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, nature reserves, shopping centres, airports, bluebell woods, ruins, rivers and streams, castles, waterfalls and boroughs.
Featherstone's best nearby cities can be found at Bradford, Leeds, and Wakefield.
Don't miss Wyke, Haworth, Oxenhope, Thornton, Manningham, Saltaire, and Ripponden's villages if visiting the area around Featherstone.
There are a number of woodlands near Featherstone including Judy Woods, Chevin Forest Park, Middleton Park, and Hardcastle Crags.
Lister Park, Cartwright Hall Gardens, Peel Park, Shibden Park, Roundhay Park, Middleton Park, and Park Square are some of Featherstone best parks to visit near Featherstone.
There are a several good historic buildings in the Featherstone area like Cartwright Hall, Hewenden Viaduct, Halifax Town Hall, North Bridge - Halifax, Halifax Minister, Wainhouse Tower, and Shibden Park.
Museums to visit near Featherstone include Cartwright Hall, and Yorkshire Sculpture Park.
Gardens to visit near Featherstone include Cartwright Hall Gardens.
Country Parks to visit near Featherstone include Penistone Hill Country Park, Ogden Water Country Park, Shibden Country Park, Chevin Forest Park, Golden Acre Park, Bretton Country Park, and Yorkshire Sculpture Park.
Penistone Hill Country Park, Colden, The Chevin, Hardcastle Crags, and Withens Clough are some of Featherstone best hiking areas to visit near Featherstone.
There are a number of towns near Featherstone including Ilkley, Sowerby Bridge, Halifax, Todmorden, Huddersfield, Bradley, and Otley.
Boothwood Reservoir, Ogden Water Country Park, Ogden Water, Shibden Park, Light Hazzles Reservoir, Warland Reservoir, and Gaddings Dam are some of Featherstone best lakes to visit near Featherstone.
Wainhouse Tower, and Centre Hill Beacon Site are some of Featherstone best historic monuments to visit near Featherstone.
Don't miss Centre Hill, Stoodley Pike, and The Chevin's hills if visiting the area around Featherstone.
The area around Featherstone features a number of interesting ancient sites including Stones Lane Standing Stones, and Centre Hill Beacon Site.
Nature Reserves to visit near Featherstone include Rodley Nature Reserve, RSPB St Aidan's, and Yorkshire Sculpture Park.
The area around Featherstone features a number of interesting shopping centres including Trinity Leeds, White Rose Shopping Centre, The Merrion Centre, County Arcade, and Leeds Kirkgate Market.
There are a several good airports in the area around Featherstone like Leeds Bradford Airport.
There are a several good bluebell woods in the area around Featherstone like Middleton Park.
Ruins to visit near Featherstone include Kirkstall Abbey, and Sandal Castle.
The area around Featherstone boasts some of the best rivers and streams including River Dearne at Bretton, Hebden Water, and Hebden Beck.
There are a number of castles near to Featherstone including Sandal Castle.
Waterfalls to visit near Featherstone include Greenwood Lee Clough Waterfall.
Featherstone is near some unmissable boroughs like Kirklees,
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.
