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Recommended Towns & Villages near Castleford

Went Valley in Autumn 2008

Pontefract (181 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of West Yorkshire (2.7 miles, 4.3 km, direction SE)

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...

Countryside 5 minutes out of Featherstone, West Yorkshire

Featherstone (2 Pictures)

in the county of West Yorkshire (3.4 miles, 5.5 km, direction S)

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...

Wakefield High Street, West Yorkshire

Wakefield (43 Pictures)

in the county of West Yorkshire (7.1 miles, 11.5 km, direction SW)

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...

Egborough Power Station from the  M 62 Motorway

Eggborough (1 Pictures)

in the county of North Yorkshire (8.3 miles, 13.4 km, direction E)

This is a typical Yorkshire village settled close to the meeting point of North and South Yorkshire...

Leeds

Leeds (233 Pictures)

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

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.....

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 (11.6 miles, 18.7 km, direction N)

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

Barnsley, South Yorkshire. Town hall in the full bloom of summer.

Barnsley (161 Pictures)

in the county of South Yorkshire (13.0 miles, 21.0 km, direction SW)

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...

The River Aire near Snaith, East Yorkshire

Snaith (7 Pictures)

in the county of East Riding of Yorkshire (13.4 miles, 21.6 km, direction E)

This small town appears to be almost surrounded by water, it developed along the banks of the River Aire and to the east is the Ouse...

The Dumb Steeple

Mirfield (8 Pictures)

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

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.....

Sprotbrough Flash from the woods

Sprotbrough (114 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of South Yorkshire (15.9 miles, 25.6 km, direction SE)

Sprotbrough lies in the valley of the River Don, it is a lovely rural location with fertile fields and meadows leading from leafy lanes whose hedgerows are full of wild plants and flowers...

Doncaster Town Centre

Doncaster (118 Pictures)

in the county of South Yorkshire (16.5 miles, 26.6 km, direction SE)

Doncaster lies in what was once a great sweep of Yorkshire coalfields. It is home to one of the finest racecourses in the country where the classic St.Leger Stakes has been run each September since 1776, making the race four years older than the Derby...

ALL HALLOWS CHURCH, ALMONDBURY, HUDDERSFIELD

Almondbury (6 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of West Yorkshire (17.8 miles, 28.7 km, direction W)

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

Thrybergh Country Park, South Yorkshire

Thrybergh (14 Pictures)

in the county of South Yorkshire (18.6 miles, 29.9 km, direction S)

Thrybergh is a pretty South Yorkshire village with a history stretching back to the time of the Doomsday Book, for centuries it was little more than a small rural village with scattered housing and farms...

Huddersfield Station.

Huddersfield (98 Pictures)

in the county of West Yorkshire (18.8 miles, 30.3 km, direction W)

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

Bridge Avenue, Otley, West Yorkshire

Otley (45 Pictures)

in the county of West Yorkshire (19.0 miles, 30.5 km, direction NW)

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...

Saltaire the Mill Town

Saltaire (54 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of West Yorkshire (19.6 miles, 31.6 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.....

Wadworth south Yorkshire

Wadworth (7 Pictures)

in the county of South Yorkshire (19.6 miles, 31.6 km, direction SE)

This is a pleasant South Yorkshire village lying in lush countryside a few miles from the city of Rotherham...

The famous view of York Minster from City Walls, York

York (1057 Pictures)

a Historic City in the county of North Yorkshire (19.8 miles, 31.8 km, direction NE)

One of the most historic cities in Britain with overs 2000 years of history.....

Bower Road

Harrogate (190 Pictures)

in the county of North Yorkshire (20.2 miles, 32.5 km, direction NW)

One of the chief town's in Yorkshire's old West Riding, Harrogate acheived early fame as a Spa resort...

St James Church, Braithwell

Braithwell (32 Pictures)

in the county of South Yorkshire (20.2 miles, 32.6 km, direction S)

Braithwell lies at the centre of a largely rural community, the surrounding landscape is mostly of farms and leafy lanes siding fields full of grazing cattle and sheep...

Recommended attractions near Castleford

Pontefract Castle Chapel in Autumn. West Yorkshire.

Pontefract Castle (101 Pictures)

(2.6 miles, 4.2 km, direction SE)

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Temple Newsam, Leeds. Lovely entrance

Temple Newsam (2 Pictures)

(6.3 miles, 10.2 km, direction NW)

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.....

Wakefield Cathedral, West Yorkshire. Viewed from Westgate

Wakefield Cathedral (2 Pictures)

(6.9 miles, 11.0 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.....

Outline of Sandal

Sandal Castle (12 Pictures)

(7.4 miles, 12.0 km, direction SW)

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

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

Newmillerdam Country Park (20 Pictures)

(8.8 miles, 14.2 km, direction SW)

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

1998. Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds, Outside Display

Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds (20 Pictures)

(9.0 miles, 14.4 km, direction NW)

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)

(11.1 miles, 17.9 km, direction NW)

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

Yorkshire Sculpture Park, West Bretton, West Yorkshire

Yorkshire Sculpture Park (35 Pictures)

(11.9 miles, 19.2 km, direction SW)

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

at Monk Bretton Priory, Cudworth, South Yorkshire

Monk Bretton Priory (8 Pictures)

(12.2 miles, 19.6 km, direction S)

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Brodsworth Hall at night

Brodsworth Hall (120 Pictures)

(12.2 miles, 19.6 km, direction S)

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

Dewsbury Museum (1 Pictures)

(12.6 miles, 20.3 km, direction W)

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Pit head gear at Caphouse Colliery

National Coal Mining Museum (33 Pictures)

(12.7 miles, 20.4 km, direction SW)

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Kirkstall Abbey near Leeds, West Yorkshire

Kirkstall Abbey (14 Pictures)

(12.9 miles, 20.7 km, direction NW)

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

Harewood House in West Yorkshire - Terrace Gardens, June 2005

Harewood House (25 Pictures)

(14.2 miles, 22.8 km, direction NW)

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Cannon Hall park

Cannon Hall Country Park (24 Pictures)

(14.6 miles, 23.5 km, direction SW)

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

A picture taken across the lake looking up at Cusworth Hall, Nr Doncaster

Cusworth Hall & Museum (40 Pictures)

(15.1 miles, 24.3 km, direction SE)

Cusworth Hall is a mid 18th century house built for the Wrightson family, with wings added later by James Paine. The house.....

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

Wentworth Castle (50 Pictures)

(15.5 miles, 24.9 km, direction SW)

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

A picture of Doncaster Minster

Doncaster Minster (4 Pictures)

(16.2 miles, 26.0 km, direction SE)

St.Georges is the Minster Church of Doncaster. It was built to a design by Sir Gilbert Scott, architect, who was instructed to.....

Robin Hoods Grave, Kirklees Priory, West Yorkshire

Robin Hood's Grave (4 Pictures)

(16.3 miles, 26.2 km, direction W)

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Kirklees Priory Gatehouse, West Yorkshire

Kirklees Priory (2 Pictures)

(16.3 miles, 26.2 km, direction W)

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


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