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