The Wakefield office will be closed from the 17th to the 28th November 2025 to undertake essential collections work to improve access to the records in our care. We will reopen to the public on Monday 1st December 2025.
The Leeds office will be closed from the 17th to the 28th November 2025 to undertake essential collections work to improve access to the records in our care. We will reopen to the public on Tuesday 2nd December 2025.
The Calderdale office will be closed from the 17th to the 28th November 2025 to undertake essential collections work to improve access to the records in our care. We will reopen to the public on Tuesday 2nd December 2025.
We are delighted to announce that WYAS Bradford will be reopening to the public at Margaret McMillan Tower from Monday 30 June when our enquiry and copy order services will also resume.
We have appreciated the support and understanding of researchers during our recent closure. During this time we have been working hard to prepare the collections for the move out of MMT to a new location. Whilst this work is ongoing, we are now in a position to offer a restricted public service on Mondays and Tuesdays for the remainder of 2025. Please be aware that on the days we are not open to the public, we will be continuing to work very hard in the background to prepare the collections for their move to a new location next year.
For more information see our Bradford Page
WYAS KIKRLEES IS NOW TEMPORARILY CLOSED
The West Yorkshire Archive Service’s Kirklees office is now closed to the public so that staff can prepare Kirklees’ archive collections for moving into their new home in Huddersfield’s Our Cultural Heart. Our new purpose-built archive facility will be part of the exciting new Huddersfield library which is due to open in 2026.
During this period of closure, the service will be offering a restricted remote enquiry service limited to essential/legal enquiries only in order to minimise disruption to the work to protect the archive collections. Unfortunately, we will be unable to respond to enquiries relating to academic, family history or local history research during this time.
Please note that we will be unable to accept new deposits of records into the archive during this closure period, except in cases where there is a significant risk of loss or harm to the material.
Thank you for your understanding.
[Updated 4th February 2025]
The Public PCs at the Wakefield Office of WYAS are currently unavailable which means we can not offer access to Ancestry and other Family History related websites. We recommend you visit Wakefield Local Studies for any computer based research. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.