The Old Town Hall is a historic town hall in Market Place in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England. It was completed in 1785 and was replaced by Pontefract Town Hall which was completed in 1882. It was designated a Grade II* listed building in 1950.

The Pontefract Town Hall houses the original plaster cast of the sculpture of Nelson's fall that decorates Nelson's Column in London. It is worth seeing! This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews as part of our industry-leading trust & safety standards.

Top left, clockwise: Old Town Hall, All Saints' Church, Pontefract Castle, Market Place, The Buttercross and St Giles' Church and Pontefract Racecourse. Pontefract is a historic market town in the City of Wakefield, a metropolitan district in West Yorkshire, England. It lies to the east of Wakefield and south of Castleford.

Some of these include The Robin Hood, The Broken Bridge, and The Blue Bell Inn. Nightclubs in Pontefract are popular with its students. The most notable clubs being Big Fellas and Silks. The town of Pontefract is very well connected to all major Yorkshire motorways. To the East is the A1, to the West is the M1, and to the North is the M62.