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Recommended Towns & Villages near Farsley

Salt's Mill, Saltaire. Refurbished mills today contain retail outlets and a David Hockney Gallery.

Saltaire (54 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of West Yorkshire (5.0 miles, 8.0 km, direction W)

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.....

Corn Exchange in Leeds, West Yorkshire

Leeds (233 Pictures)

in the county of West Yorkshire (5.1 miles, 8.2 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.....

Chevin Woods near Otley, West Yorkshire

Otley (45 Pictures)

in the county of West Yorkshire (6.5 miles, 10.5 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...

Harden Waterfall, Harden, West Yorkshire

Harden (4 Pictures)

in the county of West Yorkshire (8.4 miles, 13.5 km, direction W)

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...

The Dumb Steeple

Mirfield (8 Pictures)

in the county of West Yorkshire (9.2 miles, 14.8 km, direction S)

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.....

Town of Halifax

Halifax (83 Pictures)

in the county of West Yorkshire (9.6 miles, 15.5 km, direction SW)

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...

Cow and Calf Rocks Ilkley

Ilkley (39 Pictures)

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

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Damems station, a part of Keighley

Keighley (48 Pictures)

in the county of West Yorkshire (10.6 miles, 17.0 km, direction W)

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

Dawn in Secker Wood

Wakefield (43 Pictures)

in the county of West Yorkshire (11.2 miles, 18.0 km, direction SE)

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...

Haworth

Haworth (227 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of West Yorkshire (11.4 miles, 18.4 km, direction W)

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

Sowerby bridge basin, West Yorkshire.

Sowerby Bridge (11 Pictures)

in the county of West Yorkshire (12.3 miles, 19.8 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...

A picture of Huddersfield

Huddersfield (98 Pictures)

in the county of West Yorkshire (12.4 miles, 19.9 km, direction S)

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

ALL HALLOWS CHURCH, ALMONDBURY, HUDDERSFIELD

Almondbury (6 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of West Yorkshire (13.2 miles, 21.2 km, direction S)

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

Harrogate, North Yorkshire

Harrogate (190 Pictures)

in the county of North Yorkshire (13.5 miles, 21.8 km, direction NE)

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

Mill Fold, Golcar, West Yorkshire

Golcar (2 Pictures)

in the county of West Yorkshire (14.0 miles, 22.5 km, direction SW)

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

Castleford

Castleford (34 Pictures)

in the county of West Yorkshire (14.7 miles, 23.6 km, direction SE)

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...

The remains of Bolton Abbey

Bolton Abbey (135 Pictures)

in the county of North Yorkshire (14.7 miles, 23.7 km, direction NW)

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...

Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire

Hebden Bridge (43 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of West Yorkshire (14.8 miles, 23.8 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...

Countryside 5 minutes out of Featherstone, West Yorkshire

Featherstone (2 Pictures)

in the county of West Yorkshire (16.0 miles, 25.8 km, direction SE)

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...

A view of the viaducts which dwarf the river at Knaresborough

Knaresborough (131 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of North Yorkshire (16.0 miles, 25.8 km, direction NE)

This attractive market town lies in the high reaches of Yorkshire above Harrogate. It is overlooked by the peaceful waters of the River Nidd which is spanned by a magnificent.....

Recommended attractions near Farsley

Kirkstall Abbey near Leeds, West Yorkshire

Kirkstall Abbey (14 Pictures)

(2.5 miles, 4.0 km, direction E)

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

Bradford Cathedral, West Yorkshire

Bradford Cathedral (3 Pictures)

(3.3 miles, 5.4 km, direction W)

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Armley Mills Industrial Museum near Leeds.

Armley Mills Industrial Museum (4 Pictures)

(3.7 miles, 6.0 km, direction E)

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

National Museum of Photography, Film and TV. Bradford.

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

(3.8 miles, 6.1 km, direction SW)

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1998. Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds, Outside Display

Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds (20 Pictures)

(5.9 miles, 9.4 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.....

Harewood House in West Yorkshire - Terrace Gardens, June 2005

Harewood House (25 Pictures)

(8.3 miles, 13.3 km, direction NE)

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

Dewsbury Museum (1 Pictures)

(8.6 miles, 13.8 km, direction S)

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Kirklees Priory Gatehouse, West Yorkshire

Kirklees Priory (2 Pictures)

(8.6 miles, 13.8 km, direction S)

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

Temple Newsam, Leeds. Lovely entrance

Temple Newsam (2 Pictures)

(8.9 miles, 14.3 km, direction E)

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.....

Robin Hoods Grave, Kirklees Priory, West Yorkshire

Robin Hood's Grave (4 Pictures)

(8.9 miles, 14.4 km, direction S)

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Cow and Calf, Ilkley.

Cow and Calf Rocks (21 Pictures)

(9.0 miles, 14.4 km, direction NW)

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Shibden Hall, Halifax, West Yorkshire

Shibden Hall (36 Pictures)

(9.0 miles, 14.6 km, direction SW)

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Front view of East Riddlesden Hall, Keighley, West Yorkshire

East Riddlesden Hall (5 Pictures)

(9.6 miles, 15.5 km, direction NW)

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

Eureka Science Museum  - Yorkshire - 1996

Eureka! Museum for Children (3 Pictures)

(9.9 miles, 16.0 km, direction SW)

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Cliffe Castle museum, Keighley, West Yorkshire.

Cliffe Castle Museum (5 Pictures)

(10.9 miles, 17.6 km, direction NW)

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

Wakefield Cathedral, West Yorkshire. Viewed from Westgate

Wakefield Cathedral (2 Pictures)

(11.5 miles, 18.5 km, direction SE)

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

Pit head gear at Caphouse Colliery

National Coal Mining Museum (33 Pictures)

(11.6 miles, 18.7 km, direction S)

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Outline of Sandal

Sandal Castle (12 Pictures)

(12.9 miles, 20.7 km, direction SE)

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

Yorkshire Sculpture Park, West Bretton, West Yorkshire

Yorkshire Sculpture Park (35 Pictures)

(14.4 miles, 23.2 km, direction S)

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

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

Newmillerdam Country Park (20 Pictures)

(14.5 miles, 23.3 km, direction SE)

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


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