Gildersome is a Village in the county of West Yorkshire.

Retail in Gildersome

There are great places to visit near Gildersome including some great cities, towns, lakes, villages, boroughs, woodlands, parks, historic buildings, country parks, historic monuments, hiking areas, hills, geological features, ancient sites, nature reserves, shopping centres, airports, bluebell woods, ruins, rivers and streams, museums, castles, waterfalls and gardens.

Gildersome's best nearby cities can be found at Bradford, Leeds, and Wakefield.

Gildersome has some unmissable towns nearby like Sowerby Bridge, Halifax, Todmorden, Huddersfield, Hebden Bridge, Dewsbury, and Keighley.

There are a number of lakes near Gildersome including Light Hazzles Reservoir, Warland Reservoir, Gaddings Dam, White Holme Reservoir, Scammonden Water, Lower Laithe Reservoir, and Ponden Reservoir.

Villages to visit near Gildersome include Heptonstall, West Bretton, Wyke, Haworth, Oxenhope, Thornton, and Manningham.

Kirklees is a great place to visit close to Gildersome if you like boroughs.

There are a several good woodlands in the Gildersome area like Judy Woods, Middleton Park, Hardcastle Crags, Chevin Forest Park, and Calverley Wood.

There are a number of parks near Gildersome including Lister Park, Peel Park, Shibden Park, Roundhay Park, Middleton Park, Park Square, and Nostell.

Gildersome has some unmissable historic buildings nearby like Hewenden Viaduct, Halifax Town Hall, North Bridge - Halifax, Halifax Minister, Wainhouse Tower, Shibden Park, and Huddersfield Rugby Union Football Club.

Ogden Water Country Park, Shibden Country Park, Golden Acre Park, Bretton Country Park, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Newmillerdam Country Park, and Pugneys Country Park are some of Gildersome best country parks to visit near Gildersome.

Historic Monuments to visit near Gildersome include Wainhouse Tower, Centre Hill Beacon Site, The Salt and Pepper Pots, Lund's Tower, and Wainman's Pinnacle.

Don't miss Colden, The Bridestones on Bridestones Moor, The Chevin, Hardcastle Crags, Withens Clough, Penistone Hill Country Park, and The Salt and Pepper Pots's hiking areas if visiting the area around Gildersome.

There are a several good hills in the Gildersome area like Centre Hill, Stoodley Pike, The Chevin, and The Salt and Pepper Pots.

Geological Features to visit near Gildersome include The Bridestones on Bridestones Moor.

There are a number of ancient sites near Gildersome including The Bridestones on Bridestones Moor, Two Lads (Withens Moor), Stones Lane Standing Stones, and Centre Hill Beacon Site.

Don't miss Rodley Nature Reserve, RSPB St Aidan's, RSPB Fairburn Ings, and Yorkshire Sculpture Park's nature reserves if visiting the area around Gildersome.

Trinity Leeds, White Rose Shopping Centre, The Merrion Centre, County Arcade, and Leeds Kirkgate Market are some of Gildersome best shopping centres to visit near Gildersome.

Leeds Bradford Airport is a great place to visit close to Gildersome if you like airports.

Don't miss Middleton Park's bluebell woods if visiting the area around Gildersome.

Gildersome's best nearby ruins can be found at Kirkstall Abbey, and Sandal Castle.

Gildersome's best nearby rivers and streams can be found at River Dearne at Bretton, Hebden Beck, and Hebden Water.

Gildersome has some unmissable museums nearby like Yorkshire Sculpture Park, and Cartwright Hall.

Gildersome is near some unmissable castles like Sandal Castle,

There are a several good waterfalls in the Gildersome area like Greenwood Lee Clough Waterfall, and Lumb Falls.

There are a number of gardens near to Gildersome including Cartwright Hall Gardens.

Gildersome History

There are some historic monuments around Gildersome:

• Cup and ring marked rock 40m south east of Hillcourt, Rawdon
• Gritstone pillar with three cup marks in the north pavement of the A65 at Horsforth, 440m south east of the roundabout at Low Fold
• Middleton Park shaft mounds
• Owlcotes deserted medieval village
• Howley Hall; a 16th century country house and gardens
• Medieval farmstead in Ireland Wood, 150m north east of Cookridge Hospital
• Stone hut circle settlement in Clayton Wood on the south west side of Iveson Drive
• Castle Hall Hill motte and bailey castle
• Cup marked rock in Calverley Wood, 200m north east of junction of Calverley Cutting and Thornhill Drive
• Kirkstall Abbey and precinct including a prehistoric cup and ring marked rock
• Rock carved human figure 570m south of King Lane Farm
• Stank Hall quasi-manorial site
• Thornhill Hall moat and sites of formal gardens and bowling green, and remnant of pre-seventeenth century open-field system
• Stone hut circle settlement in Iveson Wood