Old Town is a Village in the county of West Yorkshire.

Old Town postcode: HX7 8FE

Retail in Old Town

There are great places to visit near Old Town 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.

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

Villages to visit near Old Town include Wyke, Haworth, Oxenhope, Thornton, Manningham, Saltaire, and Ripponden.

Old Town has some unmissable woodlands nearby like Judy Woods, Chevin Forest Park, Calverley Wood, Middleton Park, and Hardcastle Crags.

The area around Old Town features a number of interesting parks including Lister Park, Cartwright Hall Gardens, Peel Park, Shibden Park, Roundhay Park, Middleton Park, and Park Square.

There are a several good historic buildings in the Old Town area like 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 Old Town area like Cartwright Hall, and Yorkshire Sculpture Park.

There are a number of gardens near to Old Town including Cartwright Hall Gardens.

Penistone Hill Country Park, Ogden Water Country Park, Shibden Country Park, Chevin Forest Park, Golden Acre Park, Bretton Country Park, and Yorkshire Sculpture Park are great places to visit near Old Town if you like country parks.

The area around Old Town features a number of interesting hiking areas including Penistone Hill Country Park, Colden, The Bridestones on Bridestones Moor, The Chevin, Hardcastle Crags, Withens Clough, and The Salt and Pepper Pots.

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

Lakes to visit near Old Town include Chellow Dean Reservoirs, Boothwood Reservoir, Ogden Water Country Park, Ogden Water, Shibden Park, Light Hazzles Reservoir, and Warland Reservoir.

Old Town's best nearby historic monuments can be found at Wainhouse Tower, Centre Hill Beacon Site, The Salt and Pepper Pots, Lund's Tower, and Wainman's Pinnacle.

Hills to visit near Old Town include Centre Hill, Stoodley Pike, The Chevin, and The Salt and Pepper Pots.

Old Town's best nearby ancient sites can be found at Stones Lane Standing Stones, Centre Hill Beacon Site, and The Bridestones on Bridestones Moor.

Don't miss The Bridestones on Bridestones Moor's geological features if visiting the area around Old Town.

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

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

Leeds Bradford Airport is one of Old Town's best, nearby airports to visit in Old Town.

Middleton Park is a great place to visit close to Old Town if you like bluebell woods.

Old Town's best nearby ruins can be found at Kirkstall Abbey, and Sandal Castle.

Don't miss River Dearne at Bretton, Hebden Water, and Hebden Beck's rivers and streams if visiting the area around Old Town.

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

Don't miss Greenwood Lee Clough Waterfall, and Lumb Falls's waterfalls if visiting the area around Old Town.

Kirklees is a great place to visit close to Old Town if you like boroughs.

Old Town History

There are some historic monuments around Old Town:

• Wycoller packhorse bridge
• Castle Hill motte castle 270m north east of Rosemary Hall
• Cup marked boundary stone known as Churn Milk Joan on Crow Hill, Midgley Moor, 580m north of Foster Clough Bridge
• Ripponden (or Waterloo) Bridge
• Enclosed Bronze Age urnfield 160m west of Overgreen Royd Farm, Mixenden
• Late prehistoric enclosed settlement 350m south west of Goose Clough at Hunter Hill, Ovenden
• Wayside cross known as Reaps Cross
• Wycoller Hall
• Wayside cross known as Abel Cross
• Enclosed Bronze Age urnfield 440m north west of Rough Bottom on Midgeley Moor
• The old bridge over the Hebden Water at Hebden Bridge
• Ring cairn known as the Ring of Stones on Ringstone Edge Moor, 800m south of Upper Gosling Royd
• Bank House Bridge, Wycoller
• Old Church of St Thomas Becket, 210m north east of Daisy Field Farm
• Meg Dike late prehistoric enclosed settlement
• Enclosed Bronze Age urnfield 200m north west of Hanging Field Farm
• Bowl barrow known as Beacon Hill
• Cairnfield on Ringstone Edge Moor, 240m south west of Clay House
• Wayside cross known as Tinker Cross
• Late prehistoric enclosed settlement 500m north west of Goose Clough on Ovenden Moor
• Cairn on Midgley Moor, 400m north east of Upper Han Royd
• Wayside cross located on Slate Pit Hill
• Hanging Stone or Watersheddles Cross
• Cairn known as Millers Grave on Midgley Moor
• The Hall Bridge, Wycoller
• Ring cairn on Midgley Moor, 360m north east of Upper Han Royd
• Late prehistoric enclosed settlement known as Castle Stead Ring
• Cairn with an oval bank on Midgley Moor, 430m north east of Upper Han Royd