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in the county of Cornwall

Recommended Towns & Villages near Halifax

Sowerby Bridge Rushbearing Festival Weekend

Sowerby Bridge (11 Pictures)

in the county of West Yorkshire (2.7 miles, 4.3 km, direction SW)

Surrounded by the dramatic scenery of the South Pennines, with the town's gentle scenery being enhanced by the River Calder and the River Ryburn on which the town stands...

Golcar

Golcar (2 Pictures)

in the county of West Yorkshire (6.2 miles, 10.0 km, direction S)

Sturdily built of stone, this small hill town is perched north of the River Colne and the now restored Huddersfield Narrow Canal...

The center of Huddersfield, Yorkshire

Huddersfield (98 Pictures)

in the county of West Yorkshire (6.4 miles, 10.2 km, direction SE)

Huddersfield is a lively and interesting town that offers a rich cultural experience...

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Hebden Bridge (43 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of West Yorkshire (6.5 miles, 10.4 km, direction W)

This beautiful old town grew up close to the River Hebden at the point where a stone bridge was built as part of a pack-horse route in the 16th century...

The Dumb Steeple

Mirfield (8 Pictures)

in the county of West Yorkshire (7.4 miles, 11.8 km, direction SE)

Mirfield is a residential town situated between Huddersfield and Dewsbury. It has a long history, and associations with Robin Hood, the Luddites, and the Bronte sisters. More.....

Harden Waterfall, Harden, West Yorkshire

Harden (4 Pictures)

in the county of West Yorkshire (8.0 miles, 12.9 km, direction N)

Harden lies in the famous countryside area between Cullingworth and Bingley surrounded by rivers and meadows. It is a favoured commuter base for those working in nearby Bradford...

Haworth at Christmas

Haworth (227 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of West Yorkshire (8.1 miles, 13.0 km, direction NW)

Haworth is famous the world over for its connections with the Bronte sisters, the famous novelists...

Saltaire the Mill Town

Saltaire (54 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of West Yorkshire (8.1 miles, 13.1 km, direction N)

This perfectly preserved village originated as an answer to Bradford's 'dark satanic mills', it was the brain-child of industrialist Sir Titus Salt, who in the early 19th-century.....

ALL HALLOWS CHURCH, ALMONDBURY, HUDDERSFIELD

Almondbury (6 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of West Yorkshire (8.3 miles, 13.3 km, direction SE)

Almondbury is one of the oldest and prettiest of the villages dominating the edge of the Pennine moors...

Marsden Parish Church, West Yorkshire

Marsden (33 Pictures)

in the county of West Yorkshire (9.3 miles, 14.9 km, direction S)

Marsden offers visitors a wealth of heritage, particularly in association with the town's expansion which came about during the heady days of the Industrial Revolution...

A picture of Todmorden

Todmorden (12 Pictures)

in the county of West Yorkshire (9.9 miles, 16.0 km, direction W)

Todmorden lies on the historic border between Yorkshire and Lancashire in an area of the Calder Valley ringed by the hills of the Pennines...

Damems station, a part of Keighley

Keighley (47 Pictures)

in the county of West Yorkshire (10.0 miles, 16.1 km, direction N)

This is an industrial town in West Yorkshire. It lies in a fold between the fine countryside of Airdale and Keighley Moors...

Digley reservoir

Holmfirth (40 Pictures)

in the county of West Yorkshire (11.1 miles, 17.9 km, direction S)

This is a place that will forever be associated with the gentle, romantic comedy "Last of the Summer Wine" which has graced our TV screens for more than a quarter of a century...

No.1 City Square, Leeds

Leeds (233 Pictures)

in the county of West Yorkshire (13.6 miles, 22.0 km, direction E)

In the middle ages Leeds was a wool centre and it flourished. The sheep on the Yorkshire moors providing the wool for the cottage craft industry of spinning and weaving. The.....

The Calf viewed from The Cow, Ilkley Moor, West Yorkshire

Ilkley (39 Pictures)

in the county of West Yorkshire (13.8 miles, 22.2 km, direction N)

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River Wharfe and Weir, Otley, West Yorkshire

Otley (45 Pictures)

in the county of West Yorkshire (14.1 miles, 22.7 km, direction NE)

Otley is a beautiful old town with attractive buildings in medieval courts and alleyways and a lovely parish church that dates back to Norman times...

Wakefield High Street, West Yorkshire

Wakefield (43 Pictures)

in the county of West Yorkshire (14.7 miles, 23.7 km, direction E)

Wakefield was the capital of Yorkshire's woollen industry for more than 700 years, it was an important weaving and dying centre as far back as the 13th century...

Leeds to Liverpool Canal

Skipton (170 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of North Yorkshire (17.5 miles, 28.2 km, direction N)

Long considered "The Gateway to the Dales" which lye to the north, moors extend southwards, and the tranquil countryside of the Ribble Valley is to the west...

Bolton Abbey

Bolton Abbey (135 Pictures)

in the county of North Yorkshire (17.7 miles, 28.5 km, direction N)

The Bolton Abbey Estate covers 30,000 acres of beautiful countryside in the Yorkshire Dales.There are medieval buildings to explore and 80 miles of moorland, woodland and riverside footpaths...

Padiham, Lancashire

Padiham (18 Pictures)

in the county of Lancashire (19.5 miles, 31.3 km, direction W)

Padiham is a thriving Lancashire town lying on the Calder River. It is most famous as the home of Gawthorpe Hall, a noted country estate built early in the 17th-century for the.....

Recommended attractions near Halifax

Eureka Science Museum  - Yorkshire - 1996

Eureka! Museum for Children (3 Pictures)

(0.6 miles, 0.9 km)

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Shibden Hall, Halifax, West Yorkshire

Shibden Hall (36 Pictures)

(0.8 miles, 1.3 km)

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Kirklees Priory Gatehouse, West Yorkshire

Kirklees Priory (2 Pictures)

(5.3 miles, 8.6 km, direction SE)

Home of the wicked Prioress who bled the unsuspecting Robin Hood to death. All that remains today is the Priory Gatehouse and.....

Robin Hoods Grave, Kirklees Priory, West Yorkshire

Robin Hood's Grave (4 Pictures)

(5.6 miles, 9.0 km, direction SE)

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National Museum of Photography, Film and TV. Bradford.

National Museum of Photography, Film & Television (3 Pictures)

(6.0 miles, 9.7 km, direction NE)

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Bradford Cathedral, West Yorkshire

Bradford Cathedral (3 Pictures)

(6.7 miles, 10.7 km, direction NE)

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Gibson Mill in Hardcastle Crags, Hebden Bridge, West Yorks.

Hardcastle Crags & Gibson Mill (6 Pictures)

(7.4 miles, 11.9 km, direction W)

Beautiful wooded valley with 19th-century Gibson Mill at its heart, an exemplar of sustainable energy. This is the flagship.....

Dewsbury Museum in Crow Nest Park, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire.

Dewsbury Museum (1 Pictures)

(9.0 miles, 14.5 km, direction E)

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Marsden Moor, Yorkshire

Marsden Moor Estate (2 Pictures)

(9.1 miles, 14.7 km, direction S)

Marsden Moor was gifted to the National Trust in 1955 by Captain Sir Joseph Benedict Everard Henry Radcliffe in lieu of death.....

Front view of East Riddlesden Hall, Keighley, West Yorkshire

East Riddlesden Hall (5 Pictures)

(10.3 miles, 16.5 km, direction N)

For a glorious day out amongst spectacular countryside where you get an evocative glimpse into the past there are few properties.....

Cliffe Castle museum, Keighley, West Yorkshire.

Cliffe Castle Museum (5 Pictures)

(10.6 miles, 17.0 km, direction N)

The approach to Cliffe Castle Museum, gives the visitor little hint of the amazing treat in store, for awaiting is a magnificent.....

Pit head gear at Caphouse Colliery

National Coal Mining Museum (33 Pictures)

(11.0 miles, 17.8 km, direction SE)

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Kirkstall Abbey near Leeds, West Yorkshire

Kirkstall Abbey (14 Pictures)

(12.0 miles, 19.3 km, direction NE)

Kirkstall Abbey is one of Yorkshire's finest ruined Cistercian abbey's. It was founded in the 12th-century from which much of.....

Armley Mills Industrial Museum near Leeds.

Armley Mills Industrial Museum (4 Pictures)

(12.4 miles, 20.0 km, direction NE)

Formerly the largest woolen mill in the world, Armley Mills is now a museum that explores the rich industrial past of.....

Cow and Calf, Ilkley.

Cow and Calf Rocks (21 Pictures)

(13.2 miles, 21.3 km, direction N)

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1998. Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds, Outside Display

Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds (20 Pictures)

(14.0 miles, 22.5 km, direction E)

The Royal Armouries Museum occupies a dazzling modern building set beside the river. At nightfall it becomes one of the town's.....

Yorkshire Sculpture Park, West Bretton, West Yorkshire

Yorkshire Sculpture Park (35 Pictures)

(14.2 miles, 22.9 km, direction SE)

This is an exciting, fascinating tourist attraction that is both fun and thought provoking for all the family. It has fast.....

One of several waterfalls at Healey Dell, Whitworth, near Rochdale, Lancs.

Healey Dell (7 Pictures)

(15.1 miles, 24.3 km, direction SW)

Healey Dell Nature Reserve on the Whitworth - Rochdale border, sits in a picturesque part of the Spodden Valley. Rich with flora.....

Wakefield Cathedral, West Yorkshire. Viewed from Westgate

Wakefield Cathedral (2 Pictures)

(15.1 miles, 24.3 km, direction E)

This was formerly the parish church of All Saints, it only became a cathedral at the end of the 19th century. With its.....

Towneley Hall, Burnley, Lancashire

Towneley Hall Art Gallery & Museum (2 Pictures)

(15.2 miles, 24.5 km, direction W)

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