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Wakefield Cathedral, West Yorkshire. Viewed from Westgate

Wakefield

(3.6 miles, 5.9 km, direction N)

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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Autumn in Barnsley, South Yorkshire

Barnsley

(5.5 miles, 8.8 km, direction S)

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...

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Countryside 5 minutes out of Featherstone, West Yorkshire

Featherstone

(6.4 miles, 10.3 km, direction NE)

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...

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Went Valley in Autumn 2008

Pontefract

(8.7 miles, 14.0 km, direction NE)

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...

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Castleford

Castleford

(8.8 miles, 14.2 km, direction NE)

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...

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The Dumb Steeple

Mirfield

(9.0 miles, 14.5 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.....

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ALMONDBURY CONSERVATIVE CLUB, ALMONDBURY, HUDDERSFIELD, WEST YORKSHIRE

Almondbury

(10.5 miles, 16.8 km, direction W)

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

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Black Prince

Leeds

(12.0 miles, 19.3 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.....

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The center of Huddersfield, Yorkshire

Huddersfield

(12.0 miles, 19.3 km, direction W)

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

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St. Mary's Church.

Bolsterstone

(12.1 miles, 19.5 km, direction S)

Bolsterstone is a hilltop village, about 1.000 feet above sea level, situated about 8 miles North west of Sheffield, Yorkshire. It has Anglo Saxon roots and lies on a Salt Route.....

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Pugneys Country Park Horbury

Pugneys Country Park

(1.8 miles, 2.8 km, direction N)

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Outline of Sandal

Sandal Castle

(1.9 miles, 3.1 km, direction N)

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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Anglers Country Park

Anglers Country Park

(2.5 miles, 4.0 km, direction E)

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Rabbit Ings Country Park,  Royston

Rabbit Ings Country Park

(3.2 miles, 5.1 km, direction SE)

Rabbit Ings is a country park near Royston in South Yorkshire, and is located on the former colliery yard and spoil heap of the.....

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Yorkshire Sculpture Park, West Bretton, West Yorkshire

Yorkshire Sculpture Park

(3.4 miles, 5.4 km, direction SW)

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

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Wakefield Cathedral, West Yorkshire. Viewed from Westgate

Wakefield Cathedral

(3.5 miles, 5.6 km, direction N)

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

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Carlton Marsh Nature Reserve

Carlton Marsh

(4.0 miles, 6.5 km, direction SE)

A wetland nature lover’s delight and a core wildlife site of the Dearne Valley, Carlton Marsh hugs the Cudworth Dyke and is.....

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Nostell Priory

Nostell Priory

(4.6 miles, 7.3 km, direction E)

18th-century architectural masterpiece with Adam interiors, Chippendale furniture, fine collections and landscape park and.....

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Pit head gear at Caphouse Colliery

National Coal Mining Museum

(5.5 miles, 8.9 km, direction W)

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Cannon Hall park

Cannon Hall Country Park

(5.8 miles, 9.3 km, direction SW)

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

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