Birstall is a Town in the county of West Yorkshire.

Birstall postcode: WF17 9EL

Retail in Birstall

There are great places to visit near Birstall 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.

Bradford, Leeds, and Wakefield are some of Birstall best cities to visit near Birstall.

Birstall has some unmissable villages nearby like Wyke, Haworth, Oxenhope, Thornton, Manningham, Saltaire, and Ripponden.

Woodlands to visit near Birstall include Judy Woods, Chevin Forest Park, Calverley Wood, Middleton Park, and Hardcastle Crags.

Don't miss Lister Park, Cartwright Hall Gardens, Peel Park, Shibden Park, Roundhay Park, Middleton Park, and Park Square's parks if visiting the area around Birstall.

Don't miss Cartwright Hall, Ilkley Manor House, Hewenden Viaduct, Halifax Town Hall, North Bridge - Halifax, Halifax Minister, and Wainhouse Tower's historic buildings if visiting the area around Birstall.

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

Gardens to visit near Birstall include Cartwright Hall Gardens.

Birstall's best nearby country parks can be found at 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 great places to visit near Birstall if you like hiking areas.

Ilkley, Sowerby Bridge, Halifax, Todmorden, Huddersfield, Bradley, and Otley are great places to visit near Birstall if you like towns.

Birstall has some unmissable lakes nearby like Chellow Dean Reservoirs, Boothwood Reservoir, Ogden Water Country Park, Ogden Water, Shibden Park, Light Hazzles Reservoir, and Warland Reservoir.

Historic Monuments to visit near Birstall include Wainhouse Tower, and Centre Hill Beacon Site.

Hills to visit near Birstall include Centre Hill, Stoodley Pike, and The Chevin.

There are a number of ancient sites near Birstall including Stones Lane Standing Stones, and Centre Hill Beacon Site.

Rodley Nature Reserve, RSPB St Aidan's, RSPB St Aidan's, RSPB Fairburn Ings, and Yorkshire Sculpture Park are some of Birstall best nature reserves to visit near Birstall.

Shopping Centres to visit near Birstall include Trinity Leeds, White Rose Shopping Centre, The Merrion Centre, County Arcade, and Leeds Kirkgate Market.

The area close to Birstall boasts some of the best airports including Leeds Bradford Airport.

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

Don't miss Kirkstall Abbey, and Sandal Castle's ruins if visiting the area around Birstall.

There are a several good rivers and streams in the Birstall area like River Dearne at Bretton, Hebden Water, and Hebden Beck.

Castles to visit near Birstall include Sandal Castle.

Birstall has some unmissable waterfalls nearby like Greenwood Lee Clough Waterfall, and Lumb Falls.

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

Birstall History

There are some historic monuments around Birstall:

• Kirkstall Abbey and precinct including a prehistoric cup and ring marked rock
• Kirklees Priory, medieval nunnery
• New Hall moat and fishpond
• Howley Hall; a 16th century country house and gardens
• Owlcotes deserted medieval village
• Anglian high cross fragment known as Walton Cross
• Thornhill Hall moat and sites of formal gardens and bowling green, and remnant of pre-seventeenth century open-field system
• Shaft head and associated headgear near Caphouse Colliery, Overton
• Castle Hall Hill motte and bailey castle
• Netherhall barn
• Stank Hall quasi-manorial site
• Castle Hill univallate defended settlement, Kirklees Park