Horbury is a Village in the county of West Yorkshire.

Horbury postcode: WF4 4LU

Retail in Horbury

There are great places to visit near Horbury 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.

The area around Horbury features a number of interesting cities including Bradford, Leeds, and Wakefield.

There are a number of villages near Horbury including Wyke, Haworth, Oxenhope, Thornton, Manningham, Saltaire, and Ripponden.

Judy Woods, Chevin Forest Park, Calverley Wood, Middleton Park, and Hardcastle Crags are great places to visit near Horbury if you like woodlands.

Horbury has some unmissable parks nearby like Lister Park, Cartwright Hall Gardens, Peel Park, Shibden Park, Roundhay Park, Middleton Park, and Park Square.

There are a several good historic buildings in the Horbury area like Cartwright Hall, Ilkley Manor House, Hewenden Viaduct, Halifax Town Hall, North Bridge - Halifax, Halifax Minister, and Wainhouse Tower.

The area around Horbury features a number of interesting museums including Cartwright Hall, and Yorkshire Sculpture Park.

The area close to Horbury boasts some of the best gardens including Cartwright Hall Gardens.

There are a number of country parks near Horbury including Penistone Hill Country Park, Ogden Water Country Park, Shibden Country Park, Chevin Forest Park, Golden Acre Park, Bretton Country Park, and Yorkshire Sculpture Park.

There are a number of hiking areas near Horbury including Penistone Hill Country Park, Colden, The Bridestones on Bridestones Moor, The Chevin, Hardcastle Crags, Withens Clough, and The Salt and Pepper Pots.

Ilkley, Sowerby Bridge, Halifax, Todmorden, Huddersfield, Bradley, and Otley are some of Horbury best towns to visit near Horbury.

The area around Horbury boasts some of the best lakes including Chellow Dean Reservoirs, Boothwood Reservoir, Ogden Water Country Park, Ogden Water, Shibden Park, Light Hazzles Reservoir, and Warland Reservoir.

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 Horbury.

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

There are a number of ancient sites near Horbury including Stones Lane Standing Stones, Centre Hill Beacon Site, and The Bridestones on Bridestones Moor.

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

Rodley Nature Reserve, RSPB St Aidan's, RSPB Fairburn Ings, and Yorkshire Sculpture Park are great places to visit near Horbury if you like nature reserves.

There are a several good shopping centres in the Horbury area like Trinity Leeds, White Rose Shopping Centre, The Merrion Centre, County Arcade, and Leeds Kirkgate Market.

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

There are a number of bluebell woods near to Horbury including Middleton Park.

The area around Horbury features a number of interesting ruins including Kirkstall Abbey, and Sandal Castle.

The area around Horbury boasts some of the best rivers and streams including River Dearne at Bretton, Hebden Water, and Hebden Beck.

Castles to visit near Horbury include Sandal Castle.

Greenwood Lee Clough Waterfall, and Lumb Falls are some of Horbury best waterfalls to visit near Horbury.

Boroughs to visit near Horbury include Kirklees.

Horbury History

There are some historic monuments around Horbury:

• Shaft head and associated headgear near Caphouse Colliery, Overton
• New Hall moat and fishpond
• Late prehistoric settlement in Notton Park, 650m north west of Lee Lane Farm
• Monk Bretton standing cross
• Standing cross at Emley
• Thornhill Hall moat and sites of formal gardens and bowling green, and remnant of pre-seventeenth century open-field system
• East Gawber Hall colliery fanhouse, 800m north east of Croft Farm
• Sandal Castle: motte and bailey castle and shell keep castle
• Stank Hall quasi-manorial site
• Rothwell Castle
• Iron mining shaft mounds and medieval earthworks south of Bentley Grange Farm
• Facade of Bridge Chapel in grounds of Kettlethorpe Hall
• Anglo-Saxon period cross in churchyard of All Saints
• Emley Day Holes, 200m east of Churchill Farm
• Stanley Ferry aqueduct
• Wakefield Bridge
• Howley Hall; a 16th century country house and gardens
• Lowe Hill motte and bailey castle
• Middleton Park shaft mounds