Whitley Lower
Whitley Lower is a village near Thornhill in Kirklees, West Yorkshire England.

Whitley Lower is a village near Thornhill in Kirklees, West Yorkshire England. The parish church, dedicated to St Mary and St Michael, is part of the united benefice of Thornhill and Whitley which also includes Briestfield. The church was Grade II listed in 1985. In 1891 the civil parish had a population of 879.
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Worth seeing in and around Whitley Lower
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.
- 01Markazi Mosque
The Markazi Masjid, also known as the Dewsbury Markaz or Dar ul Ulum, is a mosque in the Savile Town area of Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, England. With a maximum capacity of 4,000, it is one of the largest mosques in Europe.
3.8 km · Mosque in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire · Wikipedia - 02National Coal Mining Museum for England
National Coal Mining Museum for England is based at the site of Caphouse Colliery in Overton, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England. It opened in 1988 as the Yorkshire Mining Museum and was granted national status in 1995.
3.4 km · coal mining museum in Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 03Dewsbury Bus Museum
The Dewsbury Bus Museum is a museum in Ravensthorpe, West Yorkshire, England. Opened to the public in September 1989, it is owned and operated by the West Riding Omnibus Museum Trust, a registered charity, and is run entirely by volunteer effort.
2.5 km · bus museum in Ravensthorpe, West Yorkshire, England · Wikipedia - 04Crow Nest Park
Crow Nest Park is a Green Flag awarded public park located in the Dewsbury Moor area of Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, England. Opened to the public in 1893, the park originated on the grounds on a country house estate dating from the 16th century.
3.8 km · green Flag public park in Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Mirfield Town Hall
Mirfield Town Hall is a former municipal building in Huddersfield Road in Mirfield, a town in West Yorkshire in England. The building, which was previously the offices and meeting place of the Mirfield Urban District Council, is now used as a worship hall by the Salvation Army.
2.5 km · municipal building in England · Wikipedia - 06Parish Church of St Mary, Mirfield
St Mary's Church is the parish church of the town of Mirfield in West Yorkshire, England. The current building is a large Gothic Revival structure designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott, replacing an older structure, the tower of which still survives a short distance from the present building.
2.7 km · church in Mirfield, West Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 07Ledgard Bridge
Ledgard Bridge crosses the River Calder in Mirfield, West Yorkshire, England. It was built in 1800 as a replacement for an earlier bridge in the same location and is a Grade II listed structure.
2.6 km · grade II listed bridge in Mirfield, Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Whitley Lower
- Airports
- Leeds Bradford (LBA), 23 km · Manchester (MAN), 53 km · Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 86 km
- Stations
- Ravensthorpe railway station, 2.2 km · Mirfield railway station, 2.4 km
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Whitley Lower42 km · quickest by road, 1h 16m · £5–7
- Liverpool → Whitley Lower29 km · quickest by road, 50 min · £3–4.5
- Nottingham, Leicestershire → Whitley Lower85 km · quickest by road, 2h · £9–12
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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No local-transport research exists yet for Whitley Lower
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 Whitley Lower. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Go nextOther easy day trips include Bradford, Saltaire, Haworth and Sheffield.
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Next door to Whitley Lower
Whitley Lower is 16 km from Bradford, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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