Kirklees is a Area in the county of West Yorkshire.

Kirklees postcode: HD4 6

Retail in Kirklees

There are great places to visit near Kirklees 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 some of Kirklees best cities to visit near Kirklees.

The area around Kirklees boasts some of the best towns including Sowerby Bridge, Halifax, Todmorden, Huddersfield, Hebden Bridge, Dewsbury, and Keighley.

Don't miss Light Hazzles Reservoir, Warland Reservoir, Gaddings Dam, White Holme Reservoir, Scammonden Water, Lower Laithe Reservoir, and Ponden Reservoir's lakes if visiting the area around Kirklees.

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

The area around Kirklees's best boroughs can be found at Kirklees.

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

Kirklees has some unmissable parks nearby like Lister Park, Peel Park, Shibden Park, Roundhay Park, Middleton Park, Park Square, and Nostell.

There are a several good historic buildings in the Kirklees area like Hewenden Viaduct, Halifax Town Hall, North Bridge - Halifax, Halifax Minister, Wainhouse Tower, Shibden Park, and Huddersfield Rugby Union Football Club.

Kirklees's best nearby country parks can be found at Ogden Water Country Park, Shibden Country Park, Golden Acre Park, Bretton Country Park, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Newmillerdam Country Park, and Pugneys Country Park.

The area around Kirklees features a number of interesting historic monuments including Wainhouse Tower, Centre Hill Beacon Site, The Salt and Pepper Pots, Lund's Tower, and Wainman's Pinnacle.

The area around Kirklees boasts some of the best hiking areas including Colden, The Bridestones on Bridestones Moor, The Chevin, Hardcastle Crags, Withens Clough, Penistone Hill Country Park, and The Salt and Pepper Pots.

The area around Kirklees boasts some of the best hills including Centre Hill, Stoodley Pike, The Chevin, and The Salt and Pepper Pots.

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

Kirklees'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.

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

Don't miss Trinity Leeds, White Rose Shopping Centre, The Merrion Centre, County Arcade, and Leeds Kirkgate Market's shopping centres if visiting the area around Kirklees.

Kirklees is near some unmissable airports like Leeds Bradford Airport,

Places near Kirklees feature a number of interesting bluebell woods including Middleton Park.

There are a several good ruins in the Kirklees area like Kirkstall Abbey, and Sandal Castle.

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

Yorkshire Sculpture Park, and Cartwright Hall are some of Kirklees best museums to visit near Kirklees.

Sandal Castle is a great place to visit close to Kirklees if you like castles.

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

Cartwright Hall Gardens is one of Kirklees's best, nearby gardens to visit in Kirklees.

Kirklees History

There are some historic monuments around Kirklees:

• Cairn with an oval bank on Midgley Moor, 430m north east of Upper Han Royd
• Late prehistoric enclosed settlement on Royd Edge, 300m north of Sun Royd
• Castleshaw Roman forts, 250m west of Castle Shaw Farm
• Cairnfield on Ringstone Edge Moor, 240m south west of Clay House
• Castle Hill motte castle 270m north east of Rosemary Hall
• Cairn on Midgley Moor, 400m north east of Upper Han Royd
• Late prehistoric enclosed settlement on Oldfield Hill, 340m west of Wentworth Farm
• Bowl barrow known as Beacon Hill
• Close Gate Bridge
• Ring cairn on Midgley Moor, 360m north east of Upper Han Royd
• Ring cairn known as the Ring of Stones on Ringstone Edge Moor, 800m south of Upper Gosling Royd
• Cambodunum Roman fort and vicus, Slack
• Oxygrains packhorse bridge, Rishworth
• Meg Dike late prehistoric enclosed settlement
• The old bridge over the Hebden Water at Hebden Bridge
• Bowl barrow 190m NNE of Knarr Barn
• Wayside cross located on Slate Pit Hill
• Ripponden (or Waterloo) Bridge
• The gibbet platform