Retail in Laycock
There are great places to visit near Laycock 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.
There are a number of cities near Laycock including Bradford, Leeds, and Wakefield.
The area around Laycock boasts some of the best villages including Wyke, Haworth, Oxenhope, Thornton, Manningham, Saltaire, and Ripponden.
Laycock's best nearby woodlands can be found at Judy Woods, Chevin Forest Park, Calverley Wood, Middleton Park, and Hardcastle Crags.
There are a number of parks near Laycock including Lister Park, Cartwright Hall Gardens, Peel Park, Shibden Park, Roundhay Park, Middleton Park, and Park Square.
Laycock'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.
Museums to visit near Laycock include Cartwright Hall, and Yorkshire Sculpture Park.
Cartwright Hall Gardens is a great place to visit close to Laycock if you like gardens.
Don't miss Penistone Hill Country Park, Ogden Water Country Park, Shibden Country Park, Chevin Forest Park, Golden Acre Park, Bretton Country Park, and Yorkshire Sculpture Park's country parks if visiting the area around Laycock.
There are a number of hiking areas near Laycock including Penistone Hill Country Park, Colden, The Bridestones on Bridestones Moor, The Chevin, Hardcastle Crags, and Withens Clough.
Laycock's best nearby towns can be found at Ilkley, Sowerby Bridge, Halifax, Todmorden, Huddersfield, Bradley, and Otley.
There are a number of lakes near Laycock 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 Laycock.
Centre Hill, Stoodley Pike, and The Chevin are great places to visit near Laycock if you like hills.
The area around Laycock boasts some of the best ancient sites including Stones Lane Standing Stones, Centre Hill Beacon Site, and The Bridestones on Bridestones Moor.
Geological Features to visit near Laycock include The Bridestones on Bridestones Moor.
Nature Reserves to visit near Laycock include Rodley Nature Reserve, RSPB St Aidan's, RSPB Fairburn Ings, and Yorkshire Sculpture Park.
Don't miss Trinity Leeds, White Rose Shopping Centre, The Merrion Centre, County Arcade, and Leeds Kirkgate Market's shopping centres if visiting the area around Laycock.
Airports to visit near Laycock include Leeds Bradford Airport.
Don't miss Middleton Park's bluebell woods if visiting the area around Laycock.
Don't miss Kirkstall Abbey, and Sandal Castle's ruins if visiting the area around Laycock.
The area around Laycock features a number of interesting rivers and streams including River Dearne at Bretton, Hebden Water, and Hebden Beck.
Places near Laycock feature a number of interesting castles including Sandal Castle.
Don't miss Greenwood Lee Clough Waterfall, and Lumb Falls's waterfalls if visiting the area around Laycock.
There are a number of boroughs near to Laycock including Kirklees.
Laycock History
There are some historic monuments around Laycock:
- Cairn 330m north of Woodhead on Harden Moor
- Round barrow 500ft (150m) NNW of Marchup Plantation in Parson's Lane
- Cairn 290m north of Woodhead on Harden Moor
- Cup and ring marked rock 42m east of Rivock Edge triangulation pillar
- Cup, ring and groove marked rock south of derelict wall on Bradley Moor, 70m south west of Low Edge Farm
- Cup marked rock 1m from wall on unforested plateau at Rivock
- Recumbent gatepost with cup and ring carving 57m west of the Swastika Stone
- Anglo-Saxon cemetery and medieval manorial centre including fishponds and part of the open field system adjacent to St Peter's Church
- Two carved rocks in field 130m north east of Cawder Hall Farm, Horse Close Hill
- Late prehistoric enclosed settlement 500m north west of Goose Clough on Ovenden Moor
- Rock with one cup in east end of Great Wood Plantation, 375m NNE of Cawder Hall Farm, Horse Close Hill
- Split and hewn cup-marked rock north of a wall junction on Rivock
- Churchyard cross at the Church of St Peter
- Cup and ring marked rock 150m west of Low Edge Farm, Bradley Moor
- Low Moor round barrow
- Five carved rocks near the edge of Rivock outcrop
- Rock with at least 15 cups 240m south of Great Wood Laithe, Horse Close Hill
- Rock with at least six cups 170m north west of Grey Stones Farm
- Cup marked rock near wall below Rivock Edge
- Cup marked rock adjacent to wall near road from East Morton to West Morton
- Kildwick Bridge
- Large carved rock in the wall between grouse moor and forestry plantation on Rivock
- Rock with at least one cup mark 310m east of Cawder Hall Farm
- Cup marked rock on north side of barn, 100m north west of the Grey Stones Farm
- Rock with single cup mark in forestry SSE of Black Pots
- Carved rock on bank of How Beck, east of path from West Morton to Riddlesden and 440m south west of Barn House Farm
- Cup and ring marked rock below Brunthwaite Crag
- Subcircular enclosed settlement on Horse Close Hill 250m north of Horse Close Farm
- Cup marked rock 47m south east of Rivock Edge triangulation pillar
- Cup marked rock 14m from the wall on the unforested plateau at Rivock
- Long barrow and superimposed round cairn on Black Hill
- Cup and groove-marked rock on Rivock, west of a deep channel
- Rock with one cup in field south east of Great Wood Plantation, 450m north east of Cawder Hall Farm, Horse Close Hill
- Ring cairn 310m north of Woodhead on Harden Moor
- Carved rock known as the Anvil Rock
- Cup and ring marked rock known as the Sepulchre Stone, Addingham Moorside
- Two cup and ring marked rocks in conifer plantation on Rivock
- Cup marked rock in enclosed pasture NNE of Black Pots
- Black Hill round cairn
- Cup and ring marked rock known as Piper Crag Stone
- Rock with three cup marks 150m south west of Black Beck Hole
- Low rock with one cup on unforested plateau at Rivock
- Carved rock known as the Swastika Stone
- Late prehistoric enclosed settlement known as Castle Stead Ring
- Cup marked rock in forestry furrow on Rivock
- Cup marked rock just within afforested area north east of wall on Rivock
- Ore hearth smeltmill and wood drying kiln in Lumb Clough Wood, 350m south east of Bank Foot
- Cup and ring marked rock on moor east of Gawk Stones
- Cup and groove marked rock between East Morton and West Morton
- Cup and ring-marked rock north east of a wall junction on the southern flank of Rivock
- Carved rock on bank at side of track opposite Garth House, 60m south west of Snaygill Farm
- Two prominent cup marked rock outcrops known as Doubler Stones
- Cup, ring and groove marked rock at the base of a wall between East Morton and West Morton
- Late prehistoric enclosed settlement known as Round Dykes Camp on Addingham Low Moor
- Cup marked rock between Doubler Stones and Gawk Stones
- Rock with one cup at the base of a wall, 250m NNE of Cawder Hall Farm, Horse Close Hill
- Cup marked rock 19m above forestry track in Rivock conifer plantation
- Cup and ring marked rock below Addingham Crag
- Carved rock incorporated in and extending beyond outbuilding at Hardwick House Farm
- Late prehistoric enclosed settlement with an outlying bank and ditch on Counter Hill, 220m north east of Moorcock Hall
- Late prehistoric enclosed settlement known as Catstones Ring on Catstones Hill
- Cup and ring marked rock in wall at High Snaygill 80m east of High Laithe
- Cup and ring marked rock 12.5m from drainage cut NNE of Black Pots
- Large carved rock at hill top, north east of line of stone grouse butts on Rivock
- Cup and ring marked rock next to wall NNW of Black Pots
- Wayside cross known as Abel Cross
- Large cup and ring marked rock in forestry furrows on Rivock
- Carved rock near wall in pasture below Addingham Crag 290m south of Cragg House
- Hanging Stone or Watersheddles Cross
- Six carved rocks in field west of Riddlesden Golf Course
