Horbury
Horbury is a town in the City of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England.
Horbury is a town in the City of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England. Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is situated north of the River Calder about three miles (5 km) south west of Wakefield and two miles (3 km) to the south of Ossett. It includes the outlying areas of Horbury Bridge and Horbury Junction. At the 2001 census the Horbury and South Ossett ward of Wakefield Metropolitan District Council had a population of 10,002. At the 2011 census the population was 15,032. Old industries include woollens, engineering and building wagons for the railways. Horbury forms part of the Heavy Woollen District.
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Getting to Horbury
- Airports
- Leeds Bradford (LBA), 24 km · Manchester (MAN), 59 km · Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 93 km
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Horbury49 km · quickest by road, 1h 31m · £6–8
- Liverpool → Horbury98 km · quickest by road, 2h 13m · £10–14
- Nottingham, Leicestershire → Horbury83 km · quickest by road, 1h 54m · £9–12
- 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 Horbury
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 Horbury. 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 Horbury
Horbury is 15 km from Leeds, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.