Cookridge
Cookridge is a suburb of north-west Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, north of the Leeds Outer Ring Road.
Cookridge is a suburb of north-west Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, north of the Leeds Outer Ring Road. In 1715 Ralph Thoresby described it as a village four miles from Leeds and three from Otley, dating from 1540.
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Worth seeing in and around Cookridge
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.
- 01Leeds Trinity University
Leeds Trinity University is a public university in Horsforth, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. Originally established to provide qualified teachers to Catholic schools, it gradually expanded and now offers foundation, undergraduate, and postgraduate degrees in a range of humanities and social sciences.
2.3 km · Public University in Leeds, West Yorkshire · Wikipedia - 02City of Leeds Training College
The City of Leeds Training College was a teacher training college established in 1907 at Beckett Park in Leeds in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England. After merging with the Carnegie College of Physical Education in 1968 it was renamed the City of Leeds and Carnegie College.
3.8 km · teacher training college in England · Wikipedia - 03Church of St John the Baptist
The Grade I listed, mainly Norman Church of Saint John the Baptist in Adel, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England has been described by Nicholas Pevsner as 'one of the best and most complete Norman churches in Yorkshire'. It is most notable for its magnificent south doorway with surrounding carvings, and highly carved Norman chancel arch.
2.1 km · church in Leeds, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 04Weetwood Playing Fields
Weetwood Playing Fields is a sports facility of the University of Leeds located in the Leeds suburb of Weetwood, West Yorkshire, England.
2.8 km · sports ground at Leeds University · Wikipedia - 05St Chad's Church, Far Headingley
St Chad's Church, Far Headingley is the parish church of Far Headingley in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. The church is Grade II* listed in Gothic Revival style.
3.9 km · church in Leeds, UK · Wikipedia - 06Yeadon Tarn
Yeadon Tarn is a small lake in Yeadon, West Yorkshire, England. The lake, which is fed by land drainage, covers an area of 7 hectares, and enters the River Aire via Yeadon Beck, which drains from the tarn at is western side.
3.9 km · lake in West Yorkshire, England · Wikipedia - 07Tinshill BT Tower
The Tinshill BT Tower is a 60.96 metres tall telecommunication tower located on the east side of Otley Old Road in the north of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is in an elevated part of Leeds, with its base 192 metres above sea level.
500 m · telecommunication tower in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England · Wikipedia - 08Bramley Fall Park
Bramley Fall Park is a 80.05 acres public park in Bramley, Leeds, England. It is managed by Leeds City Council.
4 km · park in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England · Wikipedia - 09Horsforth Hall Park
Horsforth Hall Park is a 3.38 hectares community park in Horsforth, West Yorkshire, England, approximately six miles from Leeds city centre. The park takes its name from Horsforth Hall which was built in 1699 and demolished in 1953 because it had become structurally unsafe.
3.1 km · park in Leeds, West Yorkshire · Wikipedia - 10Ethel Preston memorial
The Ethel Preston memorial, also known as Ethel at the Gate, is a grade II listed grave monument from 1913 in Lawnswood Cemetery, Leeds, England.
1.9 km · memorial in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Cookridge
- Airports
- Leeds Bradford (LBA), 3 km · Manchester (MAN), 72 km · Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 100 km
- Stations
- Leeds Bradford Airport, 3 km · Horsforth railway station, 1.5 km · Kirkstall Forge railway station, 3.7 km
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Cookridge58 km · quickest by road, 1h 38m · £6–9
- Liverpool → Cookridge102 km · quickest by road, 2h 19m · £11–14
- Nottingham, Leicestershire → Cookridge105 km · quickest by road, 2h 29m · £11–15
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Cookridge
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 Cookridge. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inFerries sail overnight from Rotterdam (Netherlands) to Kingston upon Hull.
- Get inHull is an hour by train or car from Leeds, and the ferry port is 3 miles east of Hull city centre: buses run from there to the railway station.
- Go nextLeeds is a major transport hub, so many outlying attractions can be done as day trips.
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If you know how people move in Cookridge – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Cookridge
Cookridge is 8 km from Leeds, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Horsforthsuburb and civil parish within the City of Leeds in West Yorkshire, England3.2 km
- Bramhopevillage in West Yorkshire, England, UK2.8 km
- Adelvillage in Leeds, West Yorkshire2.3 km
- Weetwoodsuburb in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK2.9 km
- Eccupvillage in West Yorkshire, England, UK3.9 km
- Tinshillsuburb of Leeds, in West Yorkshire, England, UK800 m