John Cockroft
John Cockroft is a memorial in Todmorden, Calderdale, England. John Cockroft is situated nearby to the forest Birks Wood, as well as near Walsden Post Office.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Parish Church of St Peter, Walsden and Walsden Library.
Parish Church of St Peter, Walsden
Church
Parish Church of St Peter, Walsden is situated 370 feet north of John Cockroft.
Walsden Library
Library
Photo: Betty Longbottom, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Walsden Library is situated 600 feet west of John Cockroft.
Walsden railway station
Railway station
Photo: Zath Ras, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Walsden railway station serves the village of Walsden, Todmorden in West Yorkshire, England, on the edge of the Pennines. It is served by the Calder Valley line operated by Northern. Walsden railway station is situated 1,700 feet northwest of John Cockroft.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Walsden and Lumbutts.
Walsden
Village
Walsden is a large village in the civil parish of Todmorden in the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England. It was historically partially administered in Lancashire, and close to the modern boundary with Greater Manchester.
Lumbutts
Hamlet
Photo: Kevin Rushton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lumbutts is a former mill village just to the south of Todmorden, in West Yorkshire, England. Lumbutts and the adjacent village of Mankinholes, were traditionally hand-loom weaving villages located on an old packhorse route that traversed the southern side of the Calder Valley. Lumbutts is situated 1½ miles northeast of John Cockroft.
Mankinholes
Hamlet
Mankinholes is a hamlet in the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, in West Yorkshire, England. It is situated in the Pennines and the nearest town is Todmorden. Mankinholes is situated 2 miles northeast of John Cockroft.
John Cockroft
- Type: Memorial
- Inscription: “Sir John Cockroft OM KCB CBE FRS 1897-1967 Lived here from 1899 to 1925 Scientist, administrator, pioneer in the development of the peaceful uses of nuclear power. In 1932, with Dr E. T. S. Walton, he was the first man to split the atom by artificial m...”
- Category: historic site
- Location: Todmorden, Calderdale, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.694° or 53° 41′ 38″ northLongitude
-2.09836° or 2° 5′ 54″ westOperator
Todmorden Town CouncilOpen location code
9C5VMWV2+JMOpenStreetMap ID
node 13755360557OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorial
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