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Leeds

(2.9 miles, 4.7 km, direction SE)

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.....

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Chevin Woods near Otley, West Yorkshire

Otley

(6.7 miles, 10.7 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...

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

Saltaire

(7.2 miles, 11.5 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.....

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The Dumb Steeple

Mirfield

(10.4 miles, 16.7 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.....

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Wakefield Cathedral, West Yorkshire. Viewed from Westgate

Wakefield

(10.5 miles, 16.9 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...

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Harden Waterfall, Harden, West Yorkshire

Harden

(10.6 miles, 17.1 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...

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Cow and Calf, Ilkley.

Ilkley

(11.2 miles, 18.0 km, direction NW)

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A picture of Halifax

Halifax

(12.0 miles, 19.3 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...

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St Peter's Church

Harrogate

(12.2 miles, 19.6 km, direction N)

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

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Keighley Station

Keighley

(12.7 miles, 20.4 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...

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Pyjama Cricket

Headingley Cricket Ground

(1.3 miles, 2.1 km, direction E)

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Armley Mills Industrial Museum near Leeds.

Armley Mills Industrial Museum

(1.8 miles, 2.9 km, direction SE)

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

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1998. Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds, Outside Display

Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds

(3.9 miles, 6.3 km, direction SE)

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

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Roundhay park.

Roundhay Park

(4.9 miles, 7.9 km, direction E)

700 acres of parkland, lakes, woodland and gardens which are owned by Leeds City Council, and is one of the biggest city parks in.....

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Bradford Cathedral, West Yorkshire

Bradford Cathedral

(5.8 miles, 9.4 km, direction W)

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From Surprise View, Otley Chevin Forest Park, West Yorkshire

Chevin Forest Park

(6.2 miles, 10.0 km, direction NW)

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Harewood House in West Yorkshire - Terrace Gardens, June 2005

Harewood House

(6.2 miles, 10.0 km, direction NE)

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National Museum of Photography, Film and TV. Bradford.

National Museum of Photography, Film & Television

(6.3 miles, 10.1 km, direction W)

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Temple Newsam, Leeds. Lovely entrance

Temple Newsam

(6.8 miles, 10.9 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.....

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

Dewsbury Museum

(9.3 miles, 15.0 km, direction S)

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