Rastrick
Rastrick is a village and local government ward in the county of West Yorkshire, England, between Halifax, 5 miles (8 km) north-west and Huddersfield, 4 miles (7 km) south.
Rastrick is a village and local government ward in the county of West Yorkshire, England, between Halifax, 5 miles (8 km) north-west and Huddersfield, 4 miles (7 km) south. It is perhaps best known for its association, along with its neighbour Brighouse, 1 mile (2 km) north-east, with the Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band. Along with Brighouse, it is part of Calderdale, but shares a Huddersfield postcode and phone number.
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Worth seeing in and around Rastrick
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.
- 01Blakeborough's Bridge
Blakeborough's Bridge crosses the River Calder in Brighouse, West Yorkshire, England. It was built in 1962 to link J. Blakeborough and Sons works and offices that were on different sides of the river.
1.4 km · bridge in United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 02Colne Bridge
Colne Bridge is an historic 18th-century bridge near Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England. A Grade II listed stone-built arch bridge, it spans the River Colne between Bradley and Kirkheaton.
4 km · grade II listed bridge in Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Robin Hood's Grave
Robin Hood's Grave is the name given to a monument in Kirklees Park Estate, West Yorkshire, England, near the now-ruined Kirklees Priory. It is alleged to be the burial place of English folk hero Robin Hood.
3.4 km · monument in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Huddersfield Broad Canal
The Huddersfield Broad Canal or Sir John Ramsden's Canal, is a wide-locked navigable canal in West Yorkshire in northern England. The waterway is 3.75 miles long and has 9 wide locks.
3.6 km · canal in Northern England · Wikipedia - 05St Mary The Virgin Church
The Church of St Mary is a Church of England parish church in Elland, West Yorkshire, England. The church is a Grade I listed building.
3.3 km · church in Elland, West Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Brighouse Bridge
The Brighouse Bridge crosses the River Calder in Brighouse, West Yorkshire, England. It was built in 1825 as part of the Halifax and Huddersfield Turnpike.
1 km · bridge in United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 07Kirklees Priory
Kirklees Priory was a Cistercian nunnery whose site is in the present-day Kirklees Park, Clifton near Brighouse, Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England. It was originally in the ancient ecclesiastical parish of Dewsbury.
3.4 km · monastery in West Yorkshire, UK · Wikipedia - 08Old St Matthew's Church, Lightcliffe
Old St Matthew's Church, Lightcliffe, is a former church in the village of Lightcliffe, West Yorkshire, England, of which only the tower remains. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building, and is under the care of the Friends of Friendless Churches.
3.6 km · grade II listed church in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 09Church of All Saints
The Church of All Saints is a Church of England parish church in Elland, Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England. The church is a grade II* listed building.
3.6 km · church in Elland, West Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 10St Matthew's Church, Rastrick
St Matthew's Church is a local ecumenical partnership church building situated on Church Street in Rastrick, West Yorkshire, England. The present church was built in 1798 and is a Grade II* listed building.
300 m · church in Rastrick, West Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Rastrick
- Airports
- Leeds Bradford (LBA), 21 km · Manchester (MAN), 50 km · Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 81 km
- Stations
- Brighouse railway station, 900 m · Lightcliffe railway station, 3.7 km · Deighton railway station, 3.5 km · Brighouse bus station, 1.3 km
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Rastrick38 km · quickest by road, 1h 2m · £4–6
- Liverpool → Rastrick85 km · quickest by road, 1h 43m · £8–11
- Nottingham, Leicestershire → Rastrick92 km · quickest by road, 2h 19m · £10–13
- 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 Rastrick
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 Rastrick. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundthere's a local minibus service that provides journeys to various villages dotted about the valley.
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Next door to Rastrick
Rastrick is 12 km from Bradford, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Brighousetown in the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale in West Yorkshire, England1.7 km
- Bailiff Bridgevillage in West Yorkshire, England, UK2.8 km
- Cliftonvillage in West Yorkshire, UK2.1 km
- Southowramvillage in West Yorkshire, England, UK3 km
- Brookfootvillage in West Yorkshire, England, UK1.2 km
- Fixbysuburb of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom2.3 km