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Berry Brow

Berry Brow is a semi-rural village in West Yorkshire, England, situated about 2 miles (3 km) south of Huddersfield.

Berry Brow
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The place

Berry Brow is a semi-rural village in West Yorkshire, England, situated about 2 miles (3 km) south of Huddersfield. It lies on the eastern bank of the Holme Valley and partially straddles the A616 road to Honley and Penistone.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Berry Brow

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.

  1. 01
    University of Huddersfield

    The University of Huddersfield is a public research university located in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England. It has been a University since 1992, but has its origins in a series of institutions dating back to the 19th century.

    2.7 km · university in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Tolson Museum

    The Tolson Memorial Museum, also known as Tolson Museum, is housed in Ravensknowle Hall, a Victorian mansion in Ravensknowle Park on Wakefield Road in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England. The museum was given to the town by Legh Tolson in memory of his two nephews who were killed in the First World War.

    3.3 km · Museum in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Church of St Thomas, Thurstonland

    The Church of St Thomas, Thurstonland, West Yorkshire, England, is an Anglican church. It is an Arts and Crafts building in Gothic Revival style, designed by James Mallinson and William Swinden Barber, and completed in 1870.

    3.5 km · Grade II listed church in the village of Thurstonland, in the parish of Kirkburton, Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Church of the Holy Trinity

    Holy Trinity Church is a Church of England parish church in the town of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England. It opened in 1819 and is a grade II* listed building.

    3.5 km · church in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Parish Church of St Peter

    St Peter's Church, also known as Huddersfield Parish Church, is a Church of England parish church in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England. There has been a church on the site since the 11th century, but the current building dates from 1836.

    3.1 km · church in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Huddersfield Library and Art Gallery

    The Huddersfield Art Gallery is an art gallery in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, northern England. It is currently owned and operated by Kirklees Council.

    2.8 km · library and art gallery in Huddersfield, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Woodsome Hall

    Woodsome Hall is a 16th-century country house in the parish of Almondbury, near Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England. It is now the clubhouse of Woodsome Hall Golf Club and a Grade I listed building.

    3.5 km · Grade I listed building in Kirkburton, Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Castle Hill

    Castle Hill is a scheduled ancient monument in Almondbury overlooking Huddersfield in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England. The hilltop has been settled for at least 4,000 years.

    700 m · hill near Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    St Patrick's Church, Huddersfield

    St Patrick's Church is a Roman Catholic church in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. It serves the Parish of the Holy Redeemer in the Deanery of Huddersfield, in the Diocese of Leeds.

    3.4 km · church in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Lockwood Viaduct

    Lockwood Viaduct is a stone railway bridge that carries the Huddersfield to Penistone Line across the River Holme, in West Yorkshire, England. The viaduct is noted for its height, high, but at its maximum, to the top of the parapet level, it is 136 feet ), leading one journalist to describe it as "One of the most stupendous structures of ancient or modern times." One local challenge has been to "lob" a cricket ball over the viaduct, with some claiming that they have.

    1.5 km · railway viaduct in West Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Berry Brow

Airports
Leeds Bradford (LBA), 29 km · Manchester (MAN), 45 km · Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 77 km
Stations
Huddersfield railway station, 3.2 km · Crosland Moor Airfield, 3.4 km · Brockholes railway station, 2.6 km · Honley railway station, 1.2 km · Berry Brow railway station, 900 m
  • Manchester, Greater Manchester → Berry Brow
    33 km · quickest by road, 1h 11m · £4.5–6
  • Liverpool → Berry Brow
    82 km · quickest by road, 1h 53m · £9–11
  • Nottingham, Leicestershire → Berry Brow
    86 km · quickest by road, 2h 10m · £10–13
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Berry Brow

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 Berry Brow. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get aroundthere's a local minibus service that provides journeys to various villages dotted about the valley.

From Wikivoyage: Holmfirth, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2023-04.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    307 km
  2. 02
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    328 km
  3. 03
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    335 km
  4. 04
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    341 km
  5. 05
    Isle of JuraGB

    10 ways of moving, 19 sources

    368 km

If you know how people move in Berry Brow – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Berry Brow

Berry Brow is 20 km from Bradford, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Huddersfieldtown in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, in West Yorkshire, England2.9 km
  • Kirkleesmetropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England3.2 km
  • Honleyvillage in the metropolitan borough of Kirklees in West Yorkshire, England2 km
  • Nethertonvillage in Kirklees, West Yorkshire, UK2.3 km
  • Armitage Bridgevillage in West Yorkshire, England, UK1 km
  • Farnley Tyasvillage in West Yorkshire, England, UK2.2 km