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Attractions near Standedge
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Marsden Moor
(2 Miles)*
Straddling the well-known Pennine Way Marsden Moor offers pre Roman archaeology. |
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Saddleworth Museum & Art Gallery
(3 Miles)*
Saddleworth Museum and Art Gallery is full of intriguing objects from the past and tells the story of the people who have created Saddleworth's landscape and character |
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Rochdale Art Gallery
(7 Miles)*
Touchstones is an exciting arts and heritage centre that has something special for everyone. The site consists of Art Galleries, Museum, Local Studies Centre and Tourist Information Centre. |
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Portland Basin Museum
(9 Miles)*
Portland Basin Museum is the centrepiece of the recently rebuilt Ashton Canal Warehouse, now looking much as it did in 1834 when it was first built. |
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Eureka! The National Children's Museum
(10 Miles)*
Eureka! is the UK's National Children's Museum, a place where children play to learn and grown-ups learn to play. |
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Bankfield Museum
(10 Miles)*
For half a century from 1837-1886, Bankfield House was the home of Edward Akroyd, the largest wool manufacturer in Britain. |
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Shibden Hall
(11 Miles)*
Built in 1420, Shibden Hall with its oak panelled interiors and atmospheric room settings is Halifax's Historic Home. The Folk Museum and Barn also offer you a world without electricity, where craftsmen worked in wood and iron. |
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Towns near Standedge
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Diggle
(2 Miles)*
Diggle is one of the quieter villages in terms of trans-pennine traffic noise and pollution, it is situated in Saddleworth, traditionally a West Yorkshire community. |
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Uppermill
(2 Miles)*
The small town/large village of Uppermill is on the northeast side of Greater Manchester, tucked away in a valley of the Pennines. |
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Marsden
(2 Miles)*
Marsden is a perfect example of the villages sited within the Colne Valley and lies about 8 miles away from huddersfield.The Village is small and compact with houses built around the central shopping area which is Peel Street. |
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Saddleworth
(3 Miles)*
The area of Saddleworth encompasses several villages, they are Denshaw, Delph, Diggle, Uppermill, Greenfield and Grasscroft, these villages were in the area known as the West Riding of Yorkshire. |
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Moorside
(4 Miles)*
Moorside, Oldham, is indeed beside the moors. Only a cockstride away (meaning: adjacent to) are the Saddleworth moors and the beautiful Saddleworth villages, five in all. |
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Slaithwaite
(4 Miles)*
Slaithwaite (pronounced 'slawit' or 'slathwaite' by locals) is a true "Yorkshire grit" mill town straddled by the viaduct and bisected by the canal. |
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Greenfield
(4 Miles)*
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