Where tourists seldom tread, part 13: three more British places with tales to tell

The Hepworth Wakefield, which shows locally born artist Barbara Hepworth’s sculptures. Photograph: Darren Galpin/Alamy

Wakefield

Actors say “rhubarb” to appear to be chatting. It’s easy to say the word quietly. Here in the national capital of this tasty perennial the stalks are – right now – growing, blushing, sweetening silently in the dark. The harvest season starts in mid-February, when shed doors are prised open and the gathering-in commences, by candlelight.