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Looking along the Canal in Mirfield

Mirfield (8 Pictures)

in the county of West Yorkshire (2.8 miles, 4.4 km, direction NW)

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.....

ALL HALLOWS CHURCH, ALMONDBURY, HUDDERSFIELD

Almondbury (6 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of West Yorkshire (4.5 miles, 7.3 km, direction SW)

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

St George's Square, Huddersfield, from the station car park.

Huddersfield (98 Pictures)

in the county of West Yorkshire (5.7 miles, 9.1 km, direction W)

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

Dawn in Secker Wood

Wakefield (43 Pictures)

in the county of West Yorkshire (6.2 miles, 10.0 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...

Digley reservoir

Holmfirth (40 Pictures)

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

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...

Golcar

Golcar (2 Pictures)

in the county of West Yorkshire (8.2 miles, 13.2 km, direction W)

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

Monk BrettonPpriory in winter

Barnsley (161 Pictures)

in the county of South Yorkshire (9.8 miles, 15.8 km, direction SE)

This is an attractive town laid out along the River Dearne, it is enclosed by spectacular Pennine scenery and is an ideal place from which to discover the limestone hills and fresh green valley's of the Yorkshire Dales...

Halifax Town Hall from Princess St, designed by Sir Charles Barry in 1859

Halifax (83 Pictures)

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

Halifax is an industrial city close to the famous Pennines and the route of the Pennine Way in what is known as Yorkshire's "Bronte" country...

Final approach to Leeds Bradford Airport

Leeds (233 Pictures)

in the county of West Yorkshire (11.0 miles, 17.8 km, direction N)

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.....

Sowerby Bridge Rushbearing Festival Weekend

Sowerby Bridge (11 Pictures)

in the county of West Yorkshire (11.5 miles, 18.5 km, direction W)

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...

Countryside 5 minutes out of Featherstone, West Yorkshire

Featherstone (2 Pictures)

in the county of West Yorkshire (12.0 miles, 19.4 km, direction E)

Featherstone is a large town lying between Wakefield and Pontefract in West Yorkshire. For the past couple of centuries the town was known chiefly for its coal mines...

North Western Railway - Standedge tunnel ventilation shaft.

Marsden (33 Pictures)

in the county of West Yorkshire (12.2 miles, 19.6 km, direction W)

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...

Castleford

Castleford (34 Pictures)

in the county of West Yorkshire (13.3 miles, 21.4 km, direction E)

This is a large Northern town with roots stretching back to the Romans and beyond, as proven by the recent finding of a Bronze Age male skeleton and his chariot...

A picture of Saltaire

Saltaire (54 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of West Yorkshire (13.9 miles, 22.4 km, direction NW)

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.....

Valley Gardens in winter

Pontefract (181 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of West Yorkshire (14.2 miles, 22.8 km, direction E)

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...

Harden Waterfall, Harden, West Yorkshire

Harden (4 Pictures)

in the county of West Yorkshire (16.0 miles, 25.7 km, direction NW)

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...

Rochdale Canal at Hebden Bridge

Hebden Bridge (43 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of West Yorkshire (16.2 miles, 26.1 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...

Inside an Apothecary, Haworth

Haworth (227 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of West Yorkshire (17.4 miles, 28.0 km, direction NW)

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

River Wharfe and Weir, Otley, West Yorkshire

Otley (45 Pictures)

in the county of West Yorkshire (17.6 miles, 28.3 km, direction N)

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...

Keighley Station

Keighley (48 Pictures)

in the county of West Yorkshire (18.4 miles, 29.6 km, direction NW)

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

Recommended attractions near Briestfield

Pit head gear at Caphouse Colliery

National Coal Mining Museum (33 Pictures)

(1.0 miles, 1.6 km)

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

Dewsbury Museum (1 Pictures)

(2.5 miles, 4.0 km, direction N)

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Yorkshire Sculpture Park, West Bretton, West Yorkshire

Yorkshire Sculpture Park (35 Pictures)

(4.2 miles, 6.8 km, direction SE)

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

Robin Hoods Grave, Kirklees Priory, West Yorkshire

Robin Hood's Grave (4 Pictures)

(4.5 miles, 7.2 km, direction NW)

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Kirklees Priory Gatehouse, West Yorkshire

Kirklees Priory (2 Pictures)

(4.7 miles, 7.6 km, direction NW)

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

Cannon Hall park

Cannon Hall Country Park (24 Pictures)

(6.2 miles, 9.9 km, direction SE)

Outstanding country park originally landscaped in the 1760's by Richard Woods. The park surrounds a magnificent hall designed by.....

Outline of Sandal

Sandal Castle (12 Pictures)

(6.4 miles, 10.3 km, direction E)

The crumbling, naked ruins of Sandal Castle are now owned by Wakefield council, and what an inspired choice of centre-piece they.....

Wakefield Cathedral, West Yorkshire. Viewed from Westgate

Wakefield Cathedral (2 Pictures)

(6.5 miles, 10.4 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.....

A view of Newmillerdam taken near the memorial, West Yorkshire.

Newmillerdam Country Park (20 Pictures)

(6.5 miles, 10.4 km, direction E)

This attractive country park offers a rich and varied country landscape, it is dominated by a large lake ringed by numerous trees.....

Shibden Hall, Halifax, West Yorkshire

Shibden Hall (36 Pictures)

(9.3 miles, 15.0 km, direction NW)

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Eureka Science Museum  - Yorkshire - 1996

Eureka! Museum for Children (3 Pictures)

(9.7 miles, 15.5 km, direction NW)

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A good view of Stainborough Castle at Wentworth Castle Gardens near Barnsley

Wentworth Castle (50 Pictures)

(10.3 miles, 16.6 km, direction SE)

Wentworth Castle Gardens have been the subject of an ambitious plan to restore the magnificent estate, once home to the Earls of.....

National Museum of Photography, Film and TV. Bradford.

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

(10.5 miles, 16.9 km, direction NW)

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1998. Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds, Outside Display

Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds (20 Pictures)

(10.6 miles, 17.1 km, direction NE)

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

Armley Mills Industrial Museum near Leeds.

Armley Mills Industrial Museum (4 Pictures)

(10.7 miles, 17.2 km, direction N)

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

Bradford Cathedral, West Yorkshire

Bradford Cathedral (3 Pictures)

(11.0 miles, 17.7 km, direction NW)

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at Monk Bretton Priory, Cudworth, South Yorkshire

Monk Bretton Priory (8 Pictures)

(11.1 miles, 17.9 km, direction SE)

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Kirkstall Abbey near Leeds, West Yorkshire

Kirkstall Abbey (14 Pictures)

(11.7 miles, 18.9 km, direction N)

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

Temple Newsam, Leeds. Lovely entrance

Temple Newsam (2 Pictures)

(12.0 miles, 19.3 km, direction NE)

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.....

Marsden Moor, Yorkshire

Marsden Moor Estate (2 Pictures)

(12.1 miles, 19.5 km, direction W)

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


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