Woolshops
Woolshops is a quarter in Calderdale, England. Woolshops is situated nearby to the neighborhood Dean Clough, as well as near the suburb Claremount.Places of Interest
Highlights include Calderdale Industrial Museum and Halifax Town Hall.
Calderdale Industrial Museum
Museum
Photo: Chris Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Calderdale Industrial Museum is a museum in the town of Halifax, West Yorkshire, England, dedicated to the industrial heritage of the area. The museum contains a number of working machines built between 1850 – 1930 all of which were either built or used in Halifax.
Halifax Town Hall
Town hall
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Halifax Town Hall is a 19th century town hall in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. It is a grade II* listed building. It is notable for its design and interiors by Charles Barry and his son, Edward Middleton Barry, and for its sculptures by John Thomas.
Halifax Minster
Church
Photo: Jwholdsworth, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Halifax Minster is the minster church of Halifax, Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England. The church is dedicated to St John the Baptist. The parish church of the town, it was granted minster status in 2009.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Halifax and Boothtown.
Halifax
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Halifax is a large market town within the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, in West Yorkshire, England, with a population of around 90,000 in 2021. It is well known as a centre of England's woollen manufacture from the 15th century onward, which dealt through the Halifax Piece Hall.
Boothtown
Suburb
Photo: Paul Glazzard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Boothtown is a suburb of Halifax, West Yorkshire, England, which falls within Town Ward, one of the 17 wards of Calderdale. Its history was dominated by the mills of the textile industry.
Akroydon
Hamlet
Photo: Declanbowley, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Akroydon model housing scheme is a Victorian-era model village at Boothtown, Halifax, in the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale in West Yorkshire, England.
Woolshops
- Type: Quarter
- Category: locality
- Location: Calderdale, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.72329° or 53° 43′ 24″ northLongitude
-1.85773° or 1° 51′ 28″ westOpen location code
9C5WP4FR+8WOpenStreetMap ID
node 10289527834OpenStreetMap feature
place=quarter
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