Pennine Cycleway, Holmfirth

Name: Pennine Cycleway
Address: Holmfirth, United Kingdom

#1 among attractions in Holmfirth

Top attraction, Park, Relax in park

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Facts and practical information

The Pennine Cycleway is a Sustrans-sponsored route in the Pennines range in northern England, an area often called the "backbone of England". The route passes through the counties of Derbyshire, West Yorkshire, Lancashire, North Yorkshire, Cumbria and Northumberland. It is part of the National Cycle Network. Sustrans founder John Grimshaw calls it 'the best National Cycle Network route of the lot'. ()

Length: 327 miElevation: 486 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 53°34'12"N, 1°47'13"W

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Holme Valley South (Holmfirth)Holmfirth United Kingdom

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Day trips

Pennine Cycleway – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Wessenden Head Reservoir, Church of St Thomas, Castle Hill, Black Hill.

4.5 miW
Lake
Wessenden Head Reservoir, Marsden
115 min walk • Wessenden Head Reservoir is the highest in a series of four reservoirs in the Wessenden Valley above the village of Marsden in West Yorkshire, at the northern end of the Peak District National Park.
2.2 miNE
Church
Church of St Thomas
56 min walk • The Church of St Thomas, Thurstonland, West Yorkshire, England, is an Anglican church. It is an Arts and Crafts building in Gothic Revival style, designed by James Mallinson and William Swinden Barber, and completed in 1870.
3.7 miN
997-foot historic hilltop tower
Castle Hill, Huddersfield
94 min walk • Castle Hill is a scheduled ancient monument in Almondbury overlooking Huddersfield in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England. The hilltop has been settled for at least 4,000 years.
4.5 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Black Hill, Peak District
115 min walk • Black Hill, in the Peak District, is the highest hill in West Yorkshire, England. Its summit has a maximum elevation of 582 m above sea level. It is surpassed in height by only two other major summits in the Peak District. Black Hill is a typical Pennine moorland mountain, with a very flat and extensive plateau.
5.2 miN
Theater, Concerts and shows, Cinema
Lawrence Batley Theatre, Huddersfield
133 min walk • The Lawrence Batley Theatre is a theatre in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England which offers drama, music, dance and comedy. The theatre is named after Lawrence Batley, a local entrepreneur and philanthropist, who founded a nationwide cash and carry chain.
3.9 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Forest
Myers Wood
100 min walk • Myers Wood is a wooded area in the village of Kirkburton, West Yorkshire, England. It forms part of a heavily forested area to the west of the village, occupying the rise in the valley leading up to Storthes Hall and beyond.
5 miN
Gothic Revival architecture, Church
St Thomas's Church, Huddersfield
128 min walk • St Thomas's Church is a Church of England church in the Diocese of Leeds. It is situated in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England and is a Grade II* listed building. The church was designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott and built between 1857 and 1859. It was consecrated in 1859 and celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2009.
0.6 miN
Memorial
Holme Valley War Memorial, Holmfirth
16 min walk • Holme Valley War Memorial is a war memorial in the grounds of the Holme Valley Memorial Hospital Holmfirth, West Yorkshire, in England. It was unveiled in July 1921, by Colonel H. R. Headlam, who had previously commanded the 5th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s West Riding Regiment.
3.9 miN
Park
Beaumont Park, Huddersfield
101 min walk • Beaumont Park is a suburb of Huddersfield, in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England that is located between Netherton, Crosland Moor and Lockwood.
4.1 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Britland Edge Hill, Crowden-in-Longdendale
105 min walk • Britland Edge Hill is a hill, 523 metres high, in the Peak District in England. It is located on the border of Derbyshire and West Yorkshire.
3.1 miNW
Town
Meltham
78 min walk • Meltham is a town and civil parish within the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, in West Yorkshire, England. It lies in the Holme Valley, below Wessenden Moor, four and a half miles south-west of Huddersfield on the edge of the Peak District National Park.