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Leeds, Civic Hall.

Leeds (233 Pictures) in the county of West Yorkshire

(6.5 miles, 10.5 km, direction W of Garforth)

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.....

Town Square in Pontefract, West Yorkshire

Pontefract (181 Pictures) a Historic Market Town in the county of West Yorkshire

(7.7 miles, 12.4 km, direction SE of Garforth)

Pontefract has a ruined castle which has seen many tragedies, Richard II was murdered there in 1400, and later it was the scene of bitter, bloody battles between Roundheads and Royalists...

A view of the Entrance to the Main Hall at Hazlewood Castle Nr Tadcaster, North Yorkshire

Tadcaster (4 Pictures) in the county of North Yorkshire

(8.2 miles, 13.2 km, direction NE of Garforth)

Tadcaster has been at the centre of the Brewing industry since the 18th century, and today breweries remain conspicuous on its landscape...

Wakefield High Street, West Yorkshire

Wakefield (43 Pictures) in the county of West Yorkshire

(8.9 miles, 14.3 km, direction SW of Garforth)

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...

River Wharfe and Weir, Otley, West Yorkshire

Otley (45 Pictures) in the county of West Yorkshire

(14.6 miles, 23.5 km, direction NW of Garforth)

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...

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Temple Newsam, Leeds. Lovely entrance

Temple Newsam (2 Pictures)

(2.9 miles, 4.6 km, direction W)

This is a stunning house set in magical grounds. It began life hundreds of years ago but the oldest part of the house we see.....

1998. Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds, Outside Display

Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds (20 Pictures)

(5.9 miles, 9.4 km, direction W)

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

Pontefract Castle Chapel in Autumn. West Yorkshire.

Pontefract Castle (101 Pictures)

(7.6 miles, 12.2 km, direction SE)

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Armley Mills Industrial Museum near Leeds.

Armley Mills Industrial Museum (4 Pictures)

(7.9 miles, 12.7 km, direction W)

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

Wakefield Cathedral, West Yorkshire. Viewed from Westgate

Wakefield Cathedral (2 Pictures)

(8.8 miles, 14.2 km, direction SW)

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

Harewood House in West Yorkshire - Terrace Gardens, June 2005

Harewood House (25 Pictures)

(9.3 miles, 14.9 km, direction NW)

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Kirkstall Abbey near Leeds, West Yorkshire

Kirkstall Abbey (14 Pictures)

(9.3 miles, 15.0 km, direction W)

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


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