Allerton Bywater
Allerton Bywater is a semi-rural village and civil parish in the south-east of the City of Leeds metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England.
Allerton Bywater is a semi-rural village and civil parish in the south-east of the City of Leeds metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 4,717. The village itself is 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Castleford, with neighbouring villages Kippax and Great Preston all providing local amenities. St Aidan's Nature reserve borders the village attracting many visitors with its beauty and charm. Additionally "The Lines Way" bridle path which runs from Garforth through to Allerton following the old train track provides a pleasant route for walkers, joggers and cyclists alike. The River Aire flows through the village to the south-west.
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Worth seeing in and around Allerton Bywater
7 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.
- 01The Jungle (Wheldon Road)
Wheldon Road is the home ground of Castleford Tigers rugby league club in Castleford, West Yorkshire, England. It is on Wheldon Road, just outside Castleford town centre.
1.7 km · rugby league stadium in Castleford, England · Wikipedia - 02Trinity Methodist Church, Castleford
Trinity Methodist Church, Castleford, is in Castleford, Wakefield District, West Yorkshire, England. The church is part of the Aire and Calder Methodist Circuit in the Yorkshire West District.
1.9 km · church in West Yorkshire, England · Wikipedia - 03Lagentium
Lagentium or Legiolum was the Roman name for the fort and surrounding civilian settlement which was built around the year 74 by the Roman Empire. The English town of Castleford, West Yorkshire, is now built on what was the fort.
1.8 km · UK archaeological site · Wikipedia - 04St Aidan's
St Aidan's is a 355-hectare nature park located between Leeds and Castleford in West Yorkshire, England. The land was formerly an opencast coal mining area that was flooded in 1988, after the riverbank collapsed.
3.5 km · country Park and RSPB reserve between Leeds and Castleford in West Yorkshire, England · Wikipedia - 05Church of All Saints
The Church of All Saints in Castleford, West Yorkshire, England is an active Anglican parish church in the archdeaconry of Leeds and the Diocese of Leeds. The church is Grade II listed.
1.7 km · church in Castleford, West Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Castleford Civic Centre
Castleford Civic Centre is a municipal building in Ferrybridge Road in Castleford, a town in West Yorkshire in England. The building, which was previously the offices and meeting place of the Municipal Borough of Castleford, is now used as a local events venue.
2.1 km · municipal building in Wakefield · Wikipedia - 07Church of All Saints, Ledsham
The Church of All Saints is an Anglican building in the village of Ledsham, West Yorkshire, England, some 10 miles east of Leeds. Parts of the church are originally from the Anglo-Saxon period, which has been the basis of the claim that it is the oldest church still standing within West Yorkshire, and one of the county's oldest buildings.
3.9 km · church in Ledsham, West Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Allerton Bywater
- Airports
- Leeds Bradford (LBA), 24 km · Manchester (MAN), 75 km · East Midlands (EMA), 101 km
- Stations
- Castleford railway station, 2 km · Glasshoughton railway station, 3.9 km · Methley South railway station, 3.2 km · Castleford bus station, 1.9 km
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Allerton Bywater64 km · quickest by road, 1h 42m · £8–10
- Nottingham, Leicestershire → Allerton Bywater89 km · quickest by road, 2h · £10–13
- Liverpool → Allerton Bywater113 km · quickest by road, 2h 23m · £12–16
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No local-transport research exists yet for Allerton Bywater
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 Allerton Bywater. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Go nextOther easy day trips include Bradford, Saltaire, Haworth and Sheffield.
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Next door to Allerton Bywater
Allerton Bywater is 14 km from Leeds, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Castlefordtown in the City of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England2.9 km
- Kippaxvillage and civil parish in the City of Leeds metropolitan borough, West Yorkshire, England2.9 km
- Ledstonvillage in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK1 km
- Ledshamvillage and civil parish in West Yorkshire, UK3.8 km
- Methleyvillage in West Yorkshire, UK2.8 km
- Mickletownsuburb in Methley, West Yorkshire, England, UK2.5 km