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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Farsley

  

Farsley Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Farsley

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Farsley etymology

The name Farsley is first attested in the 1086 Domesday Book as Fersellei and Farsleia. The second element of the name comes from the Old English word lēah (‘open land in a wood’)

You can visit Farsley places with Walkfo Farsley to hear history at Farsley’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Farsley has 44 places to visit in our interactive Farsley 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 Farsley, 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 Farsley places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Farsley & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 44 audio facts unique to Farsley places in an interactive Farsley map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Farsley Places Map
44 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Farsley historic spots	Farsley tourist destinations	Farsley plaques	Farsley geographic features
Walkfo Farsley tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Farsley

  

Best Farsley places to visit

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

Fulneck Moravian Settlement Fulneck Moravian Settlement is a village in Pudsey in the City of Leeds metropolitan borough, West Yorkshire. The village lies on a hillside overlooking a deep valley.

Post Hill Post Hill is a designated Leeds Nature Area on the western end of Farnley, and partly in Pudsey. It is situated mostly east of PUDsey Beck and Farnley Beck, and forms part of the West Leeds Country Park. The area of 28.04 hectares consists largely of a hillside covered in woodland and some grassland.

Holme Beck Holme Beck is a watercourse in Tong ward of the City of Bradford, West Yorkshire. It drains a shallow valley east of the watershed between Bradford and Leeds. It runs beneath the West Coast Main Line and then through the large marsh area of Holme Moss before joining the River Bela.

Tyersal Beck Tyersal Beck is a watercourse in West Yorkshire, England, named after the village in which it runs. It runs a waterway named after its name and is named for the village of Tyeral in its vicinity.

Farsley Farsley is 6 miles (9.7 km) to the west of Leeds city centre, 4 miles (6.4 km) east of Bradford. During the industrial revolution, the town was a centre for wool processing. Sunny Bank Mills, still owned by the Gaunt family, is currently part of a huge multi-million revitalisation project.

Pudsey Beck Pudsey Beck is a watercourse in West Yorkshire, England. It borders Fulneck (Leeds) and Tong Village (Bradford) It forms the southern and eastern boundary of the area of Pudsey town. It continues as Farnley Beck along the northern edge of Farnley.

Rodley Nature Reserve The Rodley Nature Reserve is a wetland reserve on the outskirts of Rodley, West Yorkshire. It was created in 1999 on the site of a former sewage works. It is situated just north of Town Street on the north bank of the River Aire.

Bradford Moor Barracks Bradford Moor Barracks was a military installation at Bradford in West Yorkshire, England. It was the first military installation in the area to be built in the 1960s.

Bramley Fall stone Bramley Fall Stone stone belongs to the Millstone Grit series, of the Namurian stage of the Carboniferous Period. It is one of the cheapest and best-adapted English stones for engineering works, docks, locks and railways.

The Citadel, Farsley The Citadel, previously known as Throstle Nest, is a football ground situated in Farsley, in the Metropolitan District of the City of Leeds in England. It has a capacity of 3,900, 400 of which are seated.

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