The fifth annual event to celebrate all things Rhubarb, with Queen Victoria!!!
If you have not been to an event before, please make yourself known and I'm sure you will be made welcome. We are a very friendly bunch (well mostly!!) LOL
The Rhubarb Triangle is a 9-square-mile (23 km2) area of West Yorkshire, England between Wakefield, Morley and Rothwell famous for producing early forced rhubarb. It includes Kirkhamgate, East Ardsley, Stanley, Lofthouse and Carlton. The Rhubarb Triangle was originally much bigger, covering an area between Leeds, Bradford and Wakefield. From the 1900s to 1930s, the rhubarb industry expanded and at its peak covered an area of about 30 square miles (78 km2).
Rhubarb is native to Siberia and thrives in the wet cold winters in Yorkshire. West Yorkshire once produced 90% of the world's winter forced rhubarb from the forcing sheds that were common across the fields there.
In February 2010, Yorkshire Forced Rhubarb was awarded Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) status by the European Commission’s Protected Food Name scheme after being recommended by Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra).
From Friday 20th to Sunday 22nd, Wakefield will be holding it's annual Rhubarb festival.
Lets meet, chat Geocaching, and catch up. After the event you can take the opportunity to see what the city has to offer, Rhubarb wise. Perhaps even taste some of the weird and wonderful foods and drinks on offer.
As of November 2025: Most local council car parks are offering two hours free parking but please ensure you still take a ticket from the machine. Should this change I will advise nearer the date.