Headingley is a Town in the county of West Yorkshire.

Headingley postcode: LS6 3AB

Retail in Headingley

There are great places to visit near Headingley 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.

Bradford, Leeds, and Wakefield are great places to visit near Headingley if you like cities.

Don't miss Wyke, Haworth, Oxenhope, Thornton, Manningham, Saltaire, and Ripponden's villages if visiting the area around Headingley.

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

The area around Headingley boasts some of the best 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 Headingley.

Cartwright Hall, and Yorkshire Sculpture Park are great places to visit near Headingley if you like museums.

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

The area around Headingley boasts some of the best 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.

Headingley has some unmissable hiking areas nearby like Penistone Hill Country Park, Colden, The Chevin, Hardcastle Crags, and Withens Clough.

Ilkley, Sowerby Bridge, Halifax, Todmorden, Huddersfield, Bradley, and Otley are great places to visit near Headingley if you like towns.

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 Headingley.

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

Headingley's best nearby hills can be found at Centre Hill, Stoodley Pike, and The Chevin.

Stones Lane Standing Stones, and Centre Hill Beacon Site are great places to visit near Headingley if you like ancient sites.

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

Headingley's best nearby shopping centres can be found at Trinity Leeds, White Rose Shopping Centre, The Merrion Centre, County Arcade, and Leeds Kirkgate Market.

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

Places near Headingley feature a number of interesting bluebell woods including Middleton Park.

Kirkstall Abbey, and Sandal Castle are great places to visit near Headingley if you like ruins.

There are a number of rivers and streams near Headingley including River Dearne at Bretton, Hebden Water, and Hebden Beck.

The area close to Headingley boasts some of the best castles including Sandal Castle.

Greenwood Lee Clough Waterfall, and Lumb Falls are great places to visit near Headingley if you like waterfalls.

There are a number of boroughs near to Headingley including Kirklees.

Headingley History

There are some historic monuments around Headingley:

• Rougemont Castle ringwork and bailey and associated fishponds and outwork
• Stone hut circle settlement in Iveson Wood
• Cup, ring and groove marked rock 2m south of north wall of Gab Wood 330m E of Moseley Farm, Cookridge
• Roman period native settlement in Danefield Wood, 490m south west of Stubbings Farm
• Gritstone pillar with three cup marks in the north pavement of the A65 at Horsforth, 440m south east of the roundabout at Low Fold
• Middleton Park shaft mounds
• Stank Hall quasi-manorial site
• Cup, ring and groove marked rock 15m from south wall of Gab Wood 300m east of Moseley Farm, Cookridge
• Howley Hall; a 16th century country house and gardens
• Rothwell Castle
• Kirkstall Abbey and precinct including a prehistoric cup and ring marked rock
• Adel Roman fort and settlement
• Medieval farmstead in Ireland Wood, 150m north east of Cookridge Hospital
• Roman period native settlement in Poolscar Wood, 350m south of Stubbings Farm
• Late prehistoric enclosed settlements in Gipton Wood, at the southern end of Oakwood Drive
• Carved rock known as the Grey Stone in Grey Stone Pasture, Harewood Park, 370m south east of New Bridge
• Anti-aircraft gunsite 280m east of Carlton Hall
• Stone hut circle settlement in Clayton Wood on the south west side of Iveson Drive
• Harewood Castle
• Rock carved human figure 570m south of King Lane Farm