Holmfirth

Worth seeing in and around Holmfirth

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.

1. 01
   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.

   5.9 km · hill near Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
2. 02
   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
3. 03
   Winscar Reservoir

   Winscar Reservoir, is a compensation reservoir on the headwaters of the River Don in South Yorkshire, England. The reservoir is located at Dunford Bridge in Barnsley 25 miles northwest of Sheffield, and is just inside the Peak District National Park on the Pennine watershed.

   5.5 km · reservoir in South Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Digley Reservoir

   Digley Reservoir is a reservoir located downstream of Bilberry Reservoir, 2 miles south west of Holmfirth, in West Yorkshire, England. The reservoir was planned during the 1930s, with much land being bought for its construction, but it was not completed until 1954.

   3.5 km · reservoir in West Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Meltham Town Hall

   Meltham Town Hall is a municipal building in Carlile Street in Meltham, West Yorkshire, England. The building, which formerly operated as the offices of Meltham Urban District Council, is now The Crossroads Centre, which operates the local foodbank.

   4.8 km · municipal Building in England · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Church of the Holy Trinity

   Holy Trinity Church, Holmfirth is an Anglican church in the town of Holmfirth in West Yorkshire, England. Holmfirth's chapelry historically covered townships which lay on or near the boundary between the parishes of Kirkburton and Almondbury: Wooldate, Hepworth and Cartworth in Kirkburton, and Holme, Austonley and Upperthong in Almondbury.

   100 m · church in Holmfirth, West Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Holme Valley war memorial

   Holme Valley War Memorial is a war memorial in the grounds of the Holme Valley Memorial Hospital Holmfirth, West Yorkshire, in England. It was unveiled in July 1921, by Colonel H. R. Headlam, who had previously commanded the 5th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's West Riding Regiment.

   1 km · English monument · Wikipedia

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What Wikivoyage says to see

Last of the Summer Wine. Being the location of the long-running BBC TV series, Holmfirth attracts many fans.

1. 01
   Nora Batty's
2. 02
   Sid's Café

   It became a café only after the TV series made the location famous.

From Wikivoyage: Holmfirth, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Things to do

Folk Festival. Held annually beginning of May.

From Wikivoyage: Holmfirth, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Where to eat

Indya - great Indian restaurant with great write ups in the Yorkshire Post

1. 01
   Lou & Joes's Burger Co

   11 Victoria Square, Dunford Road, HD9 2DN, info@louandjoes.com.

From Wikivoyage: Holmfirth, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Getting to Holmfirth

Airports

Leeds Bradford (LBA), 34 km · Manchester (MAN), 41 km · Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 75 km

Stations

Stocksmoor railway station, 5 km · Brockholes railway station, 3.2 km · Shepley railway station, 5.8 km · Honley railway station, 4.3 km · Berry Brow railway station, 5.7 km

• Manchester, Greater Manchester → Holmfirth

  31 km · quickest by road, 1h 5m · £3.5–5
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• Liverpool → Holmfirth

  81 km · quickest by road, 2h 1m · £8–11
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• Nottingham, Leicestershire → Holmfirth

  81 km · quickest by road, 1h 56m · £9–12
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