Horbury is a Village in the county of West Yorkshire.

Horbury postcode: WF4 4LU

Retail in Horbury

There are great places to visit near Horbury 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.

Horbury has some unmissable cities nearby like Bradford, Leeds, and Wakefield.

The area around Horbury features a number of interesting villages including Wyke, Haworth, Oxenhope, Thornton, Manningham, Saltaire, and Ripponden.

There are a several good woodlands in the Horbury area like Judy Woods, Chevin Forest Park, Calverley Wood, Middleton Park, and Hardcastle Crags.

There are a several good parks in the Horbury area like 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 Horbury.

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

There are a several good gardens in the area around Horbury like Cartwright Hall Gardens.

There are a several good country parks in the Horbury 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 some of Horbury best hiking areas to visit near Horbury.

Horbury has some unmissable towns nearby like Ilkley, Sowerby Bridge, Halifax, Todmorden, Huddersfield, Bradley, and Otley.

The area around Horbury 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.

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

The area around Horbury features a number of interesting hills including Centre Hill, Stoodley Pike, and The Chevin.

The area around Horbury features a number of interesting ancient sites including Stones Lane Standing Stones, Centre Hill Beacon Site, and The Bridestones on Bridestones Moor.

Horbury is near some unmissable geological features like The Bridestones on Bridestones Moor,

Rodley Nature Reserve, RSPB St Aidan's, RSPB Fairburn Ings, and Yorkshire Sculpture Park are some of Horbury best nature reserves to visit near Horbury.

The area around Horbury features a number of interesting shopping centres including Trinity Leeds, White Rose Shopping Centre, The Merrion Centre, County Arcade, and Leeds Kirkgate Market.

Don't miss Leeds Bradford Airport's airports if visiting the area around Horbury.

The area around Horbury's best bluebell woods can be found at Middleton Park.

Don't miss Kirkstall Abbey, and Sandal Castle's ruins if visiting the area around Horbury.

River Dearne at Bretton, Hebden Water, and Hebden Beck are some of Horbury best rivers and streams to visit near Horbury.

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

There are a number of waterfalls near Horbury including Greenwood Lee Clough Waterfall, and Lumb Falls.

Boroughs to visit near Horbury include Kirklees.

Horbury History

There are some historic monuments around Horbury:

• Thornhill Hall moat and sites of formal gardens and bowling green, and remnant of pre-seventeenth century open-field system
• Middleton Park shaft mounds
• Standing cross at Emley
• Facade of Bridge Chapel in grounds of Kettlethorpe Hall
• Sandal Castle: motte and bailey castle and shell keep castle
• Stanley Ferry aqueduct
• Rothwell Castle
• East Gawber Hall colliery fanhouse, 800m north east of Croft Farm
• Howley Hall; a 16th century country house and gardens
• Wakefield Bridge
• New Hall moat and fishpond
• Anglo-Saxon period cross in churchyard of All Saints
• Shaft head and associated headgear near Caphouse Colliery, Overton
• Stank Hall quasi-manorial site
• Emley Day Holes, 200m east of Churchill Farm
• Lowe Hill motte and bailey castle
• Iron mining shaft mounds and medieval earthworks south of Bentley Grange Farm
• Monk Bretton standing cross
• Late prehistoric settlement in Notton Park, 650m north west of Lee Lane Farm