Headingley is a Town in the county of West Yorkshire.

Headingley postcode: LS6 3AB

Retail in Headingley

There are great places to visit near Headingley 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.

Bradford, Leeds, and Wakefield are great places to visit near Headingley if you like cities.

Sowerby Bridge, Halifax, Todmorden, Huddersfield, Hebden Bridge, Dewsbury, and Keighley are some of Headingley best towns to visit near Headingley.

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

Heptonstall, West Bretton, Wyke, Haworth, Oxenhope, Thornton, and Manningham are great places to visit near Headingley if you like villages.

There are a number of boroughs near to Headingley including Kirklees.

Headingley's best nearby woodlands can be found at Judy Woods, Middleton Park, Hardcastle Crags, Chevin Forest Park, and Calverley Wood.

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

Headingley 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.

Don't miss Ogden Water Country Park, Shibden Country Park, Golden Acre Park, Bretton Country Park, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Newmillerdam Country Park, and Pugneys Country Park's country parks if visiting the area around Headingley.

Don't miss Wainhouse Tower, Centre Hill Beacon Site, The Salt and Pepper Pots, Lund's Tower, and Wainman's Pinnacle's historic monuments if visiting the area around Headingley.

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 Headingley.

Centre Hill, Stoodley Pike, The Chevin, and The Salt and Pepper Pots are some of Headingley best hills to visit near Headingley.

The Bridestones on Bridestones Moor is a great place to visit close to Headingley if you like geological features.

Headingley's best nearby ancient sites can be found at 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 Headingley.

The area around Headingley 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 number of airports near to Headingley including Leeds Bradford Airport.

Bluebell Woods to visit near Headingley include Middleton Park.

There are a number of ruins near Headingley including Kirkstall Abbey, and Sandal Castle.

Rivers and Streams to visit near Headingley include River Dearne at Bretton, Hebden Beck, and Hebden Water.

There are a number of museums near Headingley including Yorkshire Sculpture Park, and Cartwright Hall.

Places near Headingley feature a number of interesting castles including Sandal Castle.

Waterfalls to visit near Headingley include Greenwood Lee Clough Waterfall, and Lumb Falls.

Places near Headingley feature a number of interesting gardens including Cartwright Hall Gardens.

Headingley History

There are some historic monuments around Headingley:

• Stone hut circle settlement in Clayton Wood on the south west side of Iveson Drive
• Anti-aircraft gunsite 280m east of Carlton Hall
• Rock carved human figure 570m south of King Lane Farm
• Late prehistoric enclosed settlements in Gipton Wood, at the southern end of Oakwood Drive
• Rougemont Castle ringwork and bailey and associated fishponds and outwork
• Rothwell Castle
• Carved rock known as the Grey Stone in Grey Stone Pasture, Harewood Park, 370m south east of New Bridge
• Harewood Castle
• Roman period native settlement in Danefield Wood, 490m south west of Stubbings Farm
• Medieval farmstead in Ireland Wood, 150m north east of Cookridge Hospital
• Stone hut circle settlement in Iveson Wood
• Middleton Park shaft mounds
• Gritstone pillar with three cup marks in the north pavement of the A65 at Horsforth, 440m south east of the roundabout at Low Fold
• Howley Hall; a 16th century country house and gardens
• Adel Roman fort and settlement
• Stank Hall quasi-manorial site
• Cup, ring and groove marked rock 2m south of north wall of Gab Wood 330m E of Moseley Farm, Cookridge
• Kirkstall Abbey and precinct including a prehistoric cup and ring marked rock
• Roman period native settlement in Poolscar Wood, 350m south of Stubbings Farm
• Cup, ring and groove marked rock 15m from south wall of Gab Wood 300m east of Moseley Farm, Cookridge