Church of St Thomas

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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. The building was funded by William Legge, 5th Earl of Dartmouth, and it was consecrated by Robert Bickersteth, Bishop of Ripon. The total height of the tower and spire is 109 feet, and the nave contains an arch-braced hammerbeam roof. ()

Completed: 1870 (154 years ago)Architectural style: Gothic revivalCoordinates: 53°35'36"N, 1°45'2"W

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Church of St Thomas – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Kingsgate Shopping Centre, Huddersfield Art Gallery, Castle Hill, Huddersfield Town Hall.

3.8 miN
Shopping, Shopping centre
Kingsgate Shopping Centre, Huddersfield
98 min walk • The Kingsgate Shopping Centre is a shopping centre in Huddersfield located to the west of Shorehead Roundabout and East of the junction of King Street and Queen Street and Cross Church Street.
3.8 miN
Museum, Art museum
Huddersfield Art Gallery, Huddersfield
96 min walk • The Huddersfield Art Gallery is an art gallery in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, northern England. It is currently owned and operated by Kirklees Council.
2.2 miNW
997-foot historic hilltop tower
Castle Hill, Huddersfield
57 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.
3.7 miN
City hall
Huddersfield Town Hall, Huddersfield
96 min walk • Huddersfield Town Hall is a municipal facility in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom. It is a Grade II listed building.
3.6 miN
Historical and natural history exhibits
Tolson Museum, Huddersfield
92 min walk • The Tolson Memorial Museum, also known as Tolson Museum, is housed in Ravensknowle Hall, a Victorian mansion in Ravensknowle Park on Wakefield Road in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England. The museum was given to the town by Legh Tolson in memory of his two nephews who were killed in the First World War.
3.8 miN
Theater, Concerts and shows, Cinema
Lawrence Batley Theatre, Huddersfield
97 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.
3.6 miE
Tower
Emley Moor
92 min walk • The Emley Moor transmitting station is a telecommunications and broadcasting facility on Emley Moor, 1 mile west of the village centre of Emley, in Huddersfield West Yorkshire, England.
2.2 miSW
Park
Pennine Cycleway, Holmfirth
56 min walk • The Pennine Cycleway is a Sustrans-sponsored route in the Pennines range in northern England, an area often called the "backbone of England".
1.7 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Forest
Myers Wood
45 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.
3.8 miNW
Gothic Revival architecture, Church
St Thomas's Church, Huddersfield
97 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.
1.7 miSW
Memorial
Holme Valley War Memorial, Holmfirth
44 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.

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Church of St Thomas – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)