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 Woodlesford StationWoodlesford

20 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.

8 km NW · spans 5 counties

Also nearbygood places nearby, nearest first

Aire & Calder Navigation

River navigation

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

0.3 km NE · West Yorkshire, East Riding of Yorkshire & North Yorkshire

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.

0.5 km NE · West Yorkshire

E Oldroyd & Sons

Farm & farm shop near Lofthouse

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

4.7 km SW

Westgate Unitarian Chapel

Church near Wakefield

Elegant Presbyterian chapel of 1752 in Wakefield's city centre.

9.2 km SW

Everything else within 10 km (15) — reserves, earthworks & places to check before travelling

Rothwell CastleCastleaccess unclear2.7 km W
Mickletown IngsSSSIaccess unclear3.2 km SE
Townclose HillsSSSI3.8 km E
Manor Garth Hill ringworkEarthworks of a former castleaccess unclear5 km E
Roach Lime HillsSSSIaccess unclear5.3 km NE
Newland PreceptoryPreceptoryaccess unclear6.6 km S
Fairburn and Newton IngsSSSIaccess unclear6.6 km E
Ledston Hall and ParkHouse & gardenaccess unclear7.7 km E
Fairburn Ings (Newton Abbey) moatAbbeyaccess unclear7.7 km E
Madbanks and Ledsham BanksSSSIaccess unclear8.3 km E
Micklefield QuarrySSSIaccess unclear8.4 km NE
Castle Hills settlementCastleaccess unclear8.9 km E
Wakefield CathedralChurch8.9 km SW
Hook MoorSSSI9 km NE
Barwick-in-Elmet CastleHillfortaccess unclear9.1 km N

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.