Stump Cross is a Village in the county of West Yorkshire.

Stump Cross postcode: HX3 7AX

Retail in Stump Cross

There are great places to visit near Stump Cross 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 several good cities in the Stump Cross area like Bradford, Leeds, and Wakefield.

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

There are a number of woodlands near Stump Cross including Judy Woods, Chevin Forest Park, Calverley Wood, Middleton Park, and Hardcastle Crags.

There are a number of parks near Stump Cross including Lister Park, Cartwright Hall Gardens, Peel Park, Shibden Park, Roundhay Park, Middleton Park, and Park Square.

Cartwright Hall, Ilkley Manor House, Hewenden Viaduct, Halifax Town Hall, North Bridge - Halifax, Halifax Minister, and Wainhouse Tower are great places to visit near Stump Cross if you like historic buildings.

Don't miss Cartwright Hall, and Yorkshire Sculpture Park's museums if visiting the area around Stump Cross.

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

There are a several good country parks in the Stump Cross 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.

There are a number of hiking areas near Stump Cross including Penistone Hill Country Park, Colden, The Bridestones on Bridestones Moor, The Chevin, Hardcastle Crags, Withens Clough, and The Salt and Pepper Pots.

Towns to visit near Stump Cross include Ilkley, Sowerby Bridge, Halifax, Todmorden, Huddersfield, Bradley, and Otley.

The area around Stump Cross 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.

There are a number of historic monuments near Stump Cross including Wainhouse Tower, Centre Hill Beacon Site, The Salt and Pepper Pots, Lund's Tower, and Wainman's Pinnacle.

Stump Cross has some unmissable hills nearby like Centre Hill, Stoodley Pike, The Chevin, and The Salt and Pepper Pots.

There are a several good ancient sites in the Stump Cross area like Stones Lane Standing Stones, Centre Hill Beacon Site, and The Bridestones on Bridestones Moor.

There are a number of geological features near to Stump Cross including The Bridestones on Bridestones Moor.

Stump Cross has some unmissable nature reserves nearby like Rodley Nature Reserve, RSPB St Aidan's, RSPB Fairburn Ings, and Yorkshire Sculpture Park.

Stump Cross 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 Stump Cross including Leeds Bradford Airport.

Places near Stump Cross feature a number of interesting bluebell woods including Middleton Park.

Kirkstall Abbey, and Sandal Castle are great places to visit near Stump Cross if you like ruins.

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

Don't miss Sandal Castle's castles if visiting the area around Stump Cross.

Greenwood Lee Clough Waterfall, and Lumb Falls are great places to visit near Stump Cross if you like waterfalls.

The area around Stump Cross's best boroughs can be found at Kirklees.

Stump Cross History

There are some historic monuments around Stump Cross:

• Meg Dike late prehistoric enclosed settlement
• Cairnfield on Ringstone Edge Moor, 240m south west of Clay House
• Ring cairn known as the Ring of Stones on Ringstone Edge Moor, 800m south of Upper Gosling Royd
• Netherhall barn
• Cup and ring marked rock in Dawson Wood, 370m north east of Heaton Shay
• Late prehistoric enclosed settlement 350m south west of Goose Clough at Hunter Hill, Ovenden
• Ventilation chimney and furnace house 260m south of Park Farm
• Magna Via
• Late prehistoric enclosed settlement 500m north west of Goose Clough on Ovenden Moor
• Enclosed Bronze Age urnfield 160m west of Overgreen Royd Farm, Mixenden
• The gibbet platform
• Turn Bridge, Quay Street
• Grimscar Roman tilery
• Brow Pit mine shaft, gin circle, spoil heap and tramway, 270m south west of Catherine Slack Farm
• Bowl barrow known as Beacon Hill
• Cambodunum Roman fort and vicus, Slack
• Mill gas plant, Shaw Lodge Mills
• Anglian high cross fragment in the churchyard of St Matthew's Church, Rastrick
• Late prehistoric enclosed settlement known as Castle Stead Ring
• Late prehistoric enclosed settlement 150m north of Shaygate Farm, Wilsden