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Wakefield High Street, West Yorkshire

Wakefield

(0.4 miles, 0.6 km)

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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Countryside 5 minutes out of Featherstone, West Yorkshire

Featherstone

(5.8 miles, 9.3 km, direction E)

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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The River Aire running through Castleford, the picture was taken from the road bridge.

Castleford

(6.9 miles, 11.0 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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Valley Gardens in winter

Pontefract

(7.8 miles, 12.5 km, direction E)

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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Looking along the Canal in Mirfield

Mirfield

(8.2 miles, 13.2 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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No.1 City Square, Leeds

Leeds

(8.6 miles, 13.8 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 Old Glassworks, in snow.

Barnsley

(8.9 miles, 14.4 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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ALL HALLOWS CHURCH, ALMONDBURY, HUDDERSFIELD

Almondbury

(11.0 miles, 17.7 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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The center of Huddersfield, Yorkshire

Huddersfield

(12.1 miles, 19.4 km, direction W)

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

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Deanhouse, West Yorkshire

Deanhouse

(14.0 miles, 22.5 km, direction SW)

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Recommended attractions near Wakefield Cathedral

Outline of Sandal

Sandal Castle

(1.5 miles, 2.5 km, direction S)

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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Pugneys Country Park Horbury

Pugneys Country Park

(1.9 miles, 3.0 km, direction S)

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

Newmillerdam Country Park

(3.5 miles, 5.6 km, direction S)

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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Anglers Country Park

Anglers Country Park

(3.7 miles, 5.9 km, direction SE)

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Nostell Priory

Nostell Priory

(4.9 miles, 7.9 km, direction SE)

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

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Yorkshire Sculpture Park, West Bretton, West Yorkshire

Yorkshire Sculpture Park

(5.6 miles, 9.0 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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Pit head gear at Caphouse Colliery

National Coal Mining Museum

(5.8 miles, 9.4 km, direction SW)

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Rabbit Ings Country Park, Royston

Rabbit Ings Country Park

(6.1 miles, 9.8 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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Dewsbury Museum in Crow Nest Park, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire.

Dewsbury Museum

(6.2 miles, 9.9 km, direction W)

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Carlton Marsh Nature Reserve

Carlton Marsh

(7.0 miles, 11.3 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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