Akroydon
The Akroydon model housing scheme is a Victorian-era model village at Boothtown, Halifax, in the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale in West Yorkshire, England.
The Akroydon model housing scheme is a Victorian-era model village at Boothtown, Halifax, in the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale in West Yorkshire, England. It was designed in the Gothic style by George Gilbert Scott in 1859 for the workers at the mills of Colonel Edward Akroyd, who had bought, in 1855, the 62,435 acres (25,267 ha) of land on which the houses were to be built.
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Worth seeing in and around Akroydon
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Halifax
Halifax is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, in West Yorkshire, England. It is in the eastern foothills of the Pennines.
1 km · minster town in West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 02Rochdale Canal
The Rochdale Canal is in Northern England, between Manchester and Sowerby Bridge, part of the connected system of the canals of Great Britain. Its name refers to the town of Rochdale through which it passes.
3.8 km · canal in the United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 03The Shay
The Shay is a multi-purpose sports stadium in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. It is home to the FC Halifax Town association football club and the Halifax Panthers rugby league team.
2 km · sports stadium in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England · Wikipedia - 04Halifax Minster
Halifax Minster is the minster church of Halifax, Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England. The church is dedicated to St John the Baptist.
1.4 km · Grade I listed church in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Halifax Piece Hall
The Piece Hall is a Grade I listed building in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. It was built as a cloth hall for handloom weavers to sell the woollen cloth "pieces" they had produced.
1.4 km · Grade I listed building in Halifax, Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Stoney Royd Cemetery
Stoney Royd Cemetery is a cemetery in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. Stoney Royd House was a brick house built for Christopher Rawson, the third son of John Rawson of Bolton "a little before 1764".
2.4 km · cemetery in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 07Tuel Lane Lock
Tuel Lane Lock is a canal lock, situated on the Rochdale Canal in Sowerby Bridge, England. It was built in 1996 as part of the canal's restoration, and replaces two previous locks, locks 3 and 4, from the original canal system.
3.8 km · canal lock on the Rochdale Canal in Sowerby Bridge, England · Wikipedia - 08Wainhouse Tower
Wainhouse Tower, sometimes called the "Tower of Spite", is a folly in the parish of King Cross, on the south-west side of Halifax, Calderdale, West Yorkshire, in England. At 275 feet, it is the tallest structure in Calderdale and the tallest folly in the world, and was erected between 1871 and 1875.
2.6 km · folly tower in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 09North Bridge, Halifax
North Bridge is a Victorian iron and stone bridge at Halifax, West Yorkshire, in northern England. It crosses the valley of the River Hebble, connecting the town to roads to Bradford and Leeds.
900 m · bridge in West Yorkshire, England · Wikipedia - 10Shibden Hall
Shibden Hall is a Grade II* listed historic house located in a public park at Shibden, West Yorkshire, England. The building has been extensively modified from its original design by generations of residents, although its Tudor half-timbered frontage remains its most recognisable feature.
1.9 km · historic house museum. in West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
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Getting to Akroydon
- Airports
- Leeds Bradford (LBA), 20 km · Manchester (MAN), 51 km · Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 79 km
- Stations
- Halifax railway station, 1.6 km · Sowerby Bridge railway station, 3.9 km · Hipperholme railway station, 3.4 km · Halifax bus station, 1.1 km
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Akroydon37 km · quickest by road, 1h 14m · £5–6
- Liverpool → Akroydon82 km · quickest by road, 1h 55m · £9–12
- Nottingham, Leicestershire → Akroydon99 km · quickest by road, 2h 27m · £12–16
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No local-transport research exists yet for Akroydon
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Akroydon. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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If you know how people move in Akroydon – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Akroydon
Akroydon is 10 km from Bradford, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Warley Townvillage in West Yorkshire, England, UK3.4 km
- Southowramvillage in West Yorkshire, England, UK3.9 km
- Boothtownvillage in West Yorkshire, England, UK600 m
- Ovendenvillage in West Yorkshire, England, UK1.3 km
- Hipperholmevillage in West Yorkshire, England, UK3.7 km
- Northowramvillage in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, UK2.8 km