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Mirfield (west yorkshire), showing the mirfield church (st mary's)

Mirfield

(3.8 miles, 6.0 km, direction NW)

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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ALL HALLOWS CHURCH, ALMONDBURY, HUDDERSFIELD

Almondbury

(5.2 miles, 8.4 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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Wakefield High Street, West Yorkshire

Wakefield

(5.6 miles, 9.0 km, direction NE)

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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A picture of Huddersfield

Huddersfield

(6.5 miles, 10.5 km, direction W)

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

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Deanhouse, West Yorkshire

Deanhouse

(8.2 miles, 13.2 km, direction SW)

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A picture of Holmfirth

Holmfirth

(8.3 miles, 13.4 km, direction SW)

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...

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Monk BrettonPpriory in winter

Barnsley

(8.8 miles, 14.2 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...

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Golcar

Golcar

(9.0 miles, 14.5 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...

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A picture of Halifax

Halifax

(11.0 miles, 17.8 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...

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Leeds Civic and Leeds Town Hall

Leeds

(11.2 miles, 18.1 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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Dewsbury Museum in Crow Nest Park, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire.

Dewsbury Museum

(3.1 miles, 5.0 km, direction N)

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Yorkshire Sculpture Park, West Bretton, West Yorkshire

Yorkshire Sculpture Park

(3.3 miles, 5.2 km, direction SE)

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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Pugneys Country Park Horbury

Pugneys Country Park

(4.8 miles, 7.7 km, direction E)

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Cannon Hall park

Cannon Hall Country Park

(5.4 miles, 8.7 km, direction S)

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

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Robin Hoods Grave, Kirklees Priory, West Yorkshire

Robin Hood's Grave

(5.5 miles, 8.8 km, direction NW)

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

Newmillerdam Country Park

(5.5 miles, 8.9 km, direction E)

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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Outline of Sandal

Sandal Castle

(5.6 miles, 9.0 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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Kirklees Priory Gatehouse, West Yorkshire

Kirklees Priory

(5.7 miles, 9.2 km, direction NW)

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

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Wakefield Cathedral, West Yorkshire. Viewed from Westgate

Wakefield Cathedral

(5.8 miles, 9.4 km, direction NE)

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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Anglers Country Park

Anglers Country Park

(7.8 miles, 12.6 km, direction E)

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