Join us at Wakefield Exchange on Thursday evening, 2nd October 2025 for this very special event to celebrate Wakefield’s Railway Heritage as we unveil a blue plaque to Wakefield-born locomotive builder Thomas Peckett.
This event is part of the programme of Railway 200 events, a national celebration of the ‘modern railway’.
Venue: Wakefield Exchange (WX), Union Street, Wakefield, WF1 3AD
Opening Hours for the exhibition: from 6pm to 9pm
Event: Presentations and the Blue Plaque unveiling will start at 7:00pm
This is a free event open to everyone. You do not need to be a member of the Civic Society to attend.
To book: Although booking is not strictly necessary, if you intend to come to this event, it would be very helpful to us if you could book your place via our Eventbrite page here. We’ll have a better idea of how many people to expect and we’ll be able to keep you updated on how the event is shaping up.
There will be a number of stalls and exhibits for visitors to browse:
- LonGBoaT Wakefield – Kirkgate Station adoption
- Pontefract Civic Society
- Rhubarb Design House
- Tony Wade – Viaduct art project
- Victorian Reenactors – modelling 19th century railway uniforms
- Wakefield Civic Society
- Wakefield Historical Society
- Wakefield Railway Modellers’ Society – who will be displaying their model of Stanley Canal Basin featuring the Tom Puddings – and a Thomas Peckett connection
- Wakefield Museum Service