Visit Thurstonland Places

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

  

Thurstonland Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Thurstonland

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Thurstonland history

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The village was first mentioned as Tostenland in the Domesday Book of 1086. The Wakefield court rolls indicate the village was a township in 1275. Storthes Hall, on the northern boundary of the township, was the location of a family mansion.

Sport

Thurstonland Cricket Club was founded in 1874 by a group of local enthusiasts. The club acquired a site in 1901, which was their third home. They play in the Huddersfield Cricket League and run teams for seniors and juniors.

You can visit Thurstonland places with Walkfo Thurstonland to hear history at Thurstonland’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Thurstonland has 36 places to visit in our interactive Thurstonland 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 Thurstonland, 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 Thurstonland places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Thurstonland & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 36 audio facts unique to Thurstonland places in an interactive Thurstonland map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Thurstonland Places Map
36 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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

  

Best Thurstonland places to visit

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

Storthes Hall Hospital Founded in 1904, it expanded to over 3,000 patients during the Second World War. After the introduction of Care in the Community in the early 1980s, the hospital went into a period of decline and closed in 1992.

Shelley Community F.C. Shelley Community Football Club is based in Shelley, West Yorkshire. They were most recently members of the North West Counties League Division One North. The club is affiliated to the Sheffield & Hallamshire County Football Association.

Shepley Shepley is a village in the civil parish of Kirkburton, in Kirklees, West Yorkshire, and in the Diocese of Wakefield. It lies 8 miles (13 km) south south east of Huddersfield and 6 miles (9.7 km) north west of Penistone.

Kirkburton Kirkburton is a village, civil parish and local government ward in the metropolitan county of West Yorkshire. It is 5 miles (8 km) south east of Huddersfield, in the Metropolitan borough of Kirklees. The civil parish had a population of 26,439 in 2011, while the village itself had 4,299.

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