Featherstone
Featherstone is a Town in the county of West Yorkshire.
There are great places to visit near Featherstone 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.
Cities to visit near Featherstone include Bradford, Leeds, and Wakefield.
Wyke, Haworth, Oxenhope, Thornton, Manningham, Saltaire, and Ripponden are great places to visit near Featherstone if you like villages.
Featherstone's best nearby woodlands can be found at Judy Woods, Chevin Forest Park, Calverley Wood, Middleton Park, and Hardcastle Crags.
There are a number of parks near Featherstone including Lister Park, Cartwright Hall Gardens, Peel Park, Shibden Park, Roundhay Park, Middleton Park, and Park Square.
There are a number of historic buildings near Featherstone including Cartwright Hall, Ilkley Manor House, Hewenden Viaduct, Halifax Town Hall, North Bridge - Halifax, Halifax Minister, and Wainhouse Tower.
There are a number of museums near Featherstone including Cartwright Hall, and Yorkshire Sculpture Park.
Gardens to visit near Featherstone include Cartwright Hall Gardens.
Featherstone 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.
Featherstone's best nearby hiking areas can be found at Penistone Hill Country Park, Colden, The Chevin, Hardcastle Crags, and Withens Clough.
The area around Featherstone boasts some of the best towns including Ilkley, Sowerby Bridge, Halifax, Todmorden, Huddersfield, Bradley, and Otley.
The area around Featherstone 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.
Featherstone's best nearby historic monuments can be found at Wainhouse Tower, and Centre Hill Beacon Site.
There are a several good hills in the Featherstone area like Centre Hill, Stoodley Pike, and The Chevin.
Ancient Sites to visit near Featherstone include Stones Lane Standing Stones, and Centre Hill Beacon Site.
There are a number of nature reserves near Featherstone including Rodley Nature Reserve, RSPB St Aidan's, RSPB St Aidan's, RSPB Fairburn Ings, and Yorkshire Sculpture Park.
There are a several good shopping centres in the Featherstone area like Trinity Leeds, White Rose Shopping Centre, The Merrion Centre, County Arcade, and Leeds Kirkgate Market.
The area around Featherstone's best airports can be found at Leeds Bradford Airport.
The area around Featherstone's best bluebell woods can be found at Middleton Park.
Ruins to visit near Featherstone include Kirkstall Abbey, and Sandal Castle.
There are a number of rivers and streams near Featherstone including River Dearne at Bretton, Hebden Water, and Hebden Beck.
The area around Featherstone's best castles can be found at Sandal Castle.
Featherstone has some unmissable waterfalls nearby like Greenwood Lee Clough Waterfall, and Lumb Falls.
Featherstone is near some unmissable boroughs like Kirklees,
Featherstone History
There are some historic monuments around Featherstone:
Places to see near Featherstone
History of Featherstone
The town came to national attention during a national “lockout” of mine workers in 1893 due to low coal prices and overproduction. Soldiers fired on a crowd who were demonstrating at the colliery gates, killing two instantly. (The Guardian claimed that a third man, a Mr. Tomlinson from Normanton, died the following day from injuries from being shot but only two dead are named on the town’s sculpture.) A distinctive sculpture marking the centenary of the Featherstone Massacre stands in the shopping precinct and a large mural depicting the town’s heritage can be seen at the town’s main crossroads. Ackton Hall Colliery was the first pit to close following the end of the miners’ strike and this could not be contested as geological difficulties had made it impossible for the pit to continue production.
