Sunny Bank Ponds LNR

Sunny Bank Ponds LNR is a nature reserve in Mirfield, Kirklees, England. Sunny Bank Ponds LNR is situated nearby to the neighborhood London Park, as well as near Kitson Hill.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mirfield railway station and Community of the Resurrection.

Mirfield railway station

Railway station

Photo: Zath Ras, CC BY 2.5.

Mirfield railway station serves the town of Mirfield in West Yorkshire, England. It lies on the Huddersfield Line and Calder Valley line and is managed by Northern and also receives services by Grand Central and TransPennine Express.

Community of the Resurrection

University

Photo: DanielCRMirfield, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Community of the Resurrection is an Anglican religious community for men in England. It is based in Mirfield, West Yorkshire, and has 13 members as of January 2026.

Ponderosa Zoo

Zoo

Photo: TheArmchairSoldier, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Ponderosa Zoo is a zoo in Heckmondwike, West Yorkshire, England. It was originally opened in 1991 as the Ponderosa Rural Therapeutic Centre before being granted a zoo licence in 2004.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dewsbury and Batley.

Dewsbury

Town

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Dewsbury is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England. It is sited on the River Calder and on an arm of the Calder and Hebble Navigation waterway.

Batley

Town

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Batley is a market town in the Kirklees district, in West Yorkshire, England, south-west of Leeds, north-west of Wakefield and Dewsbury, south-east of Bradford and north-east of Huddersfield, in the Heavy Woollen District.

Mirfield

Town

Photo: Betty Longbottom, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Mirfield is a town and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is on the A644 road between Brighouse and Dewsbury.

Sunny Bank Ponds LNR

Type: Nature reserve
Category: recreation area
Location: Mirfield, Kirklees, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.6906° or 53° 41′ 26″ north

Longitude

-1.6994° or 1° 41′ 58″ west

Open location code

9C5WM8R2+66

OpenStreetMap ID

way 123385355

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

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Localities in the Area

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