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Peoples Park, Halifax

Photo of Peoples Park, Halifax, a Grade II* registered house & garden near Sowerby Bridge, West Yorkshire, northern England.

Peoples Park, Halifax

© Mark Anderson / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

© Mark Anderson / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Peoples Park, Halifax

Open accessfree to visit at any reasonable time

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Carpet manufacturer Francis Crossley gave this park to Halifax in 1857, after being struck by the public parks he’d seen on a trip to America. Joseph Paxton and Edward Milner laid it out, and it’s reckoned one of the best-preserved Paxton parks anywhere — fountains, lakes, a sundial and the Grade II* Crossley Pavilion, all restored after a 1990s renovation. Free to walk in any time. Halifax station is about 1.3km east.

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More places to visit near Peoples Park, Halifax

Photo of The Piece Hall, a landmark near Sowerby Bridge, West Yorkshire, northern England.Highlight

The Piece Hall

Landmark near Sowerby Bridge

The world's only surviving Georgian cloth hall, a grand colonnaded courtyard of shops and events in Halifax.

1 km E

Photo of the Calder & Hebble Navigation, a 22-mile river navigation running from Wakefield to Sowerby Bridge, northern England.

Calder & Hebble Navigation

River navigation

River-and-cut navigation up the Calder valley from Wakefield to Sowerby Bridge, gateway to the Pennine canals.

1.6 km SW · West Yorkshire

Photo of Ogden Water Country Park, a country park near Oxenhope, West Yorkshire, northern England.

Ogden Water Country Park

Country park near Oxenhope

A country park in West Yorkshire.

6.2 km N

Photo of Ripponden, a village in West Yorkshire, northern England.

Ripponden

Village

Winding stone village on the Ryburn, home to the medieval Old Bridge Inn, one of Yorkshire's oldest pubs.

7.2 km SW · West Yorkshire

Photo of Hebden Bridge, a village in West Yorkshire, northern England.Highlight

Hebden Bridge

Village

Bohemian mill town in the Calder gorge, its double-decker houses stacked above the Rochdale Canal and independent shops.

9.3 km W · West Yorkshire

Photo along the Pennine Bridleway, a 205-mile National Trail running from Middleton Top or Hartington to A683 at Cote Moor, England.Highlight

Pennine Bridleway

National Trail

The Pennines for horse and bike — old packhorse trails and drovers' roads.

10.1 km W · spans 6 counties