Greetland

Worth seeing in and around Greetland

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
   Sowerby Bridge

   Sowerby Bridge is a market town in the Upper Calder Valley in Calderdale in West Yorkshire, England. The Calderdale Council ward population at the 2011 census was 11,703.

   2.9 km · market town in the Upper Calder Valley in Calderdale in West Yorkshire, England · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Rochdale 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.

   3.5 km · canal in the United Kingdom · Wikipedia
3. 03
   The 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.

   3.3 km · sports stadium in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Tuel 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.

   3.5 km · canal lock on the Rochdale Canal in Sowerby Bridge, England · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Wainhouse 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.

   2.9 km · folly tower in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Stoney 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".

   3.3 km · cemetery in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Victoria Theatre

   Victoria Theatre in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England, is a large theatre and concert hall that opened in 1901.

   3.8 km · theatre in Halifax, England · Wikipedia
8. 08
   St Mary The Virgin Church

   The Church of St Mary is a Church of England parish church in Elland, West Yorkshire, England. The church is a Grade I listed building.

   2.2 km · church in Elland, West Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
9. 09
   St Stephen's Church, Copley

   St Stephen's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Copley, West Yorkshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.

   1.2 km · church in Copley, Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Eureka! The National Children's Museum

    Eureka! The National Children's Museum is an interactive educational museum for children in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England, with a focus on learning through play.

    3.8 km · children's museum in Yorkshire, England · Wikipedia

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Getting to Greetland

Airports

Leeds Bradford (LBA), 24 km · Manchester (MAN), 46 km · Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 76 km

Stations

Halifax railway station, 3.9 km · Sowerby Bridge railway station, 3.3 km

• Manchester, Greater Manchester → Greetland

  33 km · quickest by road, 1h 3m · £4–6
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• Liverpool → Greetland

  79 km · quickest by road, 1h 45m · £8–11
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• Nottingham, Leicestershire → Greetland

  95 km · quickest by road, 2h 30m · £11–15
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No local-transport research exists yet for Greetland

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

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