Featherstone
Featherstone is a Town in the county of West Yorkshire.
There are great places to visit near Featherstone including some great cities, villages, woodlands, parks, historic buildings, museums, gardens, country parks, hiking areas, towns, lakes, historic monuments, hills, ancient sites, geological features, nature reserves, shopping centres, airports, bluebell woods, ruins, rivers and streams, castles, waterfalls and boroughs.
Cities to visit near Featherstone include Bradford, Leeds, and Wakefield.
Wyke, Haworth, Oxenhope, Thornton, Manningham, Saltaire, and Ripponden are some of Featherstone best villages to visit near Featherstone.
Featherstone has some unmissable woodlands nearby like Judy Woods, Chevin Forest Park, Calverley Wood, Middleton Park, and Hardcastle Crags.
Featherstone's best nearby parks can be found at Lister Park, Cartwright Hall Gardens, Peel Park, Shibden Park, Roundhay Park, Middleton Park, and Park Square.
Historic Buildings to visit near Featherstone include Cartwright Hall, Ilkley Manor House, Hewenden Viaduct, Halifax Town Hall, North Bridge - Halifax, Halifax Minister, and Wainhouse Tower.
The area around Featherstone features a number of interesting museums including Cartwright Hall, and Yorkshire Sculpture Park.
Featherstone is near some unmissable gardens like Cartwright Hall Gardens,
Penistone Hill Country Park, Ogden Water Country Park, Shibden Country Park, Chevin Forest Park, Golden Acre Park, Bretton Country Park, and Yorkshire Sculpture Park are some of Featherstone best country parks to visit near Featherstone.
The area around Featherstone boasts some of the best hiking areas including Penistone Hill Country Park, Colden, The Bridestones on Bridestones Moor, The Chevin, Hardcastle Crags, Withens Clough, and The Salt and Pepper Pots.
Featherstone's best nearby towns can be found at Ilkley, Sowerby Bridge, Halifax, Todmorden, Huddersfield, Bradley, and Otley.
The area around Featherstone features a number of interesting lakes including Chellow Dean Reservoirs, Boothwood Reservoir, Ogden Water Country Park, Ogden Water, Shibden Park, Light Hazzles Reservoir, and Warland Reservoir.
The area around Featherstone boasts some of the best historic monuments including Wainhouse Tower, Centre Hill Beacon Site, The Salt and Pepper Pots, Lund's Tower, and Wainman's Pinnacle.
Don't miss Centre Hill, Stoodley Pike, The Chevin, and The Salt and Pepper Pots's hills if visiting the area around Featherstone.
There are a number of ancient sites near Featherstone including Stones Lane Standing Stones, Centre Hill Beacon Site, The Bridestones on Bridestones Moor, and Two Lads (Withens Moor).
Geological Features to visit near Featherstone include The Bridestones on Bridestones Moor.
The area around Featherstone features a number of interesting nature reserves including Rodley Nature Reserve, RSPB St Aidan's, RSPB Fairburn Ings, and Yorkshire Sculpture Park.
The area around Featherstone boasts some of the best shopping centres including Trinity Leeds, White Rose Shopping Centre, The Merrion Centre, County Arcade, and Leeds Kirkgate Market.
Airports to visit near Featherstone include Leeds Bradford Airport.
Featherstone is near some unmissable bluebell woods like Middleton Park,
The area around Featherstone features a number of interesting ruins including Kirkstall Abbey, and Sandal Castle.
Featherstone has some unmissable rivers and streams nearby like River Dearne at Bretton, Hebden Water, and Hebden Beck.
There are a number of castles near to Featherstone including Sandal Castle.
Featherstone has some unmissable waterfalls nearby like Greenwood Lee Clough Waterfall, and Lumb Falls.
Kirklees is one of Featherstone's best, nearby boroughs to visit in Featherstone.
Featherstone History
There are some historic monuments around Featherstone:
Places to see near Featherstone
History of Featherstone
The town came to national attention during a national “lockout” of mine workers in 1893 due to low coal prices and overproduction. Soldiers fired on a crowd who were demonstrating at the colliery gates, killing two instantly. (The Guardian claimed that a third man, a Mr. Tomlinson from Normanton, died the following day from injuries from being shot but only two dead are named on the town’s sculpture.) A distinctive sculpture marking the centenary of the Featherstone Massacre stands in the shopping precinct and a large mural depicting the town’s heritage can be seen at the town’s main crossroads. Ackton Hall Colliery was the first pit to close following the end of the miners’ strike and this could not be contested as geological difficulties had made it impossible for the pit to continue production.
