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Mankinholes

Mankinholes is a hamlet in the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, in West Yorkshire, England.

Mankinholes
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The place

Mankinholes is a hamlet in the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, in West Yorkshire, England. It is situated in the Pennines and the nearest town is Todmorden. The hamlet is part of Calder Ward in Calderdale Parish Council. It has a YHA hostel, managed by the larger hostel at nearby Haworth. Mankinholes is the starting point for the popular trek up Stoodley Pike. The hill is surmounted by a 19th-century obelisk, 120 feet (37 m) high, also known as "Stoodley Pike", commemorating the end of the Crimean War.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Mankinholes

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
    Todmorden

    Todmorden is a market town and civil parish in the Upper Calder Valley in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England. It is 17 miles north-east of Manchester, 8 miles south-east of Burnley and 9 miles west of Halifax.

    2 km · market town and civil parish in the Upper Calder Valley in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Dobroyd Castle

    Dobroyd Castle is an important historic building above the town of Todmorden, West Yorkshire, England. It was built for John Fielden, local mill owner and son of Honest John Fielden the Social Reformer and MP. The building has had a varied past.

    2.7 km · castle in Todmorden, West Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Todmorden Town Hall

    Todmorden Town Hall is a municipal building in Halifax Road, Todmorden, West Yorkshire, England. The town hall, which is the meeting place of Todmorden Town Council, is a grade I listed building.

    2.1 km · Grade I listed building in Todmorden, Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Todmorden Unitarian Church

    Todmorden Unitarian Church is a Unitarian church located on Honey Hole Road, Todmorden, West Yorkshire, England. Built in honour of John Fielden, a local mill owner and a social reformer, the church was completed in 1869.

    2.2 km · church in Todmorden, West Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Todmorden War Memorial

    Todmorden War Memorial is a war memorial located in Todmorden, West Yorkshire, England. The memorial is in the garden of remembrance in Centre Vale Park with sculptural work by Gilbert Bayes.

    2.9 km · statue in Todmorden, Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Stoodley Pike

    Stoodley Pike is a 1,300-foot hill in the south Pennines in West Yorkshire in northern England. It is noted for the 121-foot Stoodley Pike Monument at its summit, which dominates the skyline above the market town of Todmorden and the moors of the upper Calder Valley.

    1.8 km · hill in West Yorkshire, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Gaddings Dam

    Gaddings Dam is a locally owned reservoir near to Todmorden in West Yorkshire, England. The dam was built to power water mills in the Todmorden area, being superseded by steam power and left redundant.

    1.3 km · reservoir in Todmorden, Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England · Wikipedia

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Getting to Mankinholes

Airports
Leeds Bradford (LBA), 32 km · Manchester (MAN), 42 km · Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 66 km
Stations
Todmorden railway station, 2.3 km · Walsden railway station, 2.7 km · Stansfield Hall railway station, 2.2 km · Todmorden bus station, 2.2 km
  • Manchester, Greater Manchester → Mankinholes
    28 km · quickest by road, 1h 14m · £3.5–4.5
  • Liverpool → Mankinholes
    69 km · quickest by road, 1h 55m · £8–10
  • Nottingham, Leicestershire → Mankinholes
    103 km · quickest by road, 2h 41m · £14–18
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Mankinholes

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

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    287 km
  2. 02
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    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    321 km
  3. 03
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    332 km
  4. 04
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    340 km
  5. 05
    Isle of JuraGB

    10 ways of moving, 19 sources

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

Around it

Next door to Mankinholes

Mankinholes is 23 km from Bradford, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Walsdenvillage in Todmorden, West Yorkshire, England2.6 km
  • Eastwoodvillage near Todmorden, West Yorkshire, England, UK2.5 km
  • Lumbuttsvillage in Todmorden, Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England300 m