Durkar is a Village in the county of West Yorkshire.

Durkar postcode: WF4 3AY

Retail in Durkar

There are great places to visit near Durkar 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.

Don't miss Bradford, Leeds, and Wakefield's cities if visiting the area around Durkar.

Wyke, Haworth, Oxenhope, Thornton, Manningham, Saltaire, and Ripponden are great places to visit near Durkar if you like villages.

There are a number of woodlands near Durkar including Judy Woods, Chevin Forest Park, Calverley Wood, Middleton Park, and Hardcastle Crags.

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

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 Durkar.

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

Don't miss Cartwright Hall Gardens's gardens if visiting the area around Durkar.

Durkar has some unmissable country parks nearby like Penistone Hill Country Park, Ogden Water Country Park, Shibden Country Park, Chevin Forest Park, Golden Acre Park, Bretton Country Park, and Yorkshire Sculpture Park.

Durkar's best nearby hiking areas can be found at Penistone Hill Country Park, Colden, The Bridestones on Bridestones Moor, The Chevin, Hardcastle Crags, Withens Clough, and The Salt and Pepper Pots.

Durkar has some unmissable towns nearby like Ilkley, Sowerby Bridge, Halifax, Todmorden, Huddersfield, Bradley, and Otley.

Don't miss Chellow Dean Reservoirs, Boothwood Reservoir, Ogden Water Country Park, Ogden Water, Shibden Park, Light Hazzles Reservoir, and Warland Reservoir's lakes if visiting the area around Durkar.

Durkar has some unmissable historic monuments nearby like Wainhouse Tower, Centre Hill Beacon Site, The Salt and Pepper Pots, Lund's Tower, and Wainman's Pinnacle.

Hills to visit near Durkar include Centre Hill, Stoodley Pike, The Chevin, and The Salt and Pepper Pots.

Stones Lane Standing Stones, Centre Hill Beacon Site, and The Bridestones on Bridestones Moor are great places to visit near Durkar if you like ancient sites.

Durkar is near some unmissable geological features like The Bridestones on Bridestones Moor,

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

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

The area around Durkar's best airports can be found at Leeds Bradford Airport.

Middleton Park is a great place to visit close to Durkar if you like bluebell woods.

Kirkstall Abbey, and Sandal Castle are some of Durkar best ruins to visit near Durkar.

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

There are a several good castles in the area around Durkar like Sandal Castle.

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

Durkar is near some unmissable boroughs like Kirklees,

Durkar History

There are some historic monuments around Durkar:

• Howley Hall; a 16th century country house and gardens
• Bridge and medieval gateway at Walton Hall
• Wayside cross known as Kirk Cross
• Wakefield Bridge
• Anglo-Saxon period cross in churchyard of All Saints
• Sandal Castle: motte and bailey castle and shell keep castle
• Monk Bretton standing cross
• Low Mill furnace
• Late prehistoric settlement in Notton Park, 650m north west of Lee Lane Farm
• Iron mining shaft mounds and medieval earthworks south of Bentley Grange Farm
• Newland Preceptory
• Stanley Ferry aqueduct
• 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
• Lowe Hill motte and bailey castle
• Rothwell Castle
• New Hall moat and fishpond
• Monk Bretton Priory Cluniac and Benedictine monastery: monastic precinct and two fishponds
• Henge on Birkwood Common
• Facade of Bridge Chapel in grounds of Kettlethorpe Hall