Ovenden

Worth seeing in and around Ovenden

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
   Halifax

   Halifax is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, in West Yorkshire, England. It is in the eastern foothills of the Pennines.

   2.3 km · minster town in West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
2. 02
   The Shay

   The Shay is a multi-purpose sports stadium in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. It is home to the FC Halifax Town association football club and the Halifax Panthers rugby league team.

   3.3 km · sports stadium in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Halifax Minster

   Halifax Minster is the minster church of Halifax, Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England. The church is dedicated to St John the Baptist.

   2.7 km · Grade I listed church in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Halifax Piece Hall

   The Piece Hall is a Grade I listed building in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. It was built as a cloth hall for handloom weavers to sell the woollen cloth "pieces" they had produced.

   2.7 km · Grade I listed building in Halifax, Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
5. 05
   North Bridge, Halifax

   North Bridge is a Victorian iron and stone bridge at Halifax, West Yorkshire, in northern England. It crosses the valley of the River Hebble, connecting the town to roads to Bradford and Leeds.

   2.2 km · bridge in West Yorkshire, England · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Victoria Theatre

   Victoria Theatre in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England, is a large theatre and concert hall that opened in 1901.

   2.7 km · theatre in Halifax, England · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Stoney Royd Cemetery

   Stoney Royd Cemetery is a cemetery in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. Stoney Royd House was a brick house built for Christopher Rawson, the third son of John Rawson of Bolton "a little before 1764".

   3.7 km · cemetery in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Shibden Hall

   Shibden Hall is a Grade II* listed historic house located in a public park at Shibden, West Yorkshire, England. The building has been extensively modified from its original design by generations of residents, although its Tudor half-timbered frontage remains its most recognisable feature.

   3 km · historic house museum. in West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Wainhouse Tower

   Wainhouse Tower, sometimes called the "Tower of Spite", is a folly in the parish of King Cross, on the south-west side of Halifax, Calderdale, West Yorkshire, in England. At 275 feet, it is the tallest structure in Calderdale and the tallest folly in the world, and was erected between 1871 and 1875.

   3.4 km · folly tower in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
10. 10
    St Mary's Church, Halifax

    St Mary's Church or St Marie's Church is a Roman Catholic Parish church in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. It was built from 1836 to 1839.

    2.3 km · Catholic church in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Ovenden

Airports

Leeds Bradford (LBA), 20 km · Manchester (MAN), 51 km · Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 79 km

Stations

Halifax railway station, 3 km · Halifax bus station, 2.4 km

• Manchester, Greater Manchester → Ovenden

  37 km · quickest by road, 1h 17m · £5–7
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• Liverpool → Ovenden

  81 km · quickest by road, 1h 58m · £9–12
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• Nottingham, Leicestershire → Ovenden

  100 km · quickest by road, 2h 31m · £12–16
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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 Ovenden. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

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