Castleford market - Wakefield Council

Ossett Town Hall - Wakefield Council

The Hut - Wakefield Council

South Elmsall market - Wakefield Council

Ossett market - Wakefield Council

Normanton market - Wakefield Council

Wakefield market - Wakefield Council

Pontefract market - Wakefield Council

Chesneys Centre - Wakefield Council

Tables which contain information should have clear headers defined.  

In this example, the top row of the table is a header:

| Surname        | City          |
| -------------- | ------------- |
| Washington     | London        |
| Phoenix        | Arizona       |
| Austin         | Travis        |

Notice how without the header here, it would be almost impossible to understand 
what the individual values mean ("Washington" could be a city or a surname). 

It is not enough to just make the headers look differently, as accessible technologies will not 
recognize this (for example, a screen reader cannot 'see' different colors or fonts). 
Table headings must be defined using the `<th>` tag. 

This example shows how a table should use a `<th>` to mark cells as headings. Note the 
use of the `col` attribute, to specify these headings are for the _column_:

```html
<table>
  <tr>
    <th scope="col">First name</th>
    <th scope="col">City</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Washington</td>
    <td>London</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Phoenix</td>
    <td>Arizona</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Austin</td>
    <td>Travis</td>
  </tr>
</table>
```

Tables which are used purely for layout do not need to do this. However, 
[the use of tables for layout is strongly discouraged](https://www.lifewire.com/dont-use-tables-for-layout-3468941).
This check will ignore tables that it believes are purposely used for layout.

Learn more about [accessible table design (W3C)](https://www.w3.org/WAI/tutorials/tables/one-header/).

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May 2025

Wakefield City Metropolitan District Council

	Title / URL	Issues
	Castleford market - Wakefield Councilwww.wakefield.gov.uk/markets/castleford-market	1
	Ossett Town Hall - Wakefield Councilwww.wakefield.gov.uk/business/room-hire/ossett-town-hall	1
	The Hut - Wakefield Councilwww.wakefield.gov.uk/business/room-hire/the-hut	1
	South Elmsall market - Wakefield Councilwww.wakefield.gov.uk/markets/south-elmsall-market	1
	Ossett market - Wakefield Councilwww.wakefield.gov.uk/markets/ossett-market	1
	Normanton market - Wakefield Councilwww.wakefield.gov.uk/markets/normanton-market	1
	Wakefield market - Wakefield Councilwww.wakefield.gov.uk/markets/wakefield-market	1
	Pontefract market - Wakefield Councilwww.wakefield.gov.uk/markets/pontefract-market	1
	Chesneys Centre - Wakefield Councilwww.wakefield.gov.uk/business/room-hire/chesneys-centre	1

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