Kirklees

Worth seeing in and around Kirklees

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
   Blackmoorfoot Reservoir

   Blackmoorfoot Reservoir is a freshwater supply reservoir located on moorland 4 miles south of Huddersfield in West Yorkshire, England. The reservoir lies at an altitude of 253 metres above sea level, and is fed by catchwaters dug into the moorland to the south-west of the reservoir.

   4 km · reservoir in 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.

   3.3 km · Grade II listed church in the village of Thurstonland, in the parish of Kirkburton, Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
3. 03
   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.

   3.8 km · hill near Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
4. 04
   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.

   1.9 km · English monument · 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.

   3.2 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.

   2.7 km · church in Holmfirth, West Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
7. 07
   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.

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

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Getting to Kirklees

Airports

Leeds Bradford (LBA), 32 km · Manchester (MAN), 42 km · Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 75 km

Stations

Honley railway station, 2.1 km · Crosland Moor Airfield, 3.7 km · Brockholes railway station, 2.1 km · Berry Brow railway station, 3.2 km · Holmfirth bus station, 2.7 km

• Manchester, Greater Manchester → Kirklees

  35 km · quickest by road, 1h 6m · £4.5–6
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• Liverpool → Kirklees

  83 km · quickest by road, 1h 48m · £9–11
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• Nottingham, Leicestershire → Kirklees

  87 km · quickest by road, 2h 12m · £10–13
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No local-transport research exists yet for Kirklees

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

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