Visit Holywell Green Places

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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Holywell Green

  

Holywell Green Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Holywell Green

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Holywell Green history

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Holywell Green was recorded in the Domesday book as being “a small hamlet within the township of Stainland” It gets its name from St Helen’s Well which was known within the area during medieval times.

Holywell Green landmarks

Shaw Park

Shaw Park was the garden of Brooklands House until the house’s demolition in 1930 . Raymond Shaw gave the garden to Elland UDC after which it became a public park . It has a playground, astroturf 5-a-side football pitch, well, reed pond, arches, three follies and woods .

St Helen’s Well

St Helen’s Well is mentioned in John Watson’s History and Antiquities of the Parish of Halifax, 1775 . A Roman Catholic chapel dedicated to St Helen nearby had been converted into a cottage . In its walls was a large stone known locally as “the Cross” Both the Well and the Cross were sometimes visited by “strangers”

Carr Hall Castle

Carr Hall Castle is at the end of Shaw Lane . It won Channel 5’s 2008 TV show I Own Britain’s Best Home . The castle is on Shaw Lane at the bottom of the street .

Bradley Hall Golf Club

The golf course spreads along the side of the hill below Stainland . Opposite Burrwood Way’s junction with Stainland Road is the road to Bradley Hall Golf Club .

Public houses and restaurants

The Rock Hotel, at the bottom of Broad Carr Lane, still has the original Rock Inn at the front of the building . The property was acquired by the Andersen family in 2014 and has undergone extensive refurbishment .

Holywell Green geography / climate

Holywell Green is the name given to the east side of Stainland. It is based around Stainland Road and Station Road, and built on an east-facing hill.

You can visit Holywell Green places with Walkfo Holywell Green to hear history at Holywell Green’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Holywell Green has 38 places to visit in our interactive Holywell Green 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 Holywell Green, 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 Holywell Green places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Holywell Green & the surrounding areas.

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38 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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

  

Best Holywell Green places to visit

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

Lindley, Huddersfield Lindley is a suburb of Huddersfield, within the metropolitan borough of Kirklees in West Yorkshire, England. It is approximately 2 miles (3 km) northwest from the town centre. It was officially opened only in 1967, by Prime Minister Harold Wilson.

Sowood, West Yorkshire Sowood is 2.3 miles (3.7 km) south-west of Elland, 4.1 miles (6.6 km) north of Huddersfield. The village falls within the Greetland and Stainland ward of Calderdale Council.

Slack Roman Fort Slack Roman Fort was a castellum near Outlane, to the west of Huddersfield in West Yorkshire, England. It lay alongside the Pennine section of the Roman road from Deva Victrix (Chester) to Eboracum (York) The fort may have been the Cambodunum mentioned as a station on this route in the Antonine Itinerary.

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