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Recommended Towns & Villages near Greetland

Sowerby Bridge Rushbearing Festival Weekend

Sowerby Bridge (11 Pictures)

in the county of West Yorkshire (2.4 miles, 3.8 km, direction NW)

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...

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

Halifax (83 Pictures)

in the county of West Yorkshire (2.8 miles, 4.5 km, direction N)

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...

Golcar

Golcar (2 Pictures)

in the county of West Yorkshire (3.5 miles, 5.6 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...

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

Huddersfield (98 Pictures)

in the county of West Yorkshire (4.4 miles, 7.0 km, direction SE)

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

ALMONDBURY CONSERVATIVE CLUB, ALMONDBURY, HUDDERSFIELD, WEST YORKSHIRE

Almondbury (6 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of West Yorkshire (6.4 miles, 10.3 km, direction SE)

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

North Western Railway - Standedge tunnel ventilation shaft.

Marsden (33 Pictures)

in the county of West Yorkshire (6.5 miles, 10.5 km, direction SW)

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...

Looking along the Canal in Mirfield

Mirfield (8 Pictures)

in the county of West Yorkshire (7.0 miles, 11.2 km, direction E)

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.....

Rochdale Canal at Hebden Bridge

Hebden Bridge (43 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of West Yorkshire (7.2 miles, 11.6 km, direction NW)

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...

Digley reservoir

Holmfirth (40 Pictures)

in the county of West Yorkshire (8.6 miles, 13.8 km, direction SE)

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...

A picture of Todmorden

Todmorden (12 Pictures)

in the county of West Yorkshire (9.8 miles, 15.7 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...

The platform at Haworth Railway Station

Haworth (227 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of West Yorkshire (10.5 miles, 16.9 km, direction N)

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

Harden Beck, Harden, West Yorkshire

Harden (4 Pictures)

in the county of West Yorkshire (10.8 miles, 17.4 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...

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 (10.9 miles, 17.5 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.....

Damems station, a part of Keighley

Keighley (48 Pictures)

in the county of West Yorkshire (12.7 miles, 20.4 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...

Wakefield High Street, West Yorkshire

Wakefield (43 Pictures)

in the county of West Yorkshire (14.8 miles, 23.8 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, Civic Hall.

Leeds (233 Pictures)

in the county of West Yorkshire (15.2 miles, 24.5 km, direction NE)

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 countryside round Ilkley west Yorkshire

Ilkley (39 Pictures)

in the county of West Yorkshire (16.6 miles, 26.7 km, direction N)

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River Wharfe and Weir, Otley, West Yorkshire

Otley (45 Pictures)

in the county of West Yorkshire (16.8 miles, 27.0 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...

This is St Stephens Church, which is in Audenshaw.

Audenshaw (2 Pictures)

in the county of Greater Manchester (18.2 miles, 29.2 km, direction SW)

Audenshaw is a suburb of Greater Manchester. It is probably best known for its reservoirs and the busy waters of the Ashton canal, beside which visitors can see clusters of delightful canal-side properties...

The Old Glassworks, in snow.

Barnsley (161 Pictures)

in the county of South Yorkshire (18.4 miles, 29.6 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...

Recommended attractions near Greetland

Eureka Science Museum  - Yorkshire - 1996

Eureka! Museum for Children (3 Pictures)

(2.3 miles, 3.6 km, direction N)

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Shibden Hall, Halifax, West Yorkshire

Shibden Hall (36 Pictures)

(3.0 miles, 4.8 km, direction N)

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Kirklees Priory Gatehouse, West Yorkshire

Kirklees Priory (2 Pictures)

(5.2 miles, 8.4 km, direction E)

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)

(5.3 miles, 8.5 km, direction E)

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Marsden Moor, Yorkshire

Marsden Moor Estate (2 Pictures)

(6.4 miles, 10.2 km, direction SW)

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

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

Hardcastle Crags & Gibson Mill (6 Pictures)

(8.4 miles, 13.6 km, direction NW)

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

National Museum of Photography, Film and TV. Bradford.

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

(8.5 miles, 13.6 km, direction NE)

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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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Bradford Cathedral, West Yorkshire

Bradford Cathedral (3 Pictures)

(9.2 miles, 14.7 km, direction NE)

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Pit head gear at Caphouse Colliery

National Coal Mining Museum (33 Pictures)

(10.3 miles, 16.5 km, direction E)

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Front view of East Riddlesden Hall, Keighley, West Yorkshire

East Riddlesden Hall (5 Pictures)

(13.1 miles, 21.0 km, direction N)

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

Yorkshire Sculpture Park, West Bretton, West Yorkshire

Yorkshire Sculpture Park (35 Pictures)

(13.2 miles, 21.3 km, direction E)

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

Cliffe Castle museum, Keighley, West Yorkshire.

Cliffe Castle Museum (5 Pictures)

(13.3 miles, 21.3 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.....

Cannon Hall park

Cannon Hall Country Park (24 Pictures)

(13.9 miles, 22.3 km, direction SE)

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

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

Healey Dell (7 Pictures)

(13.9 miles, 22.3 km, direction W)

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

Kirkstall Abbey near Leeds, West Yorkshire

Kirkstall Abbey (14 Pictures)

(14.0 miles, 22.5 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)

(14.1 miles, 22.7 km, direction NE)

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)

(15.1 miles, 24.4 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.....

1998. Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds, Outside Display

Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds (20 Pictures)

(15.4 miles, 24.9 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.....

Outline of Sandal

Sandal Castle (12 Pictures)

(15.5 miles, 24.9 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.....


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