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Recommended Towns & Villages near Woodhouse

Park Square Leeds

Leeds (233 Pictures)

in the county of West Yorkshire (0.8 miles, 1.2 km)

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.....

River Wharfe and Weir, Otley, West Yorkshire

Otley (45 Pictures)

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

Wakefield Cathedral, West Yorkshire. Viewed from Westgate

Wakefield (43 Pictures)

in the county of West Yorkshire (9.1 miles, 14.6 km, direction S)

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...

United Reformed Church at Saltaire, West Yorkshire.

Saltaire (54 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of West Yorkshire (9.5 miles, 15.3 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.....

Castleford

Castleford (34 Pictures)

in the county of West Yorkshire (10.6 miles, 17.0 km, direction SE)

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...

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

Mirfield (8 Pictures)

in the county of West Yorkshire (10.7 miles, 17.2 km, direction SW)

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.....

Countryside 5 minutes out of Featherstone, West Yorkshire

Featherstone (2 Pictures)

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

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...

St Peter's Church

Harrogate (190 Pictures)

in the county of North Yorkshire (12.5 miles, 20.2 km, direction N)

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

Harden Beck, Harden, West Yorkshire

Harden (4 Pictures)

in the county of West Yorkshire (12.9 miles, 20.8 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...

St Giles. Pontefract, West Yorkshire

Pontefract (181 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of West Yorkshire (13.1 miles, 21.1 km, direction SE)

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...

A view of the Entrance to the Main Hall at Hazlewood Castle Nr Tadcaster, North Yorkshire

Tadcaster (4 Pictures)

in the county of North Yorkshire (13.1 miles, 21.1 km, direction NE)

Tadcaster has been at the centre of the Brewing industry since the 18th century, and today breweries remain conspicuous on its landscape...

The Calf viewed from The Cow, Ilkley Moor, West Yorkshire

Ilkley (39 Pictures)

in the county of West Yorkshire (13.4 miles, 21.6 km, direction NW)

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Town of Halifax

Halifax (83 Pictures)

in the county of West Yorkshire (13.6 miles, 21.9 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...

Knaresborough

Knaresborough (131 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of North Yorkshire (14.3 miles, 23.0 km, direction N)

This attractive market town lies in the high reaches of Yorkshire above Harrogate. It is overlooked by the peaceful waters of the River Nidd which is spanned by a magnificent.....

Huddersfield Station.

Huddersfield (98 Pictures)

in the county of West Yorkshire (14.7 miles, 23.7 km, direction SW)

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

ALL HALLOWS CHURCH, ALMONDBURY, HUDDERSFIELD

Almondbury (6 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of West Yorkshire (15.0 miles, 24.1 km, direction SW)

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

Damems station, a part of Keighley

Keighley (48 Pictures)

in the county of West Yorkshire (15.0 miles, 24.2 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...

Haworth Garden

Haworth (227 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of West Yorkshire (16.1 miles, 25.9 km, direction W)

Haworth is famous the world over for its connections with the Bronte sisters, the famous novelists...

Sowerby bridge basin, West Yorkshire.

Sowerby Bridge (11 Pictures)

in the county of West Yorkshire (16.3 miles, 26.2 km, direction SW)

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...

Golcar

Golcar (2 Pictures)

in the county of West Yorkshire (16.8 miles, 27.1 km, direction SW)

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

Recommended attractions near Woodhouse

Armley Mills Industrial Museum near Leeds.

Armley Mills Industrial Museum (4 Pictures)

(1.2 miles, 1.9 km, direction SW)

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

1998. Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds, Outside Display

Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds (20 Pictures)

(1.7 miles, 2.8 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.....

Kirkstall Abbey near Leeds, West Yorkshire

Kirkstall Abbey (14 Pictures)

(2.4 miles, 3.8 km, direction W)

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

Temple Newsam, Leeds. Lovely entrance

Temple Newsam (2 Pictures)

(4.4 miles, 7.1 km, direction SE)

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.....

Harewood House in West Yorkshire - Terrace Gardens, June 2005

Harewood House (25 Pictures)

(6.1 miles, 9.8 km, direction N)

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Bradford Cathedral, West Yorkshire

Bradford Cathedral (3 Pictures)

(7.9 miles, 12.7 km, direction W)

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National Museum of Photography, Film and TV. Bradford.

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

(8.3 miles, 13.3 km, direction W)

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

Dewsbury Museum (1 Pictures)

(9.2 miles, 14.9 km, direction SW)

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Wakefield Cathedral, West Yorkshire. Viewed from Westgate

Wakefield Cathedral (2 Pictures)

(9.3 miles, 15.0 km, direction S)

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

Outline of Sandal

Sandal Castle (12 Pictures)

(10.9 miles, 17.5 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.....

Kirklees Priory Gatehouse, West Yorkshire

Kirklees Priory (2 Pictures)

(11.0 miles, 17.7 km, direction SW)

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

Robin Hoods Grave, Kirklees Priory, West Yorkshire

Robin Hood's Grave (4 Pictures)

(11.2 miles, 18.1 km, direction SW)

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Pit head gear at Caphouse Colliery

National Coal Mining Museum (33 Pictures)

(11.8 miles, 18.9 km, direction S)

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Cow and Calf, Ilkley.

Cow and Calf Rocks (21 Pictures)

(12.4 miles, 19.9 km, direction NW)

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

Newmillerdam Country Park (20 Pictures)

(12.7 miles, 20.5 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.....

Shibden Hall, Halifax, West Yorkshire

Shibden Hall (36 Pictures)

(12.9 miles, 20.8 km, direction SW)

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Pontefract Castle Chapel in Autumn. West Yorkshire.

Pontefract Castle (101 Pictures)

(13.1 miles, 21.1 km, direction SE)

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Yorkshire Sculpture Park, West Bretton, West Yorkshire

Yorkshire Sculpture Park (35 Pictures)

(13.7 miles, 22.1 km, direction S)

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

Eureka Science Museum  - Yorkshire - 1996

Eureka! Museum for Children (3 Pictures)

(13.8 miles, 22.1 km, direction SW)

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Knaresborough, The Petrifying Well

Mother Shiptons Cave & Petrifying Well (28 Pictures)

(13.8 miles, 22.1 km, direction N)

Mother Shipton lived some 500 years ago during the reign of King Henry VIII, and is England’s most famous Prophetess. The cave.....


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