Ovenden Wood

Ovenden Wood is a forest in Calderdale, England. Ovenden Wood is situated nearby to Fountainhead Village, as well as near the suburb Wheatley.

Places of Interest

Highlights include The Maltings College and Bankfield Museum.

The Maltings College

College

Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Maltings College was a free school sixth form in Fountainhead, near Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. Established in 2013, The Maltings College is located at the former site of Webster's Brewery.

Bankfield Museum is a grade II listed historic house museum, incorporating a regimental museum and textiles gallery in Boothtown, Halifax, England. It is notable for its past ownership and development by Colonel Edward Akroyd, MP, and its grand interior.

Shroggs Park

Park

Photo: Paul Glazzard, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Shroggs Park is a park in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. It covers 9.7 hectares and is Grade II listed with Historic England.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Halifax and Sowerby Bridge.

Halifax

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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.

Sowerby Bridge

Town

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Sowerby Bridge is a market town in the Upper Calder Valley in Calderdale in West Yorkshire, England. The Calderdale Council ward population at the 2011 census was 11,703.