Fountainhead is a Village in the county of West Yorkshire.

Fountainhead postcode: HX2 0QS

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There are great places to visit near Fountainhead 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 Fountainhead.

Villages to visit near Fountainhead include Wyke, Haworth, Oxenhope, Thornton, Manningham, Saltaire, and Ripponden.

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

The area around Fountainhead features a number of interesting parks including 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 Fountainhead.

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

Places near Fountainhead feature a number of interesting gardens including Cartwright Hall Gardens.

The area around Fountainhead 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.

Hiking Areas to visit near Fountainhead include Penistone Hill Country Park, Colden, The Bridestones on Bridestones Moor, The Chevin, Hardcastle Crags, and Withens Clough.

Towns to visit near Fountainhead include Ilkley, Sowerby Bridge, Halifax, Todmorden, Huddersfield, Bradley, and Otley.

Fountainhead 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.

Don't miss Wainhouse Tower, and Centre Hill Beacon Site's historic monuments if visiting the area around Fountainhead.

Don't miss Centre Hill, Stoodley Pike, and The Chevin's hills if visiting the area around Fountainhead.

Don't miss Stones Lane Standing Stones, Centre Hill Beacon Site, and The Bridestones on Bridestones Moor's ancient sites if visiting the area around Fountainhead.

Geological Features to visit near Fountainhead include The Bridestones on Bridestones Moor.

The area around Fountainhead boasts some of the best nature reserves including Rodley Nature Reserve, 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 great places to visit near Fountainhead if you like shopping centres.

There are a several good airports in the area around Fountainhead like Leeds Bradford Airport.

Middleton Park is one of Fountainhead's best, nearby bluebell woods to visit in Fountainhead.

Fountainhead's best nearby ruins can be found at Kirkstall Abbey, and Sandal Castle.

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

Sandal Castle is one of Fountainhead's best, nearby castles to visit in Fountainhead.

The area around Fountainhead boasts some of the best waterfalls including Greenwood Lee Clough Waterfall, and Lumb Falls.

Kirklees is one of Fountainhead's best, nearby boroughs to visit in Fountainhead.

Fountainhead History

There are some historic monuments around Fountainhead:

• Ventilation chimney and furnace house 260m south of Park Farm
• Five carved rocks in Cottingley Woods, 600m NNE of Lee Farm
• Late prehistoric enclosed settlement known as Castle Stead Ring
• Cairn on Midgley Moor, 400m north east of Upper Han Royd
• Cairn known as Millers Grave on Midgley Moor
• Brow Pit mine shaft, gin circle, spoil heap and tramway, 270m south west of Catherine Slack Farm
• Enclosed Bronze Age urnfield 160m west of Overgreen Royd Farm, Mixenden
• Magna Via
• Ring cairn known as the Ring of Stones on Ringstone Edge Moor, 800m south of Upper Gosling Royd
• Late prehistoric enclosed settlement 500m north west of Goose Clough on Ovenden Moor
• Late prehistoric enclosed settlement 350m south west of Goose Clough at Hunter Hill, Ovenden
• Oxygrains packhorse bridge, Rishworth
• Meg Dike late prehistoric enclosed settlement
• Castle Hill motte castle 270m north east of Rosemary Hall
• Cambodunum Roman fort and vicus, Slack
• The gibbet platform
• Cairn with an oval bank on Midgley Moor, 430m north east of Upper Han Royd
• Cairnfield on Ringstone Edge Moor, 240m south west of Clay House
• Late prehistoric enclosed settlement 150m north of Shaygate Farm, Wilsden
• Ripponden (or Waterloo) Bridge
• Ring cairn on Midgley Moor, 360m north east of Upper Han Royd
• Enclosed Bronze Age urnfield 440m north west of Rough Bottom on Midgeley Moor
• Bowl barrow known as Beacon Hill
• Mill gas plant, Shaw Lodge Mills
• Cup marked boundary stone known as Churn Milk Joan on Crow Hill, Midgley Moor, 580m north of Foster Clough Bridge
• Grimscar Roman tilery