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, geological features, 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.
Featherstone has some unmissable villages nearby like Wyke, Haworth, Oxenhope, Thornton, Manningham, Saltaire, and Ripponden.
The area around Featherstone boasts some of the best woodlands including Judy Woods, Chevin Forest Park, Calverley Wood, Middleton Park, and Hardcastle Crags.
The area around Featherstone boasts some of the best parks including Lister Park, Cartwright Hall Gardens, Peel Park, Shibden Park, Roundhay Park, Middleton Park, and Park Square.
Featherstone's best nearby historic buildings can be found at Cartwright Hall, Ilkley Manor House, Hewenden Viaduct, Halifax Town Hall, North Bridge - Halifax, Halifax Minister, and Wainhouse Tower.
Don't miss Cartwright Hall, and Yorkshire Sculpture Park's museums if visiting the area around Featherstone.
There are a several good gardens in the area around Featherstone like Cartwright Hall Gardens.
There are a several good country parks in the Featherstone area 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.
Penistone Hill Country Park, Colden, The Bridestones on Bridestones Moor, The Chevin, Hardcastle Crags, and Withens Clough are great places to visit near Featherstone if you like hiking areas.
Don't miss Ilkley, Sowerby Bridge, Halifax, Todmorden, Huddersfield, Bradley, and Otley's towns if visiting the area around Featherstone.
Lakes to visit near Featherstone include Chellow Dean Reservoirs, Boothwood Reservoir, Ogden Water Country Park, Ogden Water, Shibden Park, Light Hazzles Reservoir, and Warland Reservoir.
Featherstone has some unmissable historic monuments nearby like Wainhouse Tower, and Centre Hill Beacon Site.
Centre Hill, Stoodley Pike, and The Chevin are great places to visit near Featherstone if you like hills.
Featherstone has some unmissable ancient sites nearby like Stones Lane Standing Stones, Centre Hill Beacon Site, and The Bridestones on Bridestones Moor.
The area close to Featherstone boasts some of the best geological features including The Bridestones on Bridestones Moor.
Don't miss Rodley Nature Reserve, RSPB St Aidan's, RSPB Fairburn Ings, and Yorkshire Sculpture Park's nature reserves if visiting the area around Featherstone.
Featherstone has some unmissable shopping centres nearby like Trinity Leeds, White Rose Shopping Centre, The Merrion Centre, County Arcade, and Leeds Kirkgate Market.
There are a number of airports near to Featherstone including Leeds Bradford Airport.
Middleton Park is one of Featherstone's best, nearby bluebell woods to visit in Featherstone.
Featherstone's best nearby ruins can be found at Kirkstall Abbey, and Sandal Castle.
Don't miss River Dearne at Bretton, Hebden Water, and Hebden Beck's rivers and streams if visiting the area around Featherstone.
There are a number of castles near to Featherstone including Sandal Castle.
Featherstone's best nearby waterfalls can be found at Greenwood Lee Clough Waterfall, and Lumb Falls.
Kirklees is a great place to visit close to Featherstone if you like boroughs.
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.
