Visit Liversedge Places

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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Liversedge

  

Liversedge Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Liversedge

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Liversedge history

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Liversedge is recorded in the Domesday Book as Livresec, a manor belonging to Radulf, a vassal of Ilbert de Lacy. In the 15th century, the lord of the manor was a member of the Neville family. In 1812, the town was the scene of a Luddite attack on Rawfold’s Mill.

You can visit Liversedge places with Walkfo Liversedge to hear history at Liversedge’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Liversedge has 55 places to visit in our interactive Liversedge map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Liversedge, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Liversedge places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Liversedge & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 55 audio facts unique to Liversedge places in an interactive Liversedge map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Liversedge Places Map
55 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Walkfo Liversedge tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Liversedge

  

Best Liversedge places to visit

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Liversedge has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Liversedge’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Liversedge’s information audio spots:

Healds Hall Healds Hall was built in 1764 and was a private residence for several notable people. In 1926 it became the headquarters and museum for the Spen Valley Literary and Scientific Society. It is now a hotel, restaurant and function venue.

St Peter’s Church, Birstall St. Peter’s Church in Birstall, West Yorkshire, is an active Anglican parish church. It is in the archdeaconry of Leeds and the Diocese of Leeds.

Roberttown Roberttown is a village in the township of Liversedge in Kirklees, West Yorkshire. It is historically, part of the West Riding of Yorkshire.

Red House Museum Red House Museum was a historic house museum, built in 1660 and renovated in the Georgian era. It closed to the public at the end of 2016 but remains as a Grade II* listed building.

Foxsons Mill, Staincliffe Foxsons Mill, Staincliffe was a doubling mill in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire. It doubled yarns of count’s 4’s to 40’s. It was taken over by Lancashire Cotton Corporation in the 1930s and passed to Courtaulds in 1964.

HWD Hospital Radio HWD Hospital Radio broadcasts to patients and staff of Mid Yorkshire Trust hospitals. The station is registered as a charity with the Charity Commission for England and Wales, number 227515.

Birstall, West Yorkshire Birstall is a large village in the metropolitan borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire. It is situated between Leeds, Bradford, Huddersfield and Wakefield. The town is approximately 6 miles (10 km) south-west of Leeds and situated close to M62 motorway.

Gomersal Gomersal is a town in Kirklees in the metropolitan county of West Yorkshire. It is south of Bradford, east of Cleckheaton, north of Heckmondwike and close to the River Spen.

Cleckheaton Cleckheaton is situated south of Bradford, east of Brighouse, west of Batley and south-west of Leeds. It is at the centre of the Spen Valley and was the major town in the former borough of Spenborough.

Oakwell Hall Oakwell Hall is an Elizabethan manor house in Birstall, West Yorkshire. The Grade I listed hall is set in period gardens surrounded by 110 acres of country park. It was immortalised in literature as “Fieldhead” by Charlotte Brontë, in her novel Shirley.

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