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Recommended Towns & Villages near Newmillerdam

Wakefield High Street, West Yorkshire

Wakefield (43 Pictures)

in the county of West Yorkshire (3.2 miles, 5.2 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...

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

Barnsley (161 Pictures)

in the county of South Yorkshire (5.9 miles, 9.5 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...

Countryside 5 minutes out of Featherstone, West Yorkshire

Featherstone (2 Pictures)

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

Looking along the Canal in Mirfield

Mirfield (8 Pictures)

in the county of West Yorkshire (8.5 miles, 13.7 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.....

Castleford

Castleford (34 Pictures)

in the county of West Yorkshire (8.8 miles, 14.1 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...

Went Valley in Spring 2009

Pontefract (181 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of West Yorkshire (8.8 miles, 14.2 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...

ALL HALLOWS CHURCH, ALMONDBURY, HUDDERSFIELD

Almondbury (6 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of West Yorkshire (10.1 miles, 16.3 km, direction W)

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

Leeds

Leeds (233 Pictures)

in the county of West Yorkshire (11.5 miles, 18.6 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.....

The center of Huddersfield, Yorkshire

Huddersfield (98 Pictures)

in the county of West Yorkshire (11.6 miles, 18.7 km, direction W)

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

Holmfirth Village, West Riding

Holmfirth (40 Pictures)

in the county of West Yorkshire (12.5 miles, 20.1 km, direction W)

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...

Mill Fold, Golcar, West Yorkshire

Golcar (2 Pictures)

in the county of West Yorkshire (14.1 miles, 22.7 km, direction W)

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

Thrybergh Country Park, South Yorkshire

Thrybergh (14 Pictures)

in the county of South Yorkshire (15.1 miles, 24.2 km, direction SE)

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...

Egborough Power Station from the  M 62 Motorway

Eggborough (1 Pictures)

in the county of North Yorkshire (15.4 miles, 24.7 km, direction E)

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

Rotherham Minster

Rotherham (107 Pictures)

in the county of South Yorkshire (15.5 miles, 24.9 km, direction SE)

This town was formerly a Saxon market town which remained largely unaltered until the Industrial Revolution...

Sprotbrough Flash from the woods

Sprotbrough (114 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of South Yorkshire (15.5 miles, 25.0 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...

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

Halifax (83 Pictures)

in the county of West Yorkshire (15.9 miles, 25.5 km, direction NW)

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...

Christ church in central Doncaster, South Yorkshire

Doncaster (118 Pictures)

in the county of South Yorkshire (17.3 miles, 27.8 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...

St. Mary Magdalene's Church, Whiston (nr Rotherham), South Yorkshire.

Whiston (11 Pictures)

in the county of South Yorkshire (17.4 miles, 28.1 km, direction SE)

Whiston is surrounded by fine countryside, leafy lanes lead towards Morthen and Wickersley...

Sowerby bridge basin, West Yorkshire.

Sowerby Bridge (11 Pictures)

in the county of West Yorkshire (17.6 miles, 28.3 km, direction W)

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...

Peace Gardens

Sheffield (127 Pictures)

in the county of South Yorkshire (17.7 miles, 28.5 km, direction S)

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Recommended attractions near Newmillerdam

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

Newmillerdam Country Park (20 Pictures)

(0.5 miles, 0.8 km)

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

Outline of Sandal

Sandal Castle (12 Pictures)

(1.6 miles, 2.6 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.....

Wakefield Cathedral, West Yorkshire. Viewed from Westgate

Wakefield Cathedral (2 Pictures)

(3.1 miles, 4.9 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.....

Yorkshire Sculpture Park, West Bretton, West Yorkshire

Yorkshire Sculpture Park (35 Pictures)

(3.2 miles, 5.2 km, direction SW)

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

Pit head gear at Caphouse Colliery

National Coal Mining Museum (33 Pictures)

(5.1 miles, 8.2 km, direction W)

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Cannon Hall park

Cannon Hall Country Park (24 Pictures)

(5.9 miles, 9.4 km, direction SW)

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

at Monk Bretton Priory, Cudworth, South Yorkshire

Monk Bretton Priory (8 Pictures)

(6.3 miles, 10.2 km, direction SE)

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

Dewsbury Museum (1 Pictures)

(6.9 miles, 11.2 km, direction NW)

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

Wentworth Castle (50 Pictures)

(7.8 miles, 12.5 km, direction S)

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

Pontefract Castle Chapel in Autumn. West Yorkshire.

Pontefract Castle (101 Pictures)

(9.1 miles, 14.6 km, direction NE)

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Robin Hoods Grave, Kirklees Priory, West Yorkshire

Robin Hood's Grave (4 Pictures)

(10.3 miles, 16.6 km, direction W)

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Temple Newsam, Leeds. Lovely entrance

Temple Newsam (2 Pictures)

(10.4 miles, 16.8 km, direction N)

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.....

Kirklees Priory Gatehouse, West Yorkshire

Kirklees Priory (2 Pictures)

(10.5 miles, 16.9 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.....

1998. Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds, Outside Display

Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds (20 Pictures)

(10.7 miles, 17.2 km, direction N)

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)

(11.9 miles, 19.2 km, direction N)

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

Brodsworth Hall at night

Brodsworth Hall (120 Pictures)

(12.1 miles, 19.5 km, direction SE)

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Kirkstall Abbey near Leeds, West Yorkshire

Kirkstall Abbey (14 Pictures)

(13.5 miles, 21.8 km, direction N)

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

National Museum of Photography, Film and TV. Bradford.

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

(14.9 miles, 24.0 km, direction NW)

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Shibden Hall, Halifax, West Yorkshire

Shibden Hall (36 Pictures)

(15.1 miles, 24.3 km, direction NW)

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Thrybergh Country Park in South Yorkshire, England

Thrybergh Country Park (18 Pictures)

(15.1 miles, 24.4 km, direction SE)

Thrybergh Country Park evolved out of Thrybergh Reservoir built in the 1800's to supply the borough of Doncaster with water. .....


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