Meltham

Worth seeing in and around Meltham

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
   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.

   2.1 km · reservoir in West Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
2. 02
   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.

   5.1 km · railway viaduct in West Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
3. 03
   16A And 18, Swan Lane

   Lockwood Town Hall is a former municipal building in Swan Lane in Lockwood, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England. The former town hall, which is currently used as an ice cream factory, is a Grade II listed building.

   5.8 km · building in Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
4. 04
   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.

   4.9 km · church in Holmfirth, West Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Colne Valley Museum

   The Colne Valley Museum is in the Colne Valley at Golcar, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England. The museum consists of four converted 19th-century weavers' cottages.

   5.2 km · historic house museum, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
6. 06
   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.

   4.6 km · English monument · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Wessenden Head Reservoir

   Wessenden Head Reservoir is the highest in a series of four reservoirs in the Wessenden Valley above the village of Marsden in West Yorkshire, at the northern end of the Peak District National Park. Following the Wessenden Valley Reservoir Embankment Act 1836 (6 & 7 Will.

   4.3 km · reservoir in West Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Wessenden Reservoir

   Wessenden Reservoir is the second in a series of four reservoirs in the Wessenden Valley above the village of Marsden in West Yorkshire, at the northern end of the Peak District National Park. Following the Wessenden Valley Reservoir Embankment Act 1836 (6 & 7 Will.

   4.6 km · reservoir in West Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
9. 09
   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.

   0 m · municipal Building in England · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Old Town Hall, Slaithwaite

    Slaithwaite Town Hall, also known as Empire House, is a former municipal building in Lewisham Road in the town of Slaithwaite, West Yorkshire, England. The building, which served as the offices of Colne Valley Urban District Council, is now a business centre.

    4 km · municipal Building in England · Wikipedia

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Getting to Meltham

Airports

Leeds Bradford (LBA), 33 km · Manchester (MAN), 39 km · Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 72 km

Stations

Crosland Moor Airfield, 3.5 km · Brockholes railway station, 5.3 km · Honley railway station, 4.9 km · Berry Brow railway station, 4.9 km · Marsden railway station, 5.5 km

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  77 km · quickest by road, 1h 56m · £8–11
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  85 km · quickest by road, 2h 9m · £10–13
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  124 km · quickest by road, 2h 50m · £16–22
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