Visit Holme Wood Places

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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Holme Wood

  

Holme Wood Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Holme Wood

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Holme Wood history

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A small hamlet named Holme Shaw existed on Ned Lane, west of a forest called Holme Wood. Later it was simply known as Holme and was part of the civil parish of Tong. The present housing estate between Dudley Hill and Ned Lane was built in the 1950s.

Holme Wood etymology

This Holme, unlike other places with the same name, is not from Old Norse holmr (island) but may be from Old English holegn (holly tree) Residents will refer to it as Holmewood (all one word)

You can visit Holme Wood places with Walkfo Holme Wood to hear history at Holme Wood’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Holme Wood has 90 places to visit in our interactive Holme Wood 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 Holme Wood, 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 Holme Wood places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Holme Wood & the surrounding areas.

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Walkfo: Visit Holme Wood Places Map
90 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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

  

Best Holme Wood places to visit

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

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.

Birch Lane Birch Lane was the first long term home of Bradford Northern Rugby League Football Club. It was also home to Bradford F.C. in their first incarnation as a football club. The ground was described as “notorious” and a “poverty-stricken place”

Odsal Stadium Odsal Stadium in Bradford is home to Bradford Bulls Rugby League team. It has also been used by the Bradford Dukes speedway team, BRISCA F1 and F2 stock cars, the football team Bradford City, following the Valley Parade fire, and for baseball, basketball, kabbadi, show jumping, tennis, live music, and the 1997 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain. The stadium is owned by Bradford City Council, but due to financial problems the Rugby Football League purchased the lease on it in 2012.

East Bowling East Bowling is an area of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England located to the south of Bradford city centre. It forms the eastern half of the historic township and manor of Bowling. Bowling became a ward of the newly created Borough of Bradford in 1847.

Iraq Economic Development Group The Iraq Economic Development Group (also frequently abbreviated to IEDG) is an apolitical private limited company established in United Kingdom that facilitates financial services in Britain. Its official abbreviated form is IEDg_UK Ltd and its abbreviated word is commonly used.

Bradford Alhambra The Alhambra Theatre was built in 1913 at a cost of £20,000 for theatre impresario Francis Laidler. In 1964, Bradford City Council bought the theatre for £78,900 and in 1974 it was designated a Grade II listed building.

Bradford City Park Bradford City Park is a public space in the centre of Bradford, West Yorkshire. It is centred on the Grade I listed Bradford City Hall. It comprises three main areas (each side of the triangular City Hall site.) To the east of the City Hall is the Norfolk Gardens area.

The 1 in 12 Club The 1 in 12 Club refers to both a members’ club and the building in which it is based. Owned and run by its membership as a collective based upon anarchist principles. In the 1980s it was one of the main locations for the UK crust and anarcho-punk scene.

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