Horsforth
Horsforth is a Town in the county of West Yorkshire.
There are great places to visit near Horsforth 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 Horsforth area like Bradford, Leeds, and Wakefield.
Wyke, Haworth, Oxenhope, Thornton, Manningham, Saltaire, and Ripponden are great places to visit near Horsforth if you like villages.
Horsforth has some unmissable woodlands nearby like Judy Woods, Chevin Forest Park, Calverley Wood, Middleton Park, and Hardcastle Crags.
The area around Horsforth features a number of interesting parks including Lister Park, Cartwright Hall Gardens, Peel Park, Shibden Park, Roundhay Park, Middleton Park, and Park Square.
Horsforth'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.
There are a several good museums in the Horsforth area like Cartwright Hall, and Yorkshire Sculpture Park.
The area close to Horsforth boasts some of the best gardens including Cartwright Hall Gardens.
Horsforth's best nearby country parks can be found at 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 Chevin, Hardcastle Crags, and Withens Clough are great places to visit near Horsforth if you like hiking areas.
Don't miss Ilkley, Sowerby Bridge, Halifax, Todmorden, Huddersfield, Bradley, and Otley's towns if visiting the area around Horsforth.
The area around Horsforth features a number of interesting lakes including Chellow Dean Reservoirs, Boothwood Reservoir, Ogden Water Country Park, Ogden Water, Shibden Park, Light Hazzles Reservoir, and Warland Reservoir.
Horsforth's best nearby historic monuments can be found at Wainhouse Tower, and Centre Hill Beacon Site.
There are a number of hills near Horsforth including Centre Hill, Stoodley Pike, and The Chevin.
Horsforth's best nearby ancient sites can be found at Stones Lane Standing Stones, and Centre Hill Beacon Site.
Rodley Nature Reserve, RSPB St Aidan's, RSPB St Aidan's, RSPB Fairburn Ings, and Yorkshire Sculpture Park are great places to visit near Horsforth if you like nature reserves.
Horsforth's best nearby shopping centres can be found at Trinity Leeds, White Rose Shopping Centre, The Merrion Centre, County Arcade, and Leeds Kirkgate Market.
Leeds Bradford Airport is a great place to visit close to Horsforth if you like airports.
Don't miss Middleton Park's bluebell woods if visiting the area around Horsforth.
Don't miss Kirkstall Abbey, and Sandal Castle's ruins if visiting the area around Horsforth.
River Dearne at Bretton, Hebden Water, and Hebden Beck are some of Horsforth best rivers and streams to visit near Horsforth.
The area around Horsforth's best castles can be found at Sandal Castle.
Greenwood Lee Clough Waterfall, and Lumb Falls are great places to visit near Horsforth if you like waterfalls.
There are a several good boroughs in the area around Horsforth like Kirklees.
Horsforth History
There are some historic monuments around Horsforth:
Places to see near Horsforth
History of Horsforth
The three unnamed Saxon thegns that held the land at the Conquest gave way to the king who granted it to lesser Norman nobles, but not long after most of the village came under the control of Kirkstall Abbey, a Cistercian house founded in 1152 on the bank of the River Aire downstream of Horsforth.
