built in 1785 by Bernard Hartley, a Pontefract surveyor.

The Borough Magistrates operated from the Old Town Hall until the early 1900’s and was renamed the Nelson Room in 1855, when the original plaster cast model of Nelson’s death scene was donated to the Town by its then MP Benjamin Oliveria. The plaster model was sculptured by I E Carew and used to mould bronze castings for Nelsons Column in London. In 1882 the Assembly Rooms were built at the back of the original Town Hall.

Pontefract Town Hall is a Grade II listed building and stands in the centre of Pontefract Market place and still houses many of its original features including the, Magistrate’s Bench, Nelson’s plaster cast model and The Nelson Room and Assembly Room making the Town Hall an interesting historic place to visit.

In 1996 The Town Hall under went a restoration programme and today the venue can accommodate anything from conferences, weddings, private parties, fairs and more!

The Town Hall boasts a 250 capacity auditorium which is popular with staging large concerts, shows, festivals, and the Town Hall offers sound and light systems that makes it the ideal venue for stage productions and live entertainment.