Visit Scammonden Places

Welcome to Visit Scammonden Places
The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Scammonden

  

Scammonden Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Scammonden

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Scammonden history

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Scammonden or Dean Head was a township covering more than 2,000 acres. In the 1870s it had a church, a Baptist chapel, a national school, a post office and 190 houses. Industry in the village included cotton-spinning and woollen manufacture. A motorway and dam across the Dean Head Valley was proposed in the early 1960s.

Scammonden geography / climate

Scammonden is surrounded by moorland of the Pennines east of Blackstone Edge. 900 acres were enclosed in 1820 but the surrounding hills are uncultivated rough pasture. Roads from Elland, Huddersfield and Manchester passed through the village.

You can visit Scammonden places with Walkfo Scammonden to hear history at Scammonden’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Scammonden has 21 places to visit in our interactive Scammonden 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 Scammonden, 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 Scammonden places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Scammonden & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 21 audio facts unique to Scammonden places in an interactive Scammonden map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Scammonden Places Map
21 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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

  

Best Scammonden places to visit

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

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.

Colne Valley Museum The Colne Valley Museum is located in Golcar, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. It consists of four converted 19th century weavers’ cottages. The museum provides an insight into what life was like for a weaver in the early 1850s.

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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Visit Scammonden plaques