Kirklees is a Area in the county of West Yorkshire.

Kirklees postcode: HD4 6

Retail in Kirklees

There are great places to visit near Kirklees 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.

Don't miss Bradford, Leeds, and Wakefield's cities if visiting the area around Kirklees.

Wyke, Haworth, Oxenhope, Thornton, Manningham, Saltaire, and Ripponden are some of Kirklees best villages to visit near Kirklees.

Kirklees's best nearby woodlands can be found at Judy Woods, Chevin Forest Park, Calverley Wood, Middleton Park, and Hardcastle Crags.

The area around Kirklees boasts some of the best parks including Lister Park, Cartwright Hall Gardens, Peel Park, Shibden Park, Roundhay Park, Middleton Park, and Park Square.

Kirklees'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.

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

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

There are a several good country parks in the Kirklees 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.

Kirklees's best nearby hiking areas can be found at 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 Kirklees if you like towns.

Chellow Dean Reservoirs, Boothwood Reservoir, Ogden Water Country Park, Ogden Water, Shibden Park, Light Hazzles Reservoir, and Warland Reservoir are great places to visit near Kirklees if you like lakes.

The area around Kirklees boasts some of the best historic monuments including Wainhouse Tower, and Centre Hill Beacon Site.

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

Ancient Sites to visit near Kirklees include Stones Lane Standing Stones, and Centre Hill Beacon Site.

Don't miss Rodley Nature Reserve, RSPB St Aidan's, RSPB St Aidan's, RSPB Fairburn Ings, and Yorkshire Sculpture Park's nature reserves if visiting the area around Kirklees.

Kirklees has some unmissable shopping centres nearby like Trinity Leeds, White Rose Shopping Centre, The Merrion Centre, County Arcade, and Leeds Kirkgate Market.

There are a number of airports near to Kirklees including Leeds Bradford Airport.

There are a number of bluebell woods near to Kirklees including Middleton Park.

Ruins to visit near Kirklees include Kirkstall Abbey, and Sandal Castle.

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

There are a several good castles in the area around Kirklees like Sandal Castle.

Waterfalls to visit near Kirklees include Greenwood Lee Clough Waterfall, and Lumb Falls.

Places near Kirklees feature a number of interesting boroughs including Kirklees.

Kirklees History

There are some historic monuments around Kirklees:

• Close Gate Bridge
• Late prehistoric enclosed settlement on Royd Edge, 300m north of Sun Royd
• Oxygrains packhorse bridge, Rishworth
• The gibbet platform
• Bowl barrow known as Beacon Hill
• Castleshaw Roman forts, 250m west of Castle Shaw Farm
• Ripponden (or Waterloo) Bridge
• Cambodunum Roman fort and vicus, Slack
• Cairnfield on Ringstone Edge Moor, 240m south west of Clay House
• Ring cairn on Midgley Moor, 360m north east of Upper Han Royd
• The old bridge over the Hebden Water at Hebden Bridge
• Wayside cross located on Slate Pit Hill
• Meg Dike late prehistoric enclosed settlement
• Cairn on Midgley Moor, 400m north east of Upper Han Royd
• Cairn with an oval bank on Midgley Moor, 430m north east of Upper Han Royd
• Ring cairn known as the Ring of Stones on Ringstone Edge Moor, 800m south of Upper Gosling Royd
• Late prehistoric enclosed settlement on Oldfield Hill, 340m west of Wentworth Farm
• Castle Hill motte castle 270m north east of Rosemary Hall
• Bowl barrow 190m NNE of Knarr Barn