Owl Wood

Owl Wood is a forest in Allerton Bywater, Leeds, England. Owl Wood is situated near the neighborhood Woodend, as well as near the locality Kippax Park.

Places of Interest

Highlights: St Aidan’s and Kippax Library.

St Aidan’s

Nature reserve

Photo: Richard Avery, CC BY-SA 4.0.

St Aidan's is a 355-hectare nature park located between Leeds and Castleford in West Yorkshire, England. The land was formerly an opencast coal mining area that was flooded in 1988, after the riverbank collapsed.

Kippax Library

Library

Photo: Betty Longbottom, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Methley Ex Services Club

Community center

Photo: Christine Johnstone, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Methley Ex Services Club is a community center.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Castleford and Garforth.

Castleford

Town

Photo: Mtaylor848, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Castleford is a town within the City of Wakefield district, West Yorkshire, England. It had a population of 45,106 at a 2021 population estimate. Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire, to the north of the town centre the River Calder joins the River Aire and the Aire and Calder Navigation.

Garforth

Town

Photo: Mtaylor848, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Garforth is a town in the metropolitan borough of the City of Leeds, West Yorkshire. It sits in the Garforth and Swillington ward of Leeds City Council and the Leeds East parliamentary constituency.

Kippax

Town

Photo: Betty Longbottom, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Kippax is a town and civil parish in the City of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is situated to the east of the city, near to Garforth and Great Preston.

Owl Wood

Type: Forest
Location: Allerton Bywater, Leeds, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.7554° or 53° 45′ 19″ north

Longitude

-1.374° or 1° 22′ 26″ west

Open location code

9C5WQJ4G+5C

OpenStreetMap ID

way 38321918

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=forest

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Woodend and Kippax Park.

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