Battle of Wakefield: The park where 'Grand Old Duke of York' was killed in Yorkshire

Castlegrove Park or Manygates Park is often overlooked but actually you could literally be tripping over history.

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00:00You may have wandered past Castlegrove Park or Many Gates Park or as it was originally known as Wakefield Green.

00:09If you look closely you can see the green ridges from the uneven surface of the land.

00:16This was because it was the site of the Battle of Wakefield where people started to march down and march up the hill to Sandal Castle.

00:26There's even a statue to the Grand Old Duke of York who's believed to be slain here.

00:34And that's just across the road outside the old Many Gates Maternity Hospital which is now the Many Gates Adult Education Centre.

00:43This place is steeped in history.

00:47It may look fairly insignificant but actually there is so much history buried here.