Photo of the Leeds & Liverpool Canal, a 127-mile canal running from Leeds to Liverpool, England.

Leeds & Liverpool Canal© Colin Park / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Places to explore near Cross Gates StationCross Gates

22 places within 10 km — the standouts first, nearest first within each group.

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Leeds & Liverpool Canal

Canal

The longest single canal in Britain, crossing the Pennines by Bingley's Five Rise Locks and the moors above Burnley.

6.5 km W · spans 5 counties

Also nearbygood places nearby, nearest first

Leeds Country Way

Long-distance path

A green-belt circuit of Leeds that never strays more than seven miles from the city centre, yet spends most of its time in farmland.

2.5 km E · West Yorkshire

Aire & Calder Navigation

River navigation

Yorkshire's commercial waterway since 1704, canalising the Aire from Leeds and Wakefield down to the docks at Goole.

4.4 km S · West Yorkshire, East Riding of Yorkshire & North Yorkshire

Lotherton Hall Estate Country Park

Country park near Bramham

A country park in West Yorkshire.

8.4 km E

Bramham Park

House & garden near Bramham

An early-18th-century garden of geometric avenues, a stone cascade and temples, largely intact.

8.6 km NE

E Oldroyd & Sons

Farm & farm shop near Lofthouse

Fifth-generation growers offering candlelit forcing-shed tours in the heart of the Rhubarb Triangle.

8.9 km S

Everything else within 10 km (16) — reserves, earthworks & places to check before travelling

Barwick-in-Elmet CastleHillfortaccess unclear4.9 km NE
Townclose HillsSSSI5.8 km SE
Roach Lime HillsSSSIaccess unclear6.1 km SE
Rothwell CastleCastleaccess unclear6.5 km S
Manor Garth Hill ringworkEarthworks of a former castleaccess unclear6.7 km SE
Hook MoorSSSI7.2 km E
Norwood BottomsSSSIaccess unclear7.2 km N
Mickletown IngsSSSIaccess unclear7.5 km SE
Hetchell WoodSSSIaccess unclear7.7 km N
Micklefield QuarrySSSIaccess unclear8.5 km E
Eccup ReservoirSSSIaccess unclear8.6 km NW
Castle Hill motte (West Yorkshire)Castleaccess unclear8.9 km N
Leeds - Liverpool CanalSSSIaccess unclear8.9 km W
Ledston Hall and ParkHouse & gardenaccess unclear9.2 km SE
Castle Hills settlementCastleaccess unclear9.2 km E
Fairburn and Newton IngsSSSIaccess unclear9.8 km SE

Ordered by how far each place is worth travelling for, then by distance. Distances are straight-line to the nearest edge of each place — paths wind, of course.